— Photos courtesy of Somerville F.D.

By Jim Clark

Police responded to a report of a vehicular crash and a possible assault on a cab driver at a Broadway location at approximately 12:30 a.m. last Saturday.

The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission & Historic Somerville present the launching of Milk Row Cemetery public opening, Tuesday, May 19 from 6– 8 pm; rain or shine. Come inside Somerville’s oldest cemetery, dating back to 1804, and usually closed to the public.

The Arthur D. Healey Elementary School ,  is holding their annual Flatbread Pizza and Plant Sale  Tuesday, May 19, from 5-10 pm.

Eight bids for redevelopment of the Powder House Community School site are under review to determine which proposals meet objectives developed by the community and thus which developers will be interviewed by mid-June.

The rocking, rolling, psychedelic grooves of The Blues Magoos will be altering the vibes at Johnny D’s on Thursday, May 21.

The Blues Magoos: bringing it all back in style
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By Jim Clark

The Blues Magoos are too often regarded as relics of the psychedelic era in the popular culture, but for the many fans of the genre who look for gems among the dross, the group is in fact seen as one of the finest practitioners of the form.

Data suggests “war on rats” including comprehensive dumpster enforcement and uniform rodent-resistant trash bins have reduced the number of rats in Somerville.

Eighteen months after the city launched its comprehensive “war on rats” plan, Somerville is seeing encouraging signs that its policies are working—namely, a significant drop in reported rodent sightings.

The Veterans’ Commission on Monuments, Memorials and Dedications, in cooperation with Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Department of Veterans Services, announce Somerville’s first-ever Joint Honor Roll Ceremony, inducting 18 Somerville veterans to the City’s Honor Roll. The Ceremony will be held on Sat., May 16 at 11 a.m., in conjunction with national Armed Forces Day.

It’s Farmers Market season once again in Union Square. Check out their grand opening this weekend.

Farmers Market brings local produce and community support to Union Square
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By Haley ED Houseman

This weekend, the Somerville’s Union Square Farmers Market opens this weekend, with a wide range of produce and products. Available are local, organic and specialty items: produce and grains, as well as wine, dairy, seafood and poultry.

Applications are now available for the second training course of the Somerville Academy for Innovative Leadership (SAIL), the first adaptive leadership training program offered to residents by a U.S. city, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced this week. SAIL is based on The Art and Practice of Public Leadership, an intensive course on adaptive leadership led by leadership expert Dr. Hugh O’Doherty of Harvard University and Cambridge Leadership Associates, which has offered similar training to leading companies, nonprofits and government entities including Google, Microsoft, the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the Knight Foundation. In Somerville, SAIL is offered as a way to encourage and empower more residents to be effective leaders in the community.

By William C. Shelton

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Six years after her successful campaign to create a national holiday honoring mothers, Anna Jarvis pursued a new goal that would consume the rest of her life—to abolish the holiday.