The Greater Boston chapter of the New England Mountain Biking Association (GBNEMBA) will be hosting a Kids Mountain Biking Festival at the Middlesex Fells, Sheepfold Parking Lot, Stoneham MA, on Sunday, October 14, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Somerville Parks & Recreation is offering boys’ basketball clinics through the end of October for students in grades 4-8. All clinics are free and will be held in the Somerville High School Field House from 7:00-8:30 p.m.

Clinics will be conducted by the SHS basketball coaching staff and the Somerville Tradition basketball coaches.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to American Fresh Brewhouse at Assembly Row at approximately 3:20 a.m. last Wednesday in response to motion alarms being activated.

Upon arrival, the officers spotted a female exiting the establishment, later identified as Amy McGregor of Medford.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

The 13th Annual HONK! Festival, the 3-day free festival bringing brass bands from all over the United States and the world to Somerville for a celebration of music, community and activism took place last week, from October 5 to 7.

Mayor Joseph Curtatone and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD), in collaboration with LaCourt Enterprises LLC, are pleased to announce an affordable rental opportunity for two (2) rental units at the Chadwick building located at 131 Orchard Street in Davis Square. The units are available through the Inclusionary Housing Program via an application and lottery process, for eligible households with a combined gross income at or below 50% or between 51 and 80% of the Area Median Income (“AMI”).

The public got its chance to weigh in on the matter of too many trees going away in recent years at a public hearing held last week by the Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee of the Board of Aldermen.

By Jim Clark

The Open Space, Environment and Energy Committee of the Somerville Board of Aldermen held a special public hearing in the City Hall Aldermanic Chambers of Wednesday, October 3, to update the public on matters related to the city’s Urban Forestry Plan, and to hear comments from the public on related matters.

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The Somerville Commission for Women and RESPOND held their annual Candlelight Vigil to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month on Wednesday, October 3, in recognition of those whose lives were lost to domestic violence in Massachusetts over the past 12 months. This is done by reading their names and observing a moment of silence. Community service providers were also in attendance to discuss available services.