Year-end event, co-sponsored by Tufts University, to feature live entertainment, food from local restaurants, limited edition 175^th Birthday brew by Aeronaut Brewing Company, and viewing of limited time Chinese art exhibit at Tufts’ Aidekman Art Gallery.

Join the City of Somerville and Tufts University on Saturday, November 11, for the finale in a series of events celebrating the 175^th anniversary of Somerville’s separation from Charlestown. The “175^th Birthday Soireé” will be hosted in Tufts’ Aidekman Arts Center from 7 to 9 p.m. on November 11, and will feature live music by local and University artists, food from local restaurants, and a cash bar in addition to samples of a special edition 175^th Birthday beer by Aeronaut Brewing Company. Attendees will also have access to the Aidekman Art Gallery and its current exhibit “Chinese Myth, Folklore, and History,” featuring a 74 foot mural by artist Yuan Yunsheng.

Come celebrate the lives of loved ones that have passed on due to addiction as the community gathers for the Somerville Overcoming Addiction Fourth Annual Vigil. Saturday, October 7, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. at the East Somerville Community School Atrium. Somerville Overcoming Addiction is a grassroots community action group that has come together to join the fight against the disease of addiction. The group is made up of family members of addicts, people in recovery, and people working in the field. Like most people, they have all been affected by addiction in one way or another. All are welcome to attend. The group seeks to connect the community with addiction support and recovery services, remove the stigma of addiction, and eliminate overdose fatalities in Somerville.

SCES Resource Specialist Colleen Morrissey.

By Colleen Morrissey

Change is one of the few constants in life, and because of that it’s important to be mindful of Medicare Open Enrollment, even if you’re satisfied with your current coverage.

Medicare is a great program that provides health coverage for more than 44 million Americans. But it’s also complex and ever-changing. Because of that, you might need to make some changes during the open enrollment period, to ensure the best possible coverage in the coming year.

Quite a few years ago, I was sending items to a new auctioneer. He would take my small items and not give me grief when they didn’t do a thousand dollars. We sold a bunch of stuff.

Mudflat Pottery School to Host Military Parents and their Children for a Day with Clay

September is back to school month for families, meaning that quality parent/child time can be hard to come by. Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program, is teaming up with Mudflat Pottery School in Somerville, MA, to bring local military parents and their children together for a few hours of free, educational fun with clay.

“It” awaits the pleasure of your company at the Somerville Theatre, in Davis Square.

By Dre Joseph

In the summer of 1989, a group of high school social outcasts in the Americana town of Derry, Maine are brought together by vicious bullying and uncaring adults to investigate a rash of missing children taken by a demon who appears in the form of a clown and uses their worst fears against them.

By Somerville Labor Coalition

(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)

The City of Somerville joined the Group Insurance Commission (GIC), the Commonwealth’s health plan for public employees, in 2011. At the time, several press reports suggested that Somerville’s unions overwhelmingly agreed.

Saturday, October 7th, 2017 – 9 a.m.,Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144

Race starts and ends at the end of the bike path – behind Rite Aid on Highland Avenue and Grove Street.

The Somerville Public Library and Somerville Media Center invite you to celebrate your right to read! Come and read excerpts from various banned books. If you wish to participate, just show up with a book that has been threatened to be banned or pick from a reading that the library provides.

The event will take place at the Somerville Public Library (Central Library) on Saturday, September 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 79 Highland Ave.

Graham, seen here in the red shirt, won the bottle rocket challenge at STEM Education Day at Fenway last week.

Students from about 20 schools throughout the Boston area took part in a STEM Education Day at Fenway Park last week, as part of the CITGO STEM Talent Pipeline Program offered in partnership with the Boston Red Sox.

150 students from the West Somerville Neighborhood School and the Argenziano School were among the hundreds of students who spent the day participating in STEM activities at Fenway Park, then took in an afternoon Red Sox game against the A’s. Graham, from the West Somerville Neighborhood School, took top honors in the bottle rocket challenge that afternoon.