“America’s Night Out Against Crime” to feature public safety demonstrations, children’s activities, and more.

Somerville’s 12th annual National Night Out Against Crime and Drugs, hosted by Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) in partnership with the Somerville Police Department and Somerville Office of Prevention (SOP), is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 4 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Foss Park, and will include Fire and Police Department demonstrations, a presentation from the Massachusetts State Police K-9 unit, live performances by the Somerville Sunsetters, Mission Church of Christ Choir, and Teen Empowerment, as well as youth activities, raffle prizes, and information tables from over 30 neighborhood agencies.

Arrests:
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Guy Riddle, of 480 Mystic Ave., July 13, 10:47 p.m., arrested at Broadway on a warrant charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Virginia Aprahamian relishes the thought of taking on Climate Ride’s Bar Harbor to Boston 5 day fundraising challenge.

By Patrick McDonagh

“My dad took me to a parking lot of a local high school where there were sixteen-year-olds learning how to drive,” Virginia recalls. “I was learning how to fall on a bike.” Summer 2013, Virginia Aprahamian’s Cannondale Synapse Six Alloy features disc brakes that slow her face-melting forty mph downhill to leisurely speed with the squeeze of a handle. Sans training wheels, the carbon mount is more than capable of taming her father’s push in the high school parking lot. With her father’s help, Aprahamian learns to ride a bike in one day.

By Blake Maddux

Steeleye Span, with Julian Littman on guitar and vocals, will be rocking Johnny D’s on Friday, July 24.

Steeleye Span released its first album in 1970 and soon joined Pentangle and Fairport Convention as one of the prime purveyors of British folk rock.

Four and a half decades and innumerable line-up changes later, lead singer Maddy Prior continues to record and tour with the band, which released its most recent album, Wintersmith, in 2013.

By Rebecca Danvers

L to R: CHA Chief of Pediatrics Gregory Hagan, CHA Patient Snyder, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, CHA Chief Community Officer Mary Cassesso.

It was announced last week that Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan met with Cambridge Health Alliance’s Chief of Pediatrics Gregory Hagan and Chief Community Officer Mary Cassesso at the CHA Windsor Street Care Center to raise awareness about summer safety for children.

By Tom Bannister

Comicazi of Somerville will participate as a vendor in the upcoming Boston Comic Con, which will take place at the Seaport World Trade Center from Friday July 31 through Sunday August 2, 2015. Boston Comic Con includes celebrity guests, artist meet-and-greets, a film festival, a costume contest, a comic art auction, Cosplay Harbor Dinner Cruise and an official after-party with Laugh Boston.

In the latest Somerville Neighborhood Newscast, the news team brings you some of the latest headlines and happenings in Somerville. Here are the headlines:

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Winter may seem like a distant memory at this point, but our local businesses are still feeling its effects. So last month the City teamed up with the Chamber of Commerce, Somerville Local First, and the East Somerville and Union Square Main Streets organizations to hold the SomerBliss promotion to encourage people to shop local and help our local retailers put a difficult winter behind them. Now we’re into July, which is Independent Retailer Month and another occasion to support our local businesses. But really, we shouldn’t need a special event to support our local businesses. We should always take advantage of their offerings when we can. Because they are the lifeblood of our vibrant streets, our thriving local economy, and our safe community. And like our residents, local businesses embody what’s great about Somerville: Our dogged persistence, our diversity, and how we help and support one another.

By Jim Clark

Police responded to a report of a car break in at a Norfolk St. residence last Thursday evening.

Arriving officers spoke to the victim, who told them he had just returned home from the bakery and left his car doors unlocked. He reportedly stated that when he returned to the car a few moments later to retrieve some items he found a woman, identified as Robin Partee, of Cambridge, sitting in the driver’s seat, rummaging through his belongings.

By Donald Norton

The menu board at Leone’s has gone from analog (here) to digital (below), but however you slice it, it’s still the best sub and pizza shop in Winter Hill.

Gone on vacation until the 20th of this month, Leone’s is closed and, as you can see here, they are sporting a new look on their menu board, replacing the old one with a new digital model, as well as replacing the old register. Lots of new things are happening at Leone’s, but one thing they won’t change is the quality of the best subs and pizza’s around.