Due to forecasts of rain on Thursday, October 27, the City’s annual Haunted Hall event will be held inside the SHS atrium and gym, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Join the City of Somerville on Thursday, October 27, for the annual “Haunted Hall” event on the City Hall concourse from 6 to 8 p.m. The family-friendly event will feature a costumed Halloween Stroll, safe Trick-or-Treating**, games and activities, refreshments, a Haunted Pumpkin Patch tour, and more.

Arrests:
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Lucas Binda, of 10 Webster Ave., October 17, 8:38 p.m., arrested at Prospect St. on charges of failure to stop or yield and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Daniel Merrill, of 130 Morrison Ave., October 18, 9:58 a.m., arrested on multiple warrant charges of unarmed robbery.

As a result of multiple community meetings over Spring and Summer 2016, and a subsequent vote by the City of Somerville’s Traffic Commission, the city will switch the location of parking spots on Summer St., between Spring St. and Prescott St., from the odd side to the even side of the street, beginning the week of October 24.

On October 24, Somerville will join other communities and institutions across the country to celebrate the 6^th annual Food Day.  This event was created with the intention of having “individuals and organizations come together to learn, debate and mobilize to improve our food system and the American diet”. We ask questions such as how we can ensure everyone has enough healthy food to sustain themselves, how we can make sure our food system and food choices are beneficial for our planet, and more.

In 2016 the State of Massachusetts will hold an early voting period for the first time. This gives residents the option to skip election day lines and vote during the 12-day early voting window. Residents who do not wish to vote early can still visit their usual poll location on election day, Tuesday, November 8.

Mount Auburn Senior Resident Stephanie Antoine (left) recently attended a training session with SCES Adult Protective Services Senior Case manager Norah Al-Wetaid, as part of a collaborative training on how the organizations can work together to support health and well-being. — Photo by Nathan Lamb

By Louise Carpenter

Familiarizing new doctors with community-based programs that support wellbeing is the goal of a new collaboration between Mount Auburn Hospital and Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES).

The joint effort is a four-part training program for residents that focuses on how home-based programs can help maintain patient health, explained SCES Clinical Director Annie Fowler

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Dear Governor Baker,

I can’t believe you would even think about decreasing our PNA (Personal Needs Allowance.)

Too many Nursing Homes and Rest Home Residents. We don’t have enough to allow us to live our lives.

Now we merely sub-exist on hope, that’s all we have, $72.80 does not allow much. An increase to $100 a month is a necessity, not merely a dream. You must have elderly relatives. How do they survive? I’m sure you give to them help: what about us? We are deserving. We did all the right things. Many of us even voted for you.

This week on the latest Somerville Neighborhood News – your source for local TV news:

Construction is underway at the Wynn Resorts across the Mystic River in Everett. On October 11 News Director Heather Aveson sat down with Wynn Boston CEO, Robert DiSalvio for an extended conversation about the development and the thawing relationship between Wynn and the City of Somerville.

The ABC’s of Question 2: The Charter School Debate

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On November 8th, voters across Massachusetts will vote on whether to raise the cap on charter schools.

A “yes” vote supports this proposal to authorize up to 12 new charter schools or enrollment expansions in existing charter schools by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education per year.

“Daylight Walk” is one of Sarah Eigen Davis’ watercolors that can be viewed while on exhibit at Center for Arts at the Armory in November.

By Manna Parker

Somerville artist Sarah Eigen Davis is presenting her first exhibition at Center for Arts at the Armory in November. The exhibit will feature her original watercolors depicting moments of the community of Somerville.