Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Did you play little league baseball? I tried out but I stunk. At least my sons got to play.

It’s baseball season again. A lot of my friends played little league baseball back in the day. Here are some of our Somerville friends’ memories about little league.

— Photos courtesy of Somerville Police Department

On Saturday, April 27, the Somerville Police Department and the Community Outreach, Help & Recovery (COHR) unit participated in the City of Somerville’s Civic Day. Together staff engaged members of the community in activities to encourage positive emotional awareness, regulation and resiliency for community members of all ages.

— Photos courtesy of Greentown Labs and SustainaVille.ma

A celebration of Somerville’s newly updated community climate action plan, Climate Forward, took place on Wednesday, April 24 at Greentown Labs. Attendees stepped into Somerville in 2050, an inspiring community where our collective efforts have triumphed in creating a climate-forward society.

Students at Tufts have established a camp on the school grounds in protest of the war in Gaza and the university’s alleged investments in companies involved in the conflict. — Photos by Bobbie Toner

By Fernando Cervantes Jr.

For the past couple of weeks, members of the Tufts community, led by the Tufts Chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), have been staging a tent protest right in the middle of the University’s Medford campus.

Rafael Vieira (second on left) with the Somerville High School Media interns.

By Petra Wolf

As Federal relief funding dries up for Somerville nonprofits, the Somerville Foundation looks to fill some of the void. Formerly the Somerville Education Foundation, the grantmaking organization works to become a community foundation for Somerville. This means helping nonprofits and programs involved with getting jobs, green technology, and journalism. Now, two months after the name change, the organization is starting to help fund and draw attention to new programs.

By Parker Garlough

The City of Somerville’s Commission for Persons with Disabilities spent their recent meeting discussing ideas for how to celebrate Disability Pride Month in July. No events have yet been confirmed, but their suggestions included arts shows, film screenings, and book panels.

Somerville community members are invited to the “Slice of the City” spring meet-up series. This new series of family-friendly pizza parties in the park offers attendees a new way to connect and engage with city leaders and staff, local elected officials, as well as neighbors, all while enjoying Somerville’s parks. Events in each of the city’s seven wards will occur throughout the month of May from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. First up is in Ward 4 on Thursday, May 2, at the Healey School playground (5 Meacham St.). Somerville Recreation will host kid’s activities, and refreshments and pizza will be provided. For more information and to find all event locations, visit somervillema.gov/slice.

Eagle Feathers #303 – Somerville – Her Story

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

(This article was first published in the  January 24, 2018, edition of The Somerville Times)

Through the years, much has been said about the heroic men who touched or stirred the hills of Somerville.

• Myles Standish was the first European to explore her elevations.
• Paul Revere began his famous ride through East Somerville and over Winter Hill to Lexington.
• George Washington’s troops raised the first American flag on Prospect Hill.
• Marine Sergeant Henry Hansen was one of the flag raisers at Iwo Jima.