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I remember starting at McLean in the summer of 1982. I was 27 and had some experience working at the Dr. Solomon Carter Mental Health Center in the South End of Boston and other state programs.

My experience had basically been with severely retarded clients, and kids with criminal backgrounds from the Roxbury and Dorchester sections of Boston. But McLean Hospital was a totally different experience. It was and is a private institution, very well-regarded, and still had the remnants of its Boston Brahmin past.

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Sophie Bubrick is originally from San Francisco, California, and is currently a Psychology major at Endicott College. She is involved in the online women’s college magazine HerCampus, and she is an editor for the Endicott Review. Sophie’s work has also been published in the anthology of writing Declare What you Know To Be True, published by The Intuitive Writing Project in Orinda, California.

Keep our rivers, lakes, streams, and ponds clean – bag your leaves!
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Bag, mulch, or compost your leaves, but do not rake them into the street or dump them down storm drains. Blocking storm drains can cause flooding, and large amounts of leaves in our water can lead to an excess of decaying organic material in waterways with results that are harmful to both humans and animals.

President Katjana Ballantyne has called for a Special Meeting of the Board of Aldermen, to be held as follows:

TIME:   Thursday, November 29, 2018, at 5:30 PM.

LOCATION:   Aldermanic Chambers, City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue.

AGENDA:   Public Hearing on, and adoption of, the tax levy percentages for fiscal year 2019, and all related financial matters.

The public is invited to attend and be heard.

Registered nurse and director of Adult Family Care at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Jeanne Leyden.

By Jeanne Leyden

November is Caregiver Appreciation Month, and it’s a great time to recognize unsung heroes who do amazing work each day.

I’ve worked with hundreds of family caregivers over the years, and their stories never cease to amaze me. Most of them had no prior background in the field, but they stepped up when the need became apparent.  That dedication to providing the best possible care at home is always compelling, and so worthy of recognition.

It is that time of year again to put in your wreath order with the Somerville Community Growing Center.

In addition to our wreaths being a beautiful, hand-decorated craft item, your purchase helps support programming and maintenance at the Growing Center. With that said, we would like to say how greatly appreciative we are for your support and community love. These wreaths include handmade bows, in choice of three colors (red, burgundy or purple), cones and other natural materials.

Episodes begin taping January 2019 at WGBH Studios

For the sixth time, Somerville High School will compete on WGBH’s High School Quiz Show. Somerville High School will join 15 other academic teams from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to compete on the tenth anniversary season.

Through a collaboration with the Office of Sustainability, DPW and Garbage to Gardens, four Somerville Public Schools kicked off a pilot recycling and composting program during lunch in October. With the support of school staff and Garbage to Garden staff and volunteers, students have learned to sort recycling, compost and trash into the appropriate receptacles at the Argenziano, Brown, Healey and Kennedy schools.