Somerville’s Memorial Day parade will return this year on Sunday, May 26, stepping off at 11:00 a.m. from the Davis Square Rotary (9/11 Memorial Granite Circle Site), up Holland Street, then proceeding to Broadway/Teele Square and ending at Broadway and North Street. The city’s annual remembrance ceremony will occur on Monday, May 27.
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The Somerville Public Library Board of Trustees is actively seeking one enthusiastic individual to join their ranks, and we welcome applications from all Somerville residents. This is a chance for community members with diverse experiences, skills, and perspectives to contribute their passion for libraries to our vibrant community.
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Museo Inmigrate: Stories of Resilience from Somerville’s Padres Latinos closing reception, March 23, 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. — Photos by Bobbie Toner
Today is the last day to view the exhibit, Museo Inmigrante at the Somerville Museum. Admission is $5, free for Museum members (memberships start at $25), and free for children 12 and under. The Museum is in the heart of Somerville on Central Street and Westwood Road, where it has stood for 100 years.
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This award recognizes Cambridge Health Alliance’s impact and commitment to diverse and equitable care for its patients and communities
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston’s metro-north communities, was recently named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity for 2024 by Newsweek. CHA received a 5-star rating, the highest available recognition.
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On Tuesday, March 19, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. (Teen Empowerment) as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Teen Empowerment, which works in Boston and Somerville, MA and Rochester, NY to engage youth as agents of social change, received $2 million.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
This is a tale of two mischievous and bored Somerville kids back in the late 70’s.
The year was 1979 and the month was January. I was working at a foreign auto dealership delivering parts. I bought an old Toyota with a bad motor for pretty cheap money and a mechanic friend of mine rebuilt the entire engine. It was a 1972 Toyota Corolla with a manual transmission.
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National coalition advocates in favor of cash-based policies to create opportunity
Today, Mayor Katjana Ballantyne joins more than 100 mayors from across the country as part of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), a coalition of mayors who establish and advocate for local and national guaranteed income programs. Guaranteed income programs provide unrestricted cash payments directly to vulnerable residents to create greater financial stability for those most in need. Somerville’s program goes beyond that general goal; it also specifically aims to support housing stability. The city’s program will serve a group of the city’s lowest-income households who are at risk of losing their housing.
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— Photos courtesy of Somerville Council on Aging
The Somerville Community Police and Somerville Fire Department made the Somerville Council on Aging’s St. Patrick’s Day luncheon at The George Dilboy Post a success. The Rebecca McGowan School of Dance entertained everyone with a fantastic step dance performance.
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