“Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville’s Padres Latinos” will be the featured exhibition at the Somerville Museum January 11– March 23, 2024.

Somerville Museum presents a Community  Collaboration Project with Somerville’s Padres Latinos. Padres Latinos is a mutual aid group of more than 230 Spanish and Portuguese-speaking parents with children in the Somerville Public Schools (SPS). The group formed during the COVID-19 pandemic to advocate for SPS Latino students and reduce or eliminate the achievement gap between Latino students and their peers. The group also strengthens its community by sharing information about food, education, cultural opportunities, and housing resources.

Thursday, January 4, 2024, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) visited Somerville to celebrate the $2.4 million in federal funding she secured to support the community-led transformation of the Clarendon Hill housing community, an ethnically, linguistically and economically diverse neighborhood in Somerville. The federal dollars delivered by Rep. Pressley will help increase safe and affordable housing, promote accessibility for residents with disabilities, and support the development of green and open community space for residents.

Life  in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Do you think all those plastic sticks will survive a snow storm with lots of plowing? I asked my Somerville social network friends to chime in with their thoughts on the subject. Each quote is a different person.

Assault

On 12/19/23 at approximately 10:03 p.m., Somerville Police responded to Grant St. for report of a past assault. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated earlier in the day, he was involved in an altercation with a juvenile male. During the altercation, the juvenile punched the victim in the face.

By The Times Staff

The past year was an eventful one for many in the city, including further recovery by local businesses after the major threat posed by COVID-19 had been substantially quelled and life moved forward more normally as the weeks and months passed.

— Photos by Bobbie Toner

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Museum kicked off the New Year on Monday, January 1, with a ceremony for the anniversary of the “Grand Union” flag-raising ceremony at Prospect Hill Park. Members of the public were invited to participate and were encouraged to wear traditional colonial clothing. The Tower was open briefly to the public following the ceremony.

The staff of The Somerville Times would like to wish everyone a very happy New Year. May the year to come bring one and all good health and prosperity and continue through to the following years to come.