At last year’s event, Eugene C. Brune was awarded the 2017 Veterans’ Profile in Courage Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ceremony to begin at 11 a.m. at the Holiday Inn

The 2018 Somerville Heroes Salute is set to honor eight Somerville heroes during the annual recognition ceremony, including a Profile in Courage Lifetime Achievement Award to Medal of Honor Recipient, Captain Thomas G. Kelley.

The City of Somerville is developing a campus plan for Central Hill, home to City Hall, Somerville High School, and the Central Library. It also has a rich history; it was Somerville’s first civic space and park and played a significant role in the Revolutionary War. It is currently home to many of the war memorials in Somerville.

Firehouse slide pole assembly, as seen from above.

By William C. Shelton

An unremarkable white building in Boynton Yards houses an enterprise that is one of Somerville’s enduring treasures. A list of its products would be longer than this entire column, but you see them every day.

During April vacation, 57 Somerville High School students, 7 chaperones and an additional 4 adults travelled to Costa Rica. The chaperones, Alicia Kersten, Lisa Machnik, Marie Foreman, Beth O’Connor, Mike Maloney, Joe Marino and Naima Sait, along with Science Teachers, Lisa Curtin, Maureen Quigley (and her mom) and Roni Teich accompanied students on a cultural, scientific and environmental adventure.

A Night for Charlene Harris brought pro wrestlers to Somerville High School for a special fundraiser benefiting the Charlene Harris Scholarship Fund.

On Friday night, May 11, Northeast Championship Wrestling proudly presented A Night for Charlene Harris, a special fundraiser celebrating the life of the late Charlene with all proceeds of this event going to the Charlene Harris Scholarship Fund.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to the Star Market on McGrath Highway on reports of counterfeit $100 dollar bills being passed by a customer.

Upon arrival, the officers were directed to a woman walking across the parking lot and they drove over to question her.

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Last week at the grand opening of the Global Center for Cleantech Innovation at Greentown Labs, Governor Charlie Baker said, “This is ground zero right now for all the big thinking that’s going on in clean energy and climate solutions, right here in Somerville. And you all sit here like, ‘Well, yeah, sure.’ But this is really special.” And he’s right. Having the largest cleantech incubator in the country (and one that’s home to 85 member companies from six different countries) sitting right on Somerville Avenue is really special.

Staff from Somerville nonprofit, Parenting Journey, led by Executive Director Imari Paris Jeffries, attended the Raise Up Massachusetts rally at the State House on Tuesday, May 8, urging legislators to pass paid family and medical leave and a $15 minimum wage. Left to right: Gayle Turner, director of finance; Julie Bloch, project manager; Katie Smith, development associate and office coordinator; Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director; Erica Brunner, managing director of strategy; Alyssa Grinberg, director of communications and marketing; Hannah Collins, research manager.

By Emily Blackwood

Eight kids are seated criss-cross applesauce at the end of a driveway. They start cheering before the song even begins and impatiently wait for the show to start by throwing little bits of paper at their friend, Finley Scobel.

Voter registration may become easier and more accessible if a plan put forward by the city to do so can be fashioned and implemented.

By Jim Clark

A resolution to find ways to make voter registration more accessible and making voting itself easier for high school students was put forward and approved at the latest regular meeting of the Somerville Board of Alderman last Thursday.