All interested residents are invited to join the Office of Capital Projects and Planning, the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, Ward 3 Alderman Ben Ewen-Campen and Alderman at Large Mary Jo Rossetti for a public meeting on Monday, February 26, to discuss upcoming tree removal as part of the construction process for the new Somerville High School.

The Somerville Democratic City Committee will be holding its city wide reorganization meeting on February 27, 7:00 p.m. at the Somerville High School Library, 81 Highland Avenue. Also speaking at this meeting will be the candidate for Secretary of State, Josh Zakim. For more information about this committee and to RSVP for this meeting, please visit http://www.somdems.org

Aging Life Care Manager Carolynn Nagao-Marco.

By Carolynn Nagao-Marcotte

Differences of opinion often come with the territory when dealing with relatives. But family disagreements about care can be a huge problem when there’s a crisis and a loved one’s best interests are at stake.

Unfortunately, this is a fairly common situation. But a bit of preparation and a collaborative approach can make a world of difference.

Please join Ward 2 Alderman JT Scott, Ward 3 Alderman Ben Ewen-Campen, and the City’s Capital Projects & Planning Department for a community meeting on Wednesday, March 14, to discuss upcoming construction on Somerville Ave. as part of the Somerville Ave. Utility and Streetscape Improvements Project. The meeting will be held in the Academy Room of the Public Safety Building, 220 Washington St., beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Beyond Boston – Regional News Show presents: Understanding Net Neutrality and the Future of Our Internet: A Panel Discussion & Q and A

Thursday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m. at Malden Senior Center

It is no surprise that a free, open, and accessible internet is vital to our modern democracy. To ensure such protections, net neutrality rules were created to make sure all internet traffic is treated equally and enables freedom of the press, expression, and speech in the digital age. Despite the clear importance of net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to eliminate net neutrality and change the way Americans access the internet.

Somerville workers to protest billionaire-driven effort to use Supreme Court to further rig the system; #WeRise actions at workplaces call for more good, union jobs in our community

Union members in Somerville will be joined by community leaders and activists at Somerville City Hall on Feb. 26. The action will happen on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Janus vs. AFSCME case, a lawsuit driven by anti-worker CEOs and billionaires to divide working people and limit our power in numbers.

Join Ward 6 Alderman Lance Davis, the Somerville Capital Projects and Planning Department, the Somerville Public Library, and the project design team for upcoming meetings to discuss plans for the West Branch Library. A walkthrough landscape meeting will be held on Saturday, February 24, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the West Branch Library, 40 College Ave. A full community meeting will be held on Monday, February 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Community Baptist Church located at 31 College Ave. where we will review and discuss the findings from the walkthrough. For more information about the project, visitwww.somervillema.gov/westbranchlibrary, or contact Project Manager Robert Cassano at Rcassano@somervillema.gov or 617-625-6600 ext. 5126.

The city of Somerville is fighting back against regulatory opposition that blocked it from divesting the city’s pension system from the fossil fuel industry.

At its February 7 meeting, the Somerville Retirement Board approved a home rule petition that would allow it to divest from the fossil fuel industry. In June 2017, the SRB moved $9.2 million in assets, representing 4.5 percent of the system’s total funds, into a fossil fuel free index fund. The move was the first part of a four-part plan to move the retirement system’s assets out of funds that include the top 200 fossil fuel companies.

Sarah Loerzel was honored at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International conference held in San Diego, CA, last week. Loerzel is a resident of Somerville, MA.

AFCEA International is a non-profit association serving the military, government, industry and academia as an ethical forum for advancing professional knowledge and relationships in the fields of communications, information technology, intelligence and global security.