Somerville Media Center has been busy with coverage of various local elections and events. SMC is a leading community media center that enables our vibrant and diverse community to freely express its creativity, explain its ideas and share its cultures and values through our radio and TV channels. We encourage you to visit somervillemedia.org to watch the full videos below but in the meantime, enjoy the teaser introduction to the Somerville Mayoral Debate and Bernie Sanders Visit to Somerville.

Cold Specks will be performing at ONCE Ballroom on Thursday, November 2. ~ Photo by Norman Wong

By Blake Maddux

Ladan Hussein was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, to Solami parents who had immigrated to Canada in 1987.

For a time, she studied political science at the University of Toronto with the intention of becoming a lawyer.

Years ago, I was out picking through people’s trash in swank Arlington. I had waited until after sunset to go out in my pick-up truck.

I went to the Friendlies on Broadway, got a fribble and planned on cruising for a few hours up and down the streets looking for a nice score. I drove up on a promising looking pile in front of a well-kept single family house that had a for sale sign on the lawn. I parked and grabbed a small flashlight.

Somerville’s annual corn shucking event earlier this month had students, staff members, parents/guardians, and community volunteers from Groundwork Somerville, Shape Up Somerville, UMass Extension, and Tufts shuck about 3,500 ears of “grown in New England” ears of corn! The corn came from Stamp Farms, a family-owned and operated farm in Rhode Island (www.stampfarms.com).

By William C. Shelton

(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries and letters to the Editor of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)

I once worked for a week as a con artist. I was thirteen years old, and I got on the crew of a man who would take us to different neighborhoods across the metropolitan area, where we sold newspaper subscriptions.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

The October installment of the City’s SomerStreets festival, “Monster Mashed Up,” took place on on Sunday, October 22.

Nighttime construction work is anticipated on the rail corridor west of the McGrath Highway Overpass in Somerville.

Work is scheduled to begin around midnight, Friday, 10/27/17 into Saturday morning, 10/28/17, and is expected to continue during daytime hours on Saturday and Sunday (10/28 and 10/29).

The Somerville High Girls Volleyball team played Everett at Everett High on Wednesday, October 18. The Freshman and Varsity teams won, and Junior Varsity lost to Everett. On Friday, October 20, they went up against Waltham at home. The Freshman team lost, Junior Varsity and Varsity won. They played in Somerville on Tuesday, October 24, in Somerville against Malden. The score was not out by our deadline.

By Donald Norton

On Tuesday of this week the City of Somerville held its “Halloween Party & Dance” for seniors at the Holiday Inn. The MC and DJ was the one and only George Landers, who was there to lead the group in song. Mayor Joe Curtatone and Middlesex County DA Marion Ryan sang many songs with the estimated 100 or so people present. Good food was provided by the Holiday Inn, along with trick or treat bags for the attendees and lots of music and entertainment. The crowd was very pleased.