At the request of community members, the MBTA is proposing an extension of the comment period for the Notice of Project Change for the possible extension of the Green Line to Mystic Valley Parkway.  The comment period, which was previously planned to close on Tuesday November 28^th will now close on Tuesday December 12^th.

Parking on City Hall, SHS Concourse to be reduced beginning January 2018.

With construction on the new Somerville High School building project set to begin in January 2018, gradual changes to parking options on the Central Hill Campus (which includes City Hall, Somerville High School, and the Somerville Public Library) and the surrounding public streets will also begin at that time.

Jeanne Leyden is director of Adult Family Care.

By Jeanne Leyden

Caregiving is often a 24/7 endeavor. November marks National Family Caregivers Month, and this year adult foster care providers are recognizing the challenges that caregivers face when providing round-the-clock care for a friend or family member.

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.

Sunday, Nov 26 from 11 to 5 p.m., Somerville Local First proudly presents their annual Holiday Marketplace in the historic main hall of the Armory, located at 191 Highland Avenue.

This popular makers market returns this year with a list of 40+ amazing vendors ready to make your holiday shopping list obsolete. With jewelry, pet accessories, housewares, textiles, fragrances, leather goods, gifts, and specialty food items available – there is something for everyone!

The Tufts University Department of Music presents Jumbo Knish Factory: A Fistful of Gelt in the Fisher Performance Room in the Granoff Music Center on Wednesday, December 6 at 8:00 p.m. The return of the klezmer dance party with special guest dance leader Malka Benjamin and some pre-Chanukah gelt. Michael McLaughlin, director.

By William C. Shelton

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I was raised by fundamentalist Christians. Between daily Bible readings and five-times-weekly church services, I had memorized large portions of the Scripture by the time I was in my teens. But what I read in the Bible seemed inconsistent with what I heard at church.

— Photos by Claudia Ferro

On Tuesday evening, November 14, members of the Somerville Kiwanis Club – with a lot of help from the students and staff from Somerville High School Culinary Arts Department – served turkey dinners with all the fixin’s to nearly one hundred senior residents at the Somerville High School Field House.

A monthly look at ways to get involved with your city: Don’t just live in Somerville, be Somerville

By Joseph A. Curtatone 

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While my staff has provided many ways below for you to stay civically engaged with your city over the next few weeks, I want to encourage you get involved in your community this holiday season in other ways too. Support our students at this Saturday’s Somerville High School Holiday Craft Fair or attend a fundraiser for Puerto Rico at Flatbread in Davis Square. Perhaps you can make a charitable contribution to one of our many local nonprofit organizations or head out on Small Business Saturday and support our local economy. Whatever avenue you choose, I hope you embrace the spirit of giving this holiday season.

From my family to yours, happy Thanksgiving, Somerville! I wish you all a safe and joyful holiday with friends and family.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley are teaming up to help needy families in the area enjoy a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston is partnering with the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley to distribute over 6,500 Thanksgiving meals, including turkey and the fixings, to families in need throughout Boston and the surrounding communities this month.