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Is math making the kids grumpy? Here are some great ways your family can make the subject fun and exciting:

• Visit a math museum: Take the kids to a hands-on math museum featuring fun interactive exhibits, events, puzzles, games and more that bring math to life.
• Bake a ‘pi’: Bake a pi-themed pi. Whether you love cherry, chocolate or lemon meringue, you can celebrate math by baking a pie and carving the symbol for pi into your creation. This is also a great opportunity to calculate fractions, angles, percentages and areas!

Seeing beauty in brokenness
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Somerville Fire and Police Departments responded to the corner of Vinal Ave. and Summer St. on Friday after high tension wires broke loose.

Eversource was also on the scene to restore power to homes affected. No injuries were reported.

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Personal Service and Retail Business Suspensions; Construction Requirements Issued; Call for New England Coordination Issued 

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Board of Health today announce additional orders intended to slow the spread of novel coronavirus. The following includes orders regarding the personal service and retail sectors as well as interim requirements for construction. Previous orders have closed schools, limited events, closed playgrounds, suspended team sports, and closed restaurants and bars except for pickup and delivery.

Upfront work is projected to shorten duration of full-time bridge closure by up to two months

As a result of low traffic volumes observed due to the current Somerville High School closure and COVID-19 social distancing measures, the Green Line Extension (GLX) project will adjust its scheduled closures at the School Street bridge in an effort to maximize efficiency and minimize disruption for the community. The series of weekend closures planned throughout March and April will now be consolidated into two weeklong closures.

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While the majority of the more than 25 million Americans living with asthma enjoy active, healthy lives, for others, severe symptoms are part of daily life, despite using high dose asthma medicines and avoiding triggers.

Being stuck indoors does not have to be a gloomy situation for families who exercise a little imagination and make an effort for having fun.

On rainy days, it can be tempting to hand children devices and let them fall down a YouTube rabbit hole. After all, there can be a lot of hours to fill when the weather isn’t cooperating with your weekend plans.

There are better ways to spend those rainy days. With a little creativity, rainy days can be opportunities for fun and educational play.

Arrests:
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 Adelson Fedna, of Medford, March 9, 8:17 a.m., arrested at Broadway on a warrant charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.

Christopher Macinnes, of Medford, March 10, 9:28 p.m., arrested at Broadway on charges of attempt to commit a crime, defacing property, and possession of a burglarious instrument.

— Photos by Claudia Ferro and Peter Lancaster

The sights in the city this week ranged from desolate to bustling, as schools shut down and a run on goods in stores ensued, all in response to the coronavirus situation.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the coin operated laundry at 740 Broadway last week on reports of a man and a woman attempting to break into a locked bathroom in the establishment.