Join the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission and East Somerville Main Streets on Sunday, June 12, from 2 to 4:30 p.m., for a walking tour entitled, “Evolving Face of East Somerville: From Horse Drawn Trolleys to Transit Stations.” Ed Gordon, President of the New England Chapter of the Victorian Society in America, will lead a lively walking tour exploring changes in the historic buildings and landscape of this area.  Meet at the East Branch Library, 115 Broadway, and end at Assembly Row with complimentary refreshments. Rain or shine!

Due to forecasts of thunder storms Taste of Somerville will be postponed until Wednesday June 15. All other details remain the same. 

Join this year’s TASTE OF SOMERVILLE, one of the most impressive food festivals in Greater Boston, held in the heart of Davis Square! This outdoor extravaganza is scheduled from 5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 (with rain dates on 6/15, 6/22). This outdoor extravaganza features over 60 notable restaurants, breweries, caterers, and farmers! Yum!

Arrests:
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Danyell Hardy, of 60 Westville St., Dorchester, May 31, 5:23 p.m., arrested at Middlesex Ave. on a charge of shoplifting by concealing merchandise and on warrant charges of assault and battery, assault and battery on a family or household member, and resisting arrest.

Dmitri Edmond, of 129 Sherwoodglen, Somersworth, NH, June 1, 4:56 p.m., arrested at Broadway on a charge of fugitive from justice and on a warrant charge of assault and battery on a police officer.

Last year, 59 Somerville High School students set a new Guinness World Record for the “most arm-linked people to stand-up simultaneously,” earning the school its first record.

The City of Somerville’s SomerVIVA program is bringing back its Haiti and Brazil Hit the Ville! Festival for its third year on Sunday, July 24, 2016, and we need performers! The Festival celebrates Haitian and Brazilian food, culture, and entertainment, and performers of all varieties who celebrate and exhibit one or both of those cultures are invited to apply for limited spots available during the three hour festival in Union Square. A committee will select acts for limited time spots. The Festival is free to attendees, and includes dozens of local vendors, artists, and restaurants. Several thousand attendees are expected for this year’s festival.

Somerville’s immigrant population leaves behind home, family and friends to work for a better life. For many, American citizenship brings a sense of pride and security.

The Welcome Project has begun a citizenship class to guide residents along what can be a long path to a Citizenship Ceremony. Learning history and geography are just a part of the process.

Somerville High School students joined Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan at a recent screening at the Woburn Showcase Cinemas hosted by Middlesex Partnerships for Youth (MPY), featuring videos/PSAs titled Teen Dating A to Generation Z: A Guide to Going Out, Breaking Up and Everything in Between.

The City of Somerville Fields Master Planning Report for athletic fields in Somerville is now available online on the city’s website. The report lays out a path for steady rehabilitation of the city’s athletic fields and identifies priorities for a preliminary schedule of major improvements and renovations as well as new field creation and acquisition. Building upon two community meetings on fields master planning held in March 2016, the plan is guided by thoughtful feedback, comments, and constructive criticism from our community members and elected officials, and prepared by an interdisciplinary staff team included data specialists, planners, field managers, landscape architects, engineers and construction managers. The plan may be viewed or downloaded at www.somervillema.gov/fieldsmaster.

East Broadway will come alive with the sights, sounds and spectacle of Carnaval @ SomerStreets.

Due to heavy rains and possible tropical downpours expected on Sunday, the annual street festival Carnaval @ SomerStreets in Somerville is postponed to Saturday, June 11, 2-6 p.m.