By Adam Parise

Last Wednesday, October 30, Somerville residents were invited to a community meeting to talk about historic Foss Park. The meeting was held in the cafeteria of the Arthur D. Healey School from 6:30 p.m.

We honor them every year and we regard them with awe and deepest admiration. Proud, but humble in countenance, they seem to simply play their part in our annual celebration of appreciation for their courageous contributions to the wellbeing of our nation. The well-being of ourselves as a society.

The flesh and blood reality is even more awe-inspiring as we realize how fragile life truly is, and yet these brave men and women each took a stand and declared that no harm should come to their fellow countrymen. Not on their watch.

They picked their favorite book characters, prepared their costumes all week, and practiced their songs for a month. So last Friday afternoon, the East Somerville Community School’s Kindergarten through fourth grade students were ready and excited for their annual character parade. This year their destination was the Capuano Early Childhood Center.

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An interview with WMN concert director and host, Lucy Holstedt.

By Kirk Etherton

A week before my favorite annual concert, I sat down at Davis Square’s Diesel Cafe to talk with its co-founder and leader, and fellow long-time Somerville resident.

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Steven Luria Ablon, poet and adult and child psychoanalyst, teaches child psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and publishes widely in academic journals. His poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines such as The Brooklyn Review, Ploughshares, and The Princeton Arts Review. He has published five full collections of poetry including Tornado Weather (Mellen Poetry Press, 1993), Flying Over Tasmania (The Fithian Press, 1997), Blue Damsels (Peter E Randall Publisher, 2005), Night Call (Plain View Press, 2011), and most recently, Dinner in the Garden (Columbia, South Carolina, 2018).

By The Times Staff

The citywide election for the City of Somerville took place on Tuesday, November 5. The unofficial results are as follows.

In the race for Mayor, incumbent Joseph A. Curtatone prevailed to win his ninth term, defeating challenger Marianne Walles with 59.78% of the votes, compared to the 39.74% garnered by Walles.

Arrests:
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Leslie Wheeler, of 363 Albany St., Boston, October 29, 8:53 a.m., arrested at Somerville Ave. on a charge of shoplifting by asportation.

Anthony Moore, October 29, 8:53 a.m., arrested at Somerville Ave. on a charge of shoplifting by asportation.

“Euleroids” won first place in Somerville Math Fund’s Scrapheap Showdown.

By Erica Dakin Voolich

On October 27, 18 high school students on six teams gathered in “The Cage” in Cousens Gym at Tufts University to compete in the Somerville Mathematics Fund’s 15th annual Scrapheap Showdown.  Along with the usual interesting “junk” in the center of the room when the students walked in, there were also piles of foam core and paper.  The students were given their challenge: to design and build a crane on a base of MDF board. The teams worked intensely, designing, building, testing, reinforcing, and adjusting their cranes.

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) Housing Specialist Kristin Bell.

By Kristin Bell

The cost of housing in Cambridge and Somerville keeps going up, and Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) is increasingly hearing requests to help older adults meet housing challenges.

Cost is a major factor. But demand for accessible housing is also on the rise: nationwide, there are 10,000 people turning 65 every day. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take toward staying in the community of your choice as you age: