SCES Housing Specialist Kristin Bell recently spoke about elder housing options and resources for aging in place at the 21st Annual New England Resident Service Coordinators conference.

Kristin Bell specializes in helping older adults find housing that fits their needs, and she recently shared some of her expertise as a featured speaker at the 21st Annual NERSC (New England Resident Service Coordinators) Conference.

Kicking off the summer with Carnaval along East Broadway SomerStreets promotes active living & reconnecting with city neighborhoods

SomerStreets: Carnaval returns for the 10^th year of shaking up East Somerville! SomerStreets will kick off the 2019 season Sunday, June 2, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. (rain date: Sunday, June 9).

Free Yoga at Vox Pop: Warrior Groove Yoga

Wed, May 29, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Join All Yoga Pants and Linda Wellness Warrior for an evening yoga practice for all levels. The yoga session will be a combination of yoga and sound with a dj playing beats to get you into the groove. Attendance is free, please bring a mat but we have extra if you need it. There will be a post-yoga mingle after the class with some treats. Maximum participants 30.  Sign up now https://www.eventbrite.com/e/yoga-at-vox-pop-warrior-groove-yoga-with-linda-wells-tickets-62009094872.

Somerville youth ages 12-18 eligible for summer job with Sunsetters, a youth singing and dancing troupe that performs throughout the city in July and August.

Calling all Somerville youth! The Somerville Sunsetters, a singing and dancing youth group that performs throughout Somerville in July and August, is returning for Summer 2019! Auditions will be held for Somerville youth between the ages of 12 and 18 on Tuesday evening, May 28, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Argenziano School. All Somerville residents meeting the age eligibility may audition, and are asked to bring a song of your choice on your mobile device or on a CD to perform to. The 2019 Sunsetters roster will include up to 10 young people and four alternate members, and will be accompanied by a live music ensemble during performances in July and August. The Sunsetters is a program of the Somerville Recreation Department.

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By Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone

May 13 through 20 was Infrastructure Week. “Infrastructure” includes a wide range of systems that help us get where we need to go and deliver crucial services like water and electricity. Maintaining our infrastructure, especially aging systems, is a challenge both locally and nationally. Infrastructure Week was a good time to remember how central our infrastructure is to our day-to-day lives and think about how we will tackle the challenges of maintaining and updating it.

Celebrate Pride month in Somerville with an LGBTQ+ dance party. The event is free and open to all!

The Somerville Arts Council and the Department of Health and Human Services present the Big Gay Dance Party! In celebration of Pride Month 2019, this third annual ArtsUnion will take place on Saturday, June 1, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., in Union Square Plaza. The event features music by  LUNAMARIPOSA, who will be spinning a variety of songs throughout the evening, and drag performances by Amanda Playwith and Severity Stone. The event is free and open to all ages. In addition to dancing there will be tabling by local community organizations that serve the LGBTQ+ community.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to Bairos Liquor store on Broadway last week on reports of a man who having punched someone in the face.

A police officer arriving on the scene spotted the suspect, later identified as Noe Hernandez, walking westward on Broadway, shouting in Spanish.

When confronted by police, defendant allegedly shot at officer

A Rhode Island man was arrested and charged today in federal court in Boston in connection with an armed bank robbery in Somerville on May 1, 2019, that resulted in shots fired. 

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

The songs Happy Together, Something Stupid, and Groovin’ were playing on our transistor radios as we listened to WRKO AM.

It was the summer of 1967 and four Somerville kids ages 11-14 were excited to have been on furlough from the local adolescent detention center. Actually, we were on summer vacation from St. Clements Parochial School.