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Bantam Cider Company located in Union Square offers rotating craft ciders, including Purple Lady steeped with loose leaf black tea, Rojo, using an ale yeast with sour cherries and black peppercorns and their flagship, Wunderkind, using a sparkling wine yeast combined with a hint of flower-blossom honey.

It seems as though we cannot get enough of the farmers market scene in Somerville. They have become time-honored traditions and perennial mainstays of alternative commerce in the city.

There is something special about shopping for fresh produce, discovering unique arts and crafts vendors, and enjoying live entertainment in the open air. We feel a sense of camaraderie, too, as we gather to take in the sights, sounds, flavors and aromas that permeate each market site.

The Boston City Council voted on Wednesday, July 11, to adopt a resolution endorsing a Parents’ Bill of Rights, which was created by the Somerville-based nonprofit Parenting Journey. The Council also presented a citation to the nonprofit’s Executive Director Imari Paris Jeffries. Both the resolution and citation were sponsored by Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley as part of her continued efforts to highlight the issues affecting people of color, immigrants, and people living in high-poverty areas.

CycleBar, the first and only premier indoor cycling franchise, is opening at Assembly Row in Somerville on July 19 and will offer a fun and inspiring low-impact/high-intensity cycling experience for all ages and body types. No matter where people are in their fitness journey, the CycleBar class experience promises to calm minds, elevate moods and revive senses by providing the ride of a lifetime in an exhilarating state-of-the-art CycleTheatre.

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A Review of Somerville’s Poet Laureate Gloria Mindock New Collection of Verse by Brookline Poet Laureate Zvi Sesling:

Arrests:
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Troy Thiboutot, of 39 Boylston St., Boston, July 10, 7:04 p.m., arrested at Middlesex Ave. on charges of shoplifting by concealing merchandise, removal of theft prevention device, and possession of a class B drug.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has issued a fish advisory for the Lower Mystic River area in Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, and Somerville to provide guidance on fish consumption.

Thelma Anne (Robbins) Carriger – 86, A Lifelong resident of Somerville passed away on July 14, 2018 at home surrounded by her loving family.

Beloved wife of the late Donald W. Carriger, Sr.