Monday, June 18, is Bunker Hill Day and City offices will be closed for the holiday. Street sweeping as well as trash, recycling, and yard waste collection will remain on a normal schedule. Because of the holiday, parking meters and resident parking permit enforcement will not be in effect.

L to R: Educational Fund Winners Mei Mei Collins and Saja El Saudi with Rotary President Brian Rooney.

Somerville Rotary Club was honored to attend the Somerville High School Annual Awards Night on May 23. Somerville Rotary granted $2,000 scholarships to two well-deserving outstanding students of Somerville High School.

The brain child of Mayor Joe Curtatone, who played trumpet in the Somerville High School Jazz Band, the annual Jazz & Blues Fest will take over Nathan Tufts Park in Somerville on Saturday, June 16, from 12 – 6:00pm for the best all-day free concert around.

The Kiwanis club of Somerville today awarded scholarships to six Somerville High School seniors. Distinguished Past President David O’Brien, Chair of the Scholarship Committee, explained that the college scholarships are funded by the sale of Lucky K tickets which are sold by the members throughout the year.

The Fixer Fair’s philosophy is “Don’t throw it away – fix it!”

By Courtney Young

What’s in your junk drawer? Is it a wrench that you have no idea what to do with? A screwdriver that your mother bought you when you moved into your first place that you’ve never used? What about that old, broken Walkman that nostalgia keeps beckoning you to put back together?

L to R: Past-President Paul Kaufman, Educational Fund Winner Mei Mei Collins, and President-Elect Kevin Su.

Each year, the Somerville Rotary Club awards two scholarships to deserving Somerville residents and high school seniors who are planning on going to college. On May 22, they were honored by the presence of one of this year’s scholarship winners at their weekly meeting. Mei Mei Collins, a senior at Somerville High School, President of the Somerville High School National Honor Society. Collins will be attending Harvard University in the fall to study Environmental Engineering.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

Full Circle School held its graduation ceremony on June 6 at the Arts the Armory. Next Wave Junior High School and Full Circle High School teach to students who have difficulty learning in traditional educational settings. They are a safe place for everyone and every member of the school community is treated with respect.

By Jim Clark

On the evening of June 5, Bonnie Dwyer entered the lobby of the Somerville Police and reportedly told police that she had come to speak to an officer to report a past crime she claimed she had been a victim of.

Walkers came together outside City Hall to participate in the 15th annual Save Our Homes Walk on June 10. — Photos by Shira Laucharoen

By Shira Laucharoen

On June 10, the Affordable Housing Organizing Committee held its 15th annual Save Our Homes Walk, a 5k march that raised funds contributing to the prevention of homelessness. Drawing together 100 walkers, the walk collected $33,625 to provide for emergency assistance.

On June 7, the Somerville Public Schools Special Education Department and the Health/Physical Education Department hosted Somerville’s Special Olympics School Day Games at Somerville’s Trum Field. Approximately 140 athletes from grades K-12 participated in events such as soccer, t-ball, and various relays.