Mayoral Race, Desire to Participate Drew Voters
By Stephanie Wittenbach
The hotly contested mayoral race and a desire to take part in the democratic process drew voters out on Election Day earlier this month, even if only 25 percent of eligible voters actually made it to the polls.
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The Highlander Theatre Company kicks off its 2019-2020 season with its biggest production of the year, In the Heights.
In the Heights is a universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. It is a community on the brink of change, full of hopes, dreams and pressures, where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you, and which ones you leave behind.
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By Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
A monthly look at ways to get involved with your city: Don’t just live in Somerville, be Somerville!
Brown Schoolyard Design Community Meeting, November 18
Join us for a meeting on Monday, November 18, to talk about ideas for the new layout of the Brown Schoolyard. The meeting will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in kindergarten classroom B-08 in the lower level of the Brown School, 201 Willow Ave. If you have any questions, please contact Arn Franzen at afranzen@somervillema.gov.
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Join the Somerville Museum for the opening reception of our next exhibit, “Faith in a City: Exploring Religion in Somerville, MA.”
The “Faith in a City” project explores a selection of local religious communities through music, photography, interviews and history as a way of better understanding the city. The project also includes some congregations near Somerville where local residents go to worship. The focus is how religion is meaningful to people across the city.
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By State Rep. Christine Barber and Kenia Arbaiza
Kenia Arbaiza, a recent graduate of Somerville High School and Field Representative with the youth-led nonprofit Our Climate, joins her state representative Christine Barber (D- Somerville and Medford) in a call for strong, immediate, state-level climate action.
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By Jim Clark
A Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the TJ Maxx store on Middlesex Ave. last week on reports of a shoplifting.
Upon arrival, the officers were flagged down by the store’s loss prevention officer who stated that a woman with hoop earrings and a black jacket was walking through the parking lot with a bearded man that had on a dark jacket and hat.
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