— Photos by Claudia Ferro

The 5th Annual SqueezeBox Slam took place this past Saturday, delighting music lovers of all ages as the melodious tones of accordions swept through Davis Sq.

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To the Editor:

More senior homeowners in Somerville have options to cope with property taxes, thanks to the Board of Aldermen, and Mayor Curtatone, with the leadership of Alderman Mark Niedergang.

Union Square Station Associates (US2), the City’s master developer partner for Union Square’s revitalization, and Boston-based coworking space network Workbar announced today that they have partnered to bring the membership-based coworking network to Union Square.

By Donald Norton

This week we ran into Ward 4 candidate for School Committee seat Ms. Jamie Sue O’Leary (pictured here) a resident of Thurston St. as she turned in her papers to be certified for the election. So far three candidates have taken out papers for the Ward 4 seat  and one, Andre L. Green, is  certified as of Tuesday, June 16 at 1p.m.

By Donald Norton

The Eversource Walk for Boston Children’s Hospital took place this past Sunday at DCR’s Baxter Park, Assembly Row in Somerville. People from all over the area took part in the special fundraising event.

I met Esther Hanig, the new Executive Director of Union Square Main Streets at my usual comfortable perch at the Bloc11 Café in Union Square, Somerville. As head of Main Streets, Hanig will oversee the continued advocacy and promotion of the Union Square business district and neighborhood. The organization’s mission is to preserve the vibrancy of Union Square and promote dialogue between business owners, landlords and residents.

Have you ever opened up an old photo album? Have you wrestled with the details of the ancient pictures? Have you realized no matter how foggy your memory is, you hold on to these snapshots for dear life? Michael Todd Steffen opens an album with his poem Generation Y.

Wednesday, June 17 is Bunker Hill Day and City Offices will be closed.

Trash and recycling collection will stay on a normal schedule all week. On Wednesday there will not be street sweeping and parking meters will not be in effect.

Arrests:
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Matthew Marujo, of 30 Linden St., June 9, 1:08 a.m., arrested at Broadway on charges of nighttime breaking and entering of a vehicle or boat and resisting arrest.

By Jim Clark

For the third time, the City of Somerville has been named All-America City by the National Civic League. The city has previously held the title in 2009 and 1972.

The Somerville delegation competed to be one of 10 All-America City Award winners in Denver Colorado from June 12-14. Other cities chosen for membership this year are Carson, California; Salinas, California; Stockton, California; Tallahassee, Florida; Tupelo, Mississippi; Geneva, New York; Marshall, Texas; Spokane, Washington; and Yakima, Washington.