Cirque Us! will be performing for the first time at a fundraiser show in support of their new tour that will kick off Summer 2016. The show will be held at Aircraft Aerial Arts in Somerville, MA on Saturday, March 19. The first ever performance from Cirque Us! will feature high-flying aerialists, wacky clowns, contortionists and tight wire-walkers. Proceeds will raise money for the Summer 2016 tour, which will hit many towns in the New England area.

By William C. Shelton

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The Republican establishment wrings its hands over the future of its Party while the Democratic establishment weeps crocodile tears, decrying the sorry state of America’s political culture. Neither is prepared to acknowledge that the Donald Trump phenomenon that they so loathe is the consequence of their own sins of commission and omission.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro
Poodle skirts, bellbottoms and platform shoes came out of mothballs last Friday as participants in Flashback Friday at The Somerville City Club took a journey back in time and danced the night away to songs from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s. All proceeds benefited the Somerville PTA Scholarship Dinner Dance.

The Boston Irish Film Festival returned to the historic Somerville Theater for the sixteenth time to showcase the best in Irish film making. SCATV and Greater Somerville’s Joe Lynch covered opening night.

By Sara Harris

Congratulations to the Prospect Hill Academy Lady Wizards on winning the 11th Annual Massachusetts Charter School Athletic Organization Girls’ Basketball Championship. ~Photos by Correen Demers

U Mass Boston’s Clark Athletic Center was alive with drama and excitement as soon as the Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers Huskies (20-3) and the Prospect Hill Academy Lady Wizards (18-0) arrived for the 11th Annual Massachusetts Charter School Athletic Organization Girls’ Basketball Championship Game this past Friday night.

By Haley ED Houseman

Groundwork Somerville conducted its annual Maple Syrup Boil Down Saturday, ~Photo by Bobbie Toner

It was a good weekend for those with a sweet tooth in Somerville. On Saturday, March 12, Groundwork Somerville conducted its annual Maple Syrup Boil at the Community Growing Center to turn local maple sap into syrup.

~Photos by Bobbie Toner
It was a very exciting race day in Somerville on Sunday as men’s winner Andrea Sorgato became a three time champion of the race with a winning time of 14:48 and barely beating John Schilkowsky – who finished in 14:49 – by one second. Sorgato improved on his 2011 winning time of 14:49 and his 2010 winning time of 15:36.

Kenneth Manning.

Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan has confirmed that the body of a deceased adult male recovered last night from the Mystic River has been positively identified as Kenneth Manning, 35, of Malden.

— Photos by Bobbie Toner

This past Sunday, March 13, marked the end of the epic near 50-year run as Somerville’s and one of the Greater Boston area’s premier nightspots and entertainment venues.

By Sal Ghamo

The pros and cons of natural versus artificial turf are still being debated and assessed by the city, according to a report by the Board of Aldermen’s Special Committee on Open Space, Environment, and Energy.

At the March 10 regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, a report was given on the activities of the Special Committee on Open Space, Environment, and Energy that had met earlier, on February 29.