Dilboy Stadium on the Alewife is once again hosting the 5th Annual Fight Night at Dilboy, Friday evening, August 19. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. First bout at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youth. Children under 12 are free with a paid adult admission. Tickets can be purchased at the Somerville Boxing Club, 11 Otis Street, or at the door the night of the event. Rain date August 20.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

On Thursday, August 2, Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) partnered with the City of Somerville, Somerville Police Department, the National Association of Town Watch, and Target, Inc. hosted National Night Out, “America’s Night Out Against Crime.”

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I must admit, I’m truly ashamed that I haven’t made my way here sooner. I just think about all the times I craved authentic southern fried chicken and walked away disappointed. I can proudly say, that is no longer the case.

It looks now as though the Wynn Boston Harbor resort complex is going to become a reality for the city of Everett – and, of course, for its neighbors, like us.

In spite of the best efforts by representatives from Boston, Somerville, and elsewhere to grind the project to a permanent halt, the casino giant has prevailed in the end. For better or worse.

Somerville Alibrandis face off with the East Boston Knights in the first round of the 2016 Yawkee Baseball League championship playoffs.

Courtesy of Yawkey Baseball League

In 2015 they were the top 2 seeds in the YBL tourney and battled in the Championship Round. This year they will meet again, but this rematch takes place in the first round.

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Poet and State Rep. Denise Provost reviews a new poetry book by Somerville Bagel Bard Lawrence Kessenich: 

Lawrence Kessenich’s newest book of poetry, Age of Wonders, is itself a wonder. Its poems, few exceeding a single page, are deceptively simple. The reader enters a description of an ordinary situation, only to hit a line that opens, as if on hinges, into unexpected revelation; the kind of magic door found in the mythic stories we read in youth.

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Somerville Bagel Bard Molly Mattfield Bennett has a new book of poetry out – so we decided to excerpt a poem from it.

Point No Point is about people who live on the edges, who travel from place to place; at home nowhere, who wander through life’s journey. It is about all of us who are outsiders, Pilgrims, immigrants, homeless on the streets, Masai on the Serengeti, those who seek enlightenment. We are all outsiders. These poems dwell in paradox: with beauty amid horror that can change in an instant from one to the other; with the light that shines through pain; that daily the bush that shelters is on fire.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro
Somerville Seniors enjoyed great weather for the 36th Annual Mayor’s Senior Picnic held on August 3 at Powerhouse Park. There was plenty of food, dancing, music, entertainment and prizes.

Arrests:
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Frederick Deminico, of 402 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, August 3, 5:09 p.m., arrested at Elm St. on warrant charges of trespassing and attempt to commit a crime.

Peter Prado, of 21 Better Way, Springfield, August 5, 2:35 p.m., arrested at McGrath Hwy. on warrant charges of nighttime breaking and entering of a boat or vehicle and larceny under $250.

Join Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston, the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, MassDOT and Beacon St. Reconstruction Project staff on Wednesday, Aug. 10, for a community meeting to discuss the ongoing roadway reconstruction. The meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. at the Academy of Arts and Sciences, 200 Beacon St. MassDOT and City staff will present project milestones and a look ahead schedule for the fall, follow by Q&A. Due to limited parking availability, please consider using public transit, biking, or arriving by foot if possible.