The highly gifted Sawyer Fredericks will be entertaining at The Rockwell next week, along with Gabriel Wolfchild and The Northern Light. — Photo by Holly Tutor Photography

By Jim Clark

It’s been a white-hot meteoric ride to the top of the charts for 17-year-old singing prodigy Sawyer Fredericks, and he is soon to make a stop at The Rockwell on December 19 for a much-anticipated show, with Gabriel Wolfchild and The Northern Light opening.

In 2015 Fredericks became the youngest ever winner of TV’s The Voice singing competition show, coached by Pharrell Williams.

Coming on Thursday, December 15, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., the Somerville Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly Business After Hours at the Armory on Highland Avenue. This is an excellent networking event featuring appetizers and a free business card drawing, along with a cash bar. Guests are welcome to bring unwrapped Toys for Local Children. Sponsored by the Bonney Family and the Law Offices of Isaac M. Machado. Hosted by Somerville Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Chair Dana Iacopucci of Cubby Oil & Energy.

A possible loss of open green space is being threatened by MassDOT at 422 Mystic Ave.

By The Times Staff

Frustrated Somerville residents hang signs in protest of Massachusetts Department of Transportation work. The work would take away the only open space below their windows. Signs read: “Leave Our Open Space,” “They Use It, We Lose It,” and even “Somerville Lives Matter.”

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

Mayor Curtatone, Alderman MaryJo Rossetti, city officials and the Moonlighters led by Jimmy Del Ponte visited Somerville’s VNA’s, Somerville Home and Little Sister’s of the Poor last week to sing Christmas Carols to the residents.

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There is nothing like starting the day off with a full, hearty breakfast. That being said, located in Teele Square, this, “hole in the wall”, offers many choices sure to satisfy all palates, including egg sandwiches, waffles, buttermilk pancakes, omelets, combination of eggs and pancakes, and some sides such as fruit, hash, bacon and sausage. Vegetarian options are also available.

— Photo by Donald Norton

A citation was presented by Aldermen Katjana Ballantyne, Maryann Heuston, the entire Board and the Mayor commending the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church on the momentous occasion of its 100th anniversary was presented to Fr. Konstantinos Manetas at last week’s regular meeting of the Board.

It seems as though many of us don’t know whether to toss our hats in the air and shout for joy or quietly drown our sorrows at the local tavern. Indeed, though, it’s been reported that many in attendance at the last Board of Aldermen meeting broke into applause after the city’s $50 million contribution to the GLX’s funding was unanimously approved. Cold comfort to others, though.

The news that the Green Line Extension project is not yet dead is actually comforting to many. After all the years of promises and compromises, most of us feel we have it coming.

By Rebecca Danvers

The Playworks Team Up program has been a great addition to the Brown School over the last several months.

On a recent visit to the school during recess, students and staff were active and engaged in a variety of games using the Playworks Team Up model. First grade students were playing “Everyone’s It Tag” along with their teachers, a game they learned during Class Game Time with their Playworks Site Coordinator, Caroline Barclay.

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Kentucky native CD Collins follows the storytelling traditions of the South, both as a solo artist and when accompanied by musicians. Her short fiction collection Blue Land was published by Polyho Press, her poetry collection by Ibbetson Street Press. As one of the originators of the resurgence of spoken word with live music, her work has been archived in four compact discs: Kentucky Stories (winner Best Spoken-Word album Boston Poetry Awards) Subtracting Down, and Carousel Lounge. Her most recent disc, Clean Coal/Big Lie, is currently being released in a series of one-woman shows. Afterheat is her first novel.