Sweet Wednesday (Dave Falk and Lisa Housman), hosts and performers at the Mardi Gras Concert/Party.

By Rebecca Danvers

In these harsh days of winter, the Somerville Homeless Coalition is working hard to keep people safe, through emergency shelters, Project Soup and food assistance, homelessness prevention and affordable housing programs, medical assistance, educational programs, and more.

A special Mardi Gras party/concert at the Burren on Sunday, February 26 will invite music lovers to enjoy live New Orleans style music and songs, while supporting the work of the SHC.

By Nathan Lamb

The countdown to cuts is on. On March 1, the Baker Administration will begin cutting as much as $5.6 million from the Adult Foster Care program. The cuts will continue through the last four months of the fiscal year.

“We are running out of time to protect the elderly and people with disabilities,” said Linda Andrade of the Mass Council on Adult Foster Care. “Adult Foster Care is one of the premier ‘community first’ programs in the Commonwealth. The population in need is growing, and our budget should be growing to meet that need.”

On this episode of Somerville Neighborhood News, we take a look at Mayor Curtatone’s State of the City Address. Somerville High School opens a publicly run Fabrication Laboratory. East Somerville Community School presents the annual Martin Luther King Day event. Record crowds attend the Boston Women’s March.

The City of Somerville’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, and the City Engineering Department, invite all interested community members to the next community meeting in a public meeting series to discuss construction updates and park design for the upcoming Nunziato Field Stormwater and Park reconstruction project. The meetings will be held on February 13, and February 22 (see below for details). Nunziato Field and Off-Leash Recreation Area is the location of an important stormwater infrastructure project that will alleviate flooding in the surrounding neighborhood during severe rain. The renovation project will also include installation of a new grass field, dog park, and seating areas.

To celebrate the Patriots Super Bowl win, LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston is offering $5 off admission for anyone wearing Patriots gear  through Sunday, February 12. In addition, visitors can check out the true to size LEGO replica of the Vince Lombardi trophy that will be on display in the LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston shop throughout the week. One lucky winner can also win the chance for tickets and a private meet and greet with LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston Master Model Builder Megan Amaral and the trophy! The contest is being run through LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston’s Facebook page. LEGOLAND Discovery Center Boston opens daily at 10:00 a.m. and advance tickets are suggested. For more information, check out their website: https://boston.legolanddiscoverycenter.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)

For the second time in as many years, Assembly Row has won Curbed Boston’s Neighborhood of the Year award. The folks at Federal Realty Investment Trust should be justly proud of what they have accomplished.

All cars must be moved from City and school lots by 8 a.m. to avoid ticketing and towing. Property owners must shovel sidewalks by 1 p.m. Friday (within 6 daylight hours following end of snowfall).

Given today’s blizzard, the amount of snow, and the severe temperature and weather conditions projected to continue through tomorrow, all schools will remain closed on Friday, February 10. The projected wind and temperature patterns, combined with today’s snowfall compromises safe travel in and around our community. We will keep you updated regarding Friday afternoon athletic activities at SHS and the Friday night performance of the Somerville High School musical.

— Somerville Public Schools

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to the Stop & Shop on McGrath Hwy. last Friday on reports of a suspicious person stopped by store Loss Prevention personnel.

Upon arrival, the officers were told that a man, later identified as Fedley Frederick, of Medford, reportedly came into the store sometime between Thursday and Friday morning, grabbed two bottles of expensive cooking oils, placed them in a shopping bag, hid them underneath a table in the Floral Department, then left the store. Frederic then reportedly returned to Stop & Shop on Friday afternoon and began to look for the bottles under the floral table.

Ticketing and towing began  at 4 a.m. Thursday for cars that were not moved to the correct side of the street or to a municipal or school lot.

Once a snow emergency goes into effect, vehicle owners have four hours (unless otherwise noted) to move their vehicles to the EVEN-numbered side of the street (unless otherwise posted), or they may be ticketed and towed. Municipal and school lots will be made available at no cost to residents during snow emergencies. It is important that vehicles only be parked on one side of the street as noted above to ensure plows can make all roads accessible and safe, particularly for emergency vehicles.

Full snow emergency and snow removal policies may be found on the City’s website at www.somervillema.gov/snow