Somerville Media Center is hosting another Podcasting Workshop! Audio-based programming known as podcasting has exploded in recent years as a way of communicating stories. Learn how you can create podcasts in this introductory course.

Taught by Boston Free Radio Station Manager and podcaster Heather McCormack, this class will review the difference between podcasting and broadcasting, explore different types of content and discuss how to curate an interesting podcast. Basic use of our podcasting recording set-up will be demonstrated. Students will be asked to record a podcast interview before the second class, which will then cover the use of Audacity (free downloadable software) and basic audio editing, including adding copyright-free music. The course will end with notes on regulation, distribution and syndication.

In response to concerns over recent events involving anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and anti-immigrant rhetoric, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, the City of Somerville’s Human Rights Commission, and Temple B’nai Brith of Somerville invite you to a community forum on White Nationalism, Community Response, and the Rule of Law. Elden Rosenthal from the Southern Poverty Law Center and Steven Gardiner from Political Research Associates will present and lead discussion. The event will be held on Tues., April 30, starting at 7 p.m., at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave.

~Photos by Bobbie Toner
Somerville Fire Dept are battling a 2-alarm house fire in the area of 916 Broadway. Fire broke out a little after 4 p.m.

The Medford St. bridge, in Gilman Square behind Somerville High School (SHS), will close for construction starting Friday, May 17. It’s expected to remain closed through the spring of 2020.

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By Joseph A. Curtatone

A monthly look at ways to get involved with your city: Don’t just live in Somerville, be Somerville!

Survey on How to Best Spend Community Preservation Act Funds
Funds raised through the Community Preservation Act can be spent on affordable housing, historic preservation, and open space/recreation. Each year 10% of the total amount raised must go to each category. To help shape how the remaining 70% is allocated, the Community Preservation Committee is asking for feedback through a short online survey. Share your input at bit.ly/2020CPASurvey.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to a College Ave. location last Thursday morning on reports of a man having thrown a woman to the ground.

The suspect, later identified as James Moran, was spotted in the backyard of a College Ave. residence trying to hop a fence.

The third Powder House Blvd. Neighborhood Office Hours session scheduled for tonight, Thurs., April 25, has been canceled. A community meeting to discuss progress on the Powder House Blvd. Traffic Safety plan and officially kick off community discussion of the bike lane options for the Boulevard is scheduled for Wed., May 22, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the West Somerville Neighborhood School, 177 Powder House Blvd. To see a copy of the plan, please visit www.somervillema.gov/powderhouseboulevard.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

As I look up and down my street and see the trees and shrubs flowering, it signals another Spring in Somerville. This is the time of year all the kids started coming out to play again after the winter.

~Photos by Bobbie Toner and Ron Newman

The demolition of buildings in Ball Sq. to make way for the future Green Line Extension station has begun.

For info on the Green Line Extension visit www.greenlineextension.org.