Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Somerville Police Chief David Fallon have announced that Imran Laltaprasad, 31, of Quincy, has been found guilty on charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute heroin. Middlesex Superior Court Judge Shannon Frison sentenced Laltaprasad todayto two and a half years in the House of Correction.

Arrests:
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Osvaldo Lima, of 4 Sterling Sq., Boston, July 21, 5:51 p.m., arrested at Washington St. on charges of refusal to identify self, resisting arrest, bicycle violation, and assault and battery on a police officer.

Nelly Oliver, of Somerville, will be walking with her coworkers as Senior Research Project Manager working with Dr. Levi Garraway in the Center for Cancer Precision Medicine Team in the upcoming Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk. Together, the team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute caregivers has one unifying goal, to conquer cancer.

By Tom Bannister

The first-ever #SomerBliss local shopping promotion has a winner: Daddy Jones in Magoun Square.

During the month of June, residents and businesses were encouraged to tweet using the hashtag #SomerBliss when eating or shopping local to promote local retailers after a difficult winter, a promotional collaboration between the City of Somerville, East Somerville Main Streets, Somerville Chamber of Commerce, Somerville Local First, and Union Square Main Streets.

By Tom Bannister

On Thursday, July 30, the Center for Teen Empowerment and the City of Somerville’s Health and Human Services Department will launch the Somerville Youth Mental Wellness Ambassador Program.

Here is one featured news segment from the latest Somerville Neighborhood Newscast:

​Growing Local & Harvesting Food at South Street Farm

Commissioners oversee SHA and subsidizing public housing in city

The Somerville Housing Authority’s (SHA) Board of Commissioners has a vacancy, and residents are invited to apply to serve.

Ida Fasano, a real estate agent at The Norton Group in Somerville, displays her art work at the Meadow Glen Mall in Medford. The Medford Arts Center, where Ida is a member, opened a new art space at the Meadow Glen Mall on Saturday, July 18. Stop by and view some of Ida’s paintings, which will be on display for the next six weeks.

Part 1: What’s happening and why
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By William C. Shelton

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The first wave of Greek immigrants to Somerville arrived from Alatsata, Ionia over a century ago, escaping a devastating depression and Ottoman Army conscription. They and their countrymen who followed quickly became contributing members of Somerville’s civil society and remain so.

— Photos by Claudia Ferro

The Ferro family hosted the Kensington Ave Sunsetters performance on Thursday July 16. Stop & Shop donated drinks and snacks and the owners of Louie’s Ice Cream, 193 Broadway, treated everyone to free ice cream after the performance.

To find a Sunsetter performance near your neighborhood vist the city’s website http://www.somervillema.gov/