Pages
Stay In Touch
More
© 2021 The Somerville Times. All rights reserved.
Just about all of us have been lamenting the seemingly out of control loss of trees in the city in recent months.
Some explanations for this have been offered, but it doesn’t compensate for that feeling of loss when we stroll down the street and notice all those empty spaces where once stood familiar old friends, some whom we have known since childhood.
Continue reading »
Brickbottom Studios 31st annual open studios takes place this weekend, November 17 and 18.
Over 80 Brickbottom Artists Association members will show their work on November 17 and 18 at Brickbottom Studios 31st annual open studios. The occasion also marks the 30th anniversary of their building and artists’ association. A block away, the artists of Joy Street Studios will open their doors as well, many offering live demonstrations as they create new work.
Continue reading »
Arrests:
*
Henry Alvarez, of 26 Kensington Ave., November 5, 11:47 p.m., arrested at Memorial Rd. on charges of carrying a firearm with ammunition, trespassing, and resisting arrest.
James Murphy, of 111 Dunstable St., Charlestown, November 7, 4:07 a.m., arrested at Medford St. on charges of felony nighttime breaking and entering, possession of a burglarious instrument, and violation of city ordinance possession of a dangerous weapon.
Continue reading »
*
Review by Off the Shelf correspondent Dennis Daly:
How can one not read this book? From its provocative title, Shot in the Head, through its narration of adultery, revenge, edgy family lore, religious hatred, and racial violence, Somerville resident Lee Varon leads her readers to a generational promised land of understanding and bone-rattling reconciliation.
Continue reading »
*
Deborah Leipziger is an author, poet, and professor. Her chapbook, Flower Map, was published by Finishing Line Press (2013). In 2014, her poem Written on Skin was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Born in Brazil, Ms. Leipziger is the author of several books on human rights and sustainability. Her poems have been published in Salamander, Voices Israel, POESY, Wilderness House Review, Ibbetson Street, and the Muddy River Poetry Review. http://flowermap.net/
Continue reading »
Monday, November 19 join Mayor Joseph Curtatone and the team at Holiday Inn Boston-Bunker Hill for a ceremony that will celebrate East Somerville’s rich history and the legacy of Paul Revere.
The event will kick off with remarks from Mayor Curtatone, followed by the unveiling of a new Paul Revere statue at the corner of Washington Street and Inner Belt Road. A bronze statue weighing in excess of 2,000 pounds, the monument will pay tribute to Paul Revere’s patriotic legacy and all that he accomplished in the state of Massachusetts. The statue’s new spot will also serve as the new home of an existing marker that tracks Paul Revere’s ride along this Somerville route on his midnight ride to Lexington and Concord.
Continue reading »
City setting ambitious agenda to reduce emissions and increase resilience to climate change.
Progressive plan sets short- and medium-term action steps to prepare for climate change, targets 13 action areas like stormwater management, electric vehicles, net-zero and resilient buildings, energy supply, tree canopy, and more.
To prepare for and reduce the effects of climate change, the City of Somerville has developed a comprehensive climate change plan, Somerville Climate Forward, which will officially be presented during a special “Green Carpet” event on Wednesday, November 28, at Somerville’s own global clean tech hub Greentown Labs.
Continue reading »
Dietitians Andrea Svartsrom and Julia Rinehart are providing free, in-home medical nutrition therapy for people with diabetes or non-dialysis kidney disease through Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES).
By Nathan Lamb
A free, in-home medical nutrition therapy program that helps people with diabetes or non-dialysis kidney disease is now being offered through Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES).
Available at no cost for Cambridge, Medford, and Somerville residents with Medicare Part B coverage and certain diagnoses, the nutrition therapy program provides a personalized plan for managing health and ongoing professional support, explained SCES Registered Dietitian Julia Rinehart.
Continue reading »
Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, the Somerville Department of Health and Human Services, and the Somerville High School Gender and Sexuality Awareness Alliance (GSAA) on Tuesday, November 20, at 2:45 p.m., for a ceremony in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance. The ceremony will take place on the City Hall concourse, 93 Highland Ave. The ceremony’s speaking agenda will include Mayor Curtatone, Somerville LGBTQ Liaison Jess Alter, Somerville High School GSAA Advisor Sarah Eustis, and student representatives from GSAA, followed by a raising of the Transgender Flag. The event is open to the public, and all community members are welcome. For more information about the GSAA and other LGBTQ programming, events and information, please contact LGBTQ Liaison Jess Alter at JAlter@somervillema.gov.
Continue reading »
The Somerville Times Historical Fact of the Week – November 14
Eagle Feathers #166 – Railway Tales
By Bob (Monty) Doherty
The first railroad in North America was constructed in 1826 between the granite quarries of Quincy, Massachusetts and a wharf on the Neponset River. It was known as the Quincy Tramway or Granite Railroad and was a three-mile track that hauled the building stones for the Bunker Hill Monument.
Continue reading »