City and Somerville Public Schools offices will be closed Monday, October 9. Trash, recycling, and yard waste collection will be on a one-day delay all week. There will be no street sweeping on October 9 and meter and resident permit enforcement will not be in effect.

For the first time, the City of Somerville will broadcast select government and educational access programming in high definition, thanks to a partnership with the Somerville Media Center (formerly SCATV), and RCN.  Ville TV, channel 613 on RCN, will split programming equally among City TV, Educational TV, and Somerville Media Center, and will broadcast programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Artist, poet, and Active Receptivity Coach, Julie Ann.

By JT Thompson

Julie Ann: late 30s, an artist who I discovered through a display of her poems at a Union Square cafe. Julie Ann, who moved to Somerville 20 years ago for college at Tufts, is also a successful businesswoman in a field she created herself, Active Receptivity Coaching.

The Cambridge Connections Memory Café invites you to join us for “Dance Me A Story,” a performance of dance, narration, and song by the Back Pocket Dancers.

Back Pocket Dancers is a nine-member intergenerational dance company (oldest member is 93) which presents powerful dance/theater programs.

Celebrate Somerville’s 175th Anniversary with the Annual Historic Bike Ride, this coming Sunday,

By Kris Atienza

If you’ve been looking for a chance to enjoy the fall weather on your bicycle through the streets of Somerville – helmet up, there’s a perfect event coming up for you.

In honor of the city’s 175th anniversary, the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission, the Somerville Bicycle Committee and the Community Preservation Committee are teaming up for a city-wide bicycle tour to let people learn more about the city’s history.

Come celebrate the growing Center’s 23rd season this Sunday from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Celebrate the harvests of the season with pumpkin decorating, games, sauerkraut demonstration, music and more. Free fun for the whole family. Donations are greatly accepted.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to a MacArthur St. residence in the early hours of Sunday on reports of an unwanted person.

Upon arrival, the officers were met by the reporting party, who appeared to be shaken and visibly upset, saying that she saw an intruder, later identified as Nicholas Stiles, in her room with what appeared to be a flashlight.

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Taking a closer look at notable city data – and interesting numbers.

20 percent of the snow season budget: It’s already October, which means we’re starting to get the first hints of winter, but for DPW, winter is already here. To date, the department has encumbered 20 percent of the FY18 snow season budget for planned expenses like purchasing new vehicle parts, tires, snow plows, tools, and making repairs to the fleet so that they’re ready and able to clear the streets and sidewalks in a timely fashion once that first snowfall arrives.

The Growing Center is having a community benefit at Flatbread Pizza on Tuesday October 10 from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. Please help make this a successful event and consider buying pizza and telling friends!