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Sen. Jehlen visited the Somerville Home in September.
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By Senator Patricia D. Jehlen
The Massachusetts population – like all of us – is getting. Already there are more people over 60 than under 20.
At the same time, we’re losing institutions that care for people who need help, and we’re not developing the workforce to provide care.
After 120 years, the Somerville Home will close in December. It’s a rest home, which provides more care than assisted living but not skilled nursing like a nursing home.
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Located at Bow Market in Union Square, Perillas is a pop-up that serves up scratch made Korean Food. Perillas opened at this spot in early September and is slated to be at this location for about six months as one of the rotating pop-ups throughout the market. You can follow them on Instagram @Perilladining or on Facebook, Perillas to stay updated on other pop-up locations throughout the area where you can try one of their Bibimbap bowls.
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In covering the news, our focus is always turned outward, keeping track of and reporting on the goings-on in the community, as well as accommodating those who want to share their opinions on these very matters and others.
At this time, however, we’d like to take a bow and acknowledge the good people of Somerville who have expressed their appreciation of all our efforts on this, our 50th anniversary of service to the community.
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Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, the Somerville Health & Human Services, and Somerville Police and Fire Departments announced today that, in collaboration with the efforts of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the “, Somerville will celebrate “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” on Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The focus of the national event is to raise awareness about preventing prescription drug abuse, pollution, and theft by properly disposing of unwanted medications safely.
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Arrests:
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Anthony Hooker, October 15, 4:03 a.m., arrested at Foley St. on a charge of possession of a class B drug and on a warrant charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Sean Callahan, of 72 Glenwood Rd., October 15, 8:06 p.m., arrested at home on warrant charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery, and disorderly conduct.
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Here is a review of Somerville writer Timothy Gager’s latest collection of flash fiction: Every Day There Is Something About Elephants (Big Table Publishing)
Review by Leah Brundige
Timothy Gager’s engaging new collection of flash fiction, Every Day There Is Something about Elephants, shows a novelist’s interest in human interactions and vivid details coupled with a poet’s gifts for compression and figurative language. The book’s 107 stories vary in tone, scope, and length, but none is longer than four pages. Some – such as The Lottery Winner, a tour de force at just a page in a half – deploy and develop an extraordinary number of characters relative to their size, while others navigate the constraints on their length by more poetic means, turning on a single pun (Chiller) or extended metaphor (How penguins break). The reader is carried along by their expert pacing and, in many cases, by their sheer shock value. Gager is a master of the twist ending.
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Endicott College student Kayla Kinnear writes: Sergio Inestrosa is at it again with another book of beautiful poetry focusing on the purpose and beauty of something everyone across the planet sees every day … or night: the moon. His book of Spanish poetry is translated into English by Endicott College Professor Margaret Young, so readers are able to view both languages on a single page. The book begins with a few free verse poem, personifying the moon as it “goes for a walk in the sky” and is also referred to as “reluctant” while the moon is told to get dressed and play. These poems are followed by both Senryus and Tankas which are both Japanese forms of poetry. With both of these forms of poetry only being 3-5 lines long, they give a short, in-depth insight into the moon. Inestrosa shows the moon as a piece of the world, both watching over the actions we take, but also has its own actions and cycle of life it lives. The moon is compared to a “radiant goddess” once it is born across the sky. We see the moon throughout seasons, as well as a safe haven for parts of nature, as it is the time of night when all is silent, the wind has stopped, and nature can rest. The moon and its more nefarious manifestations are artfully presented as well. Inestrosa articulately expresses the moon with the entire personality of a human, showing that all parts of life are both creative and complete, but still have flaws. Luna Que No Cesa will be available on Amazon in October.
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Groundwork Somerville’s one and only annual public event at their urban growing space will include fresh apple cider tasting and other free fall festivities
Somerville, MA: Groundwork Somerville is announcing its highly anticipated annual Cider Day Party. Join them on Thursday, October 25th, 2018 from 4:00-6:00 PM at South Street Farm, 138 South St, Somerville.
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Copies of “Exit West” now available at all three library branches.
The 2018 “Somerville Reads” program officially begins on Saturday, November 3, with a block party at our East Branch Library beginning at noon! This Exit West inspired celebration will feature live music performances by local groups El Sistema Somerville and Grooversity, as well as refreshments, and activities for all ages.
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Newstalk – October 24
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