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!

~Photos by Claudia Ferro
Foodie Crawl returned last week for its 7th edition with more restaurants, more beer gardens and more entertainment.
On Tuesday, September 26, local and visiting food lovers came out to take a cultural crawl with through the East Somerville restaurant corridor.

By Jim Clark

An order was put before the Somerville Board of Alderman and passed at their latest regular meeting last week, seeking to instruct the Superintendent of Inspectional Services to form a task force to address AirBnB apartments.

The 12th annual Honk! Festival this weekend, bringing brass and sass to Somerville, along with a touch political activism and social awareness.

By Ariana Colozzo

The Honk! Festival is returning to the Somerville streets on October 6. For 12 years, Honk! has brought brass bands from around the world, giving them a voice to represent the causes that are important to them. This year, the 28 bands are coming from as far as Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Somerville voters will cast their ballots in a City Election for the offices of Mayor of Somerville, various Board of Aldermen members, and School Committee Members in Wards 1 and 2. This week, the Somerville Times asked each of the qualified candidates for the School Committee to describe why they would be the best choice for the office they are running for and what specific policies they would advocate or implement in that position, along with a bio if they choose to include one. Their responses are presented here in alphabetical order based on their last names, beginning with the Ward 1 candidates, followed by the Ward 2 candidates.

Tonight, Wednesday October 4, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Ward 3 Alderman Bob McWatters will be having a campaign get together and fundraiser at Sally O’Brien’s on Somerville Ave. The last time his opponent sent spies to monitor the event. Alderman McWatters is a good person. He’s being accused of taking money from developers, but maybe some unopposed candidates might want to stop spreading lies. They might find an opponent in two years that they might not like.

By Donald Norton

The Ward 4 ResiStat meeting was held last Wednesday evening at the Healey School in Winter Hill.

About 60 to 70 residents showed up to hear Mayor Joe Curtatone and his administration talk about what is going on in Winter Hill.

Eagle Feathers #139– Oxford

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Oxford, Massachusetts lies in the southern part of Worcester County, just one town away from the Connecticut border. As early as 1682, the Massachusetts Bay Colony offered land grants to this area for people who would colonize the then, unbridled frontierland.

Somerville cares. And it shows it.

From time to time we are called upon to gather together to show our solidarity with worthy causes, to share the grief of loss with those who have lost so much, or simply to feel that kindred spirit that makes us a community, not just a city of brick and mortar.

On Sunday, October 1, members of Somerville Youth Softball, appeared on NESN Clubhouse, the commercial-free Red Sox pregame show for kids that airs every Sunday 90 minutes before Red Sox games on NESN. They closed out the 2017 NESN Clubhouse season as guests on the final episode joined by NESN hosts TJ Hourigan, Jahmai Webster, and Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster live on Yawkey Way.