Somerville High School’s Personal Finance class team of Joseph Carey, Jonathan Chan, and Theo Tourlentes placed third out of 35 teams at the Junior Achievement’s Stock Market Challenge held on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at the new headquarters for State Street Corporation in Boston. Also making a good showing at the competition were the Somerville High School teams of Eric Lemus, Michael Rivillas Escalante, and Marco White, who finished fourteenth in the competition; as well as Joseph Amari, Erik (Matteus) Anell, and Andrew DaCosta who placed twenty-third.              

The City of Somerville’s Inauguration Ceremonies and Inauguration Addresses by Mayor Curtatone, the incoming President of the City Council, and incoming Chairperson of the Somerville School Committee will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 6, in the Somerville High School auditorium, 81 Highland Ave.

The City of Somerville is seeking community members interested in learning more about climate change, and the City’s actions toward addressing its challenges. In 2019, the city’s Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) launched a Climate Forward Ambassador Program, stemming from Somerville Climate Forward, the city’s climate action plan, to educate residents about climate change and increase the community’s capacity to engage in climate action. In 2020, OSE seeks to expand the program by offering the opportunity to a new cohort of climate ambassadors.

The City of Somerville’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) and Somerville Media Center (SMC) are excited to announce the 2020 Screening Series of From My Heart to Yours.

New ordinance went into effect on December 26, 2019

The City of Somerville and the Office of Housing Stability (OHS) are pleased to announce the passage of the Housing Stability Notification Act (HSNA), which is designed to ensure that all tenants facing displacement know their rights and what resources are available to them.

— Photos by Bobbie Toner

Update: Working fire at 134 Willow Ave., Somerville, next door to the Y-Not Variety. One resident was home at the time and  refused medical attention As of now, two people are displaced, Red Cross are involved. Mutual aid from Cambridge Fire.

The fire is under investigation.

Mary-Louise A. (Gordon) Daly  of Somerville, January 1, 2020.

Beloved wife of the late Bernard R. Daly. Loving mother of Timothy E. Daly and his wife Judy of Lynnfield, Edie Daly, SNDdeN of Woburn and the late Robert and Christopher Daly. Mother-in-law of Kathryn Bell of Hull and Deby Holmes of Norcross, GA. Dear grandmother of Robert, Jessica, Matthew and Stephanie. Great-grandmother of Matthew, Rhianna, Brody, Olivia, Colette, Connor and Kaydance.

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By Joseph A. Curtatone

Each year on January 1, we gather to reenact and commemorate George Washington having the Grand Union Flag flown on Prospect Hill. We don’t know exactly why Washington had the flag raised, but we do know that there were British troops stationed in nearby communities who would have seen it. By raising that flag in full view of enemy troops he, consciously or not, announced that the Colonial Army was not afraid and not backing down.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to Columbia Sports at Assembly Row last Friday afternoon on reports of a shoplifter.

Upon arrival, the officers were informed by an onlooker that a male had chased the shoplifter past the train platform.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

I remember how long it took me to stop writing a “7” on checks when we entered the ‘80’s. All of a sudden, 1970 is 50 years ago. I had just started getting used to being a teenager when I turned 20 in 1973. Fast forward to … wait! It sure did go forward, fast. I was always so busy trying to achieve and build for my future, while raising a family, that the days just flew by. And now here I am in the future.