Arrests:
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Kevin Banos, of 47 Hanson, December 4, 2:47 p.m., arrested at Walnut St. on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Kevin Banos, of 47 Hanson, December 4, 8:12 p.m., arrested at Washington St. on charges of threat to commit a crime, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.

A team of Career and Technical Education students from Somerville High School (SHS) earned a number of Skills Leadership and Quality awards at the 2017 Massachusetts Fall SkillsUSA Leadership Conference last month. SHS students networked and worked alongside other SkillsUSA high school students from across the state for the two-day event, gaining valuable skills and making new friendships and connections. This was the fourth year that SHS has participated in this event. The Highlanders brought home the following awards from this year’s Fall event:

The first Special Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 7:00 PM, in the Aldermanic Chambers, 2^nd Floor, City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, for the purpose of considering four zoning ordinance proposals for affordable housing linkage fees and/or jobs creation and retention linkage fees (#204399, #204400, #204524, and #204525).

Rachel Marta Greenberg (center) and about 40 others volunteered to make Meals on Wheels deliveries for Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services on Thanksgiving.

By Rachel Marta Greenberg

Thanksgiving is a day off for Meals on Wheels drivers at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES), and volunteers help make that possible. This year I was very happy to be part of that effort.

I had no idea what to expect or how many people would participate. I was pleasantly surprised to see at least 40 men, women and children waiting to help on Thanksgiving morning.

— Photo by Bobbie Toner

The snow season has begun, to receive snow emergency announcements by phone, text message, or email, sign up at somervillema.gov/Alerts.

Make sure you’re in the know about what to do whenever  there is a snow emergency called by visiting http://somervillema.gov/snow , learn about  parking and shoveling rules.

Enjoy the sounds of the season and support our student musicians at upcoming Winter Concerts throughout the district:

• Brown School Winter Concert: Monday, December 11, 6:30 p.m. at the Somerville High School Auditorium, 81 Highland Avenue
• El Sistema Somerville Winter Concert: Tuesday, December 12, 7:00 p.m. at the ESCS Auditorium, 50 Cross St.
• Winter Hill School Winter Concert: Thursday, December 14, 9:30-11:15 a.m. at the SHS Auditorium, 81 Highland Ave.
• All-City Middle School Winter Concert: Thursday, December 14, 6:30 p.m. at the SHS Auditorium
• East Somerville Community School Winter Concert: Tuesday, December 19, 9:00-11:00 a.m. at the ESCS Auditorium
• Healey Grades 3-8 Winter Concert: Thursday, December 21, 9:15-10:30 a.m. at the Healey Cafeteria, 5 Meacham St.
• Somerville High School Winter Concert: Thursday, December 21, 6:30 p.m. at the SHS Auditorium
• Argenziano Winter Concert: Friday, December 22, 9:15-10:40 a.m. at the Argenziano School, 290 Washington St.

Somerville Neighborhood News (SNN) is a hyper-local news service created to help inform and strengthen the community. In an increasingly consolidated media landscape where corporate media companies have more control of local stations and their news content, SNN strives to give coverage to under-reported local issues and produce stories that are important to Somerville’s diverse population.

By Jim Clark

On Wednesday afternoon of last week, Somerville Police Dispatch received a call for shots fired in the area of Myrtle St. at Perkins St. Officers dispatched to the scene found one spent 9mm shell casing.

Witness reports provided police with descriptions of a male suspect and a vehicle seen leaving the area shortly after the shots were heard.