— Photo by Terence Clarey

By  Terence Clarey

On a sidewalk, near the curb between a bicycle shop and a three-story apartment building, on Elm Street, Somerville, just east of its intersection with Beech and Willow Streets, stands a small granite marker, usually obscured by parked cars, with these words chiseled on its face:

Monday, April 21, is Patriots’ Day. City buildings will be closed. Trash, recycling and yard waste collection will be delayed by one day. No street sweeping on Monday.

Free, family-friendly events May 3 – 9 highlight local sustainability efforts

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne invites residents to celebrate SustainaVille Week 2025, a weeklong series of free events from May 3 – 9 showcasing Somerville’s climate progress and engaging the community in the next steps toward a carbon net-negative future.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Department of Veterans’ Services are announcing that Somerville’s Memorial Day parade will be held on Sunday, May 25. 

The parade will step off at 11 a.m. from Davis Square, proceeding west on Holland Street through Teele Square and onto Broadway, ending at the Veterans Cemetery between Alewife Brook Parkway and North Street. This year’s Grand Marshal is Somerville resident and Medal of Honor recipient Thomas G. Kelley.

Q: With the investments markets being so topsy-turvy, is there any simple, low-stress place to keep my money?

A: Yes! Check out a money market account.

State Dept memo reportedly reveals contradictions in Trump Administration’s rationale for revocation of Öztürk’s visa, detention

After a recent report indicated that an internal State Department memo concluded that the key premise underlying Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest and detention was false, Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately release the memo and any other relevant documentation. Last month, Pressley, Markey, and Warren led over 30 lawmakers in writing to Trump Administration officials demanding information about Rümeysa’s arrest and detention, and similar incidents across the country.

GLOWBALL’s Glow-in-the-Dark Rave will also include honors to community arts advocates Rachel Strutt; Nelson Salaza, and Clay Fernald, with beats provided by DJ Adam Gibbons.

On Friday, April 25, GLOWBALL will transform the Armory Performance Hall into an immersive Glow-in-the-Dark Rave created by Afro House DJ Adam Gibbons with hypnotic visuals by Jay Medina, all in support of The Center for Arts at the Armory.