— Photos by Claudia Ferro

Legoland Discovery Center Boston is up and running at Assembly Row.  The indoor family attraction, designed for children from 3 to 10, includes two Lego rides, a 4D cinema (and yes, you will get a little misty!) and large soft play area.

Mayor Curtatone shared some ideas with those in attendance at the Ward 1 ResiStat meeting held Monday night at the East Somerville Community School.

By Jack Adams

The Ward 1 ResiStat meeting took place May 19 at the East Somerville Community School. City officials, the Ward 1 captain and deputy of police, and Mayor Curtatone spoke about pertinent city issues, and residents had the chance to ask questions after each official spoke.

Curtatone spoke first, opening the meeting talking about how he wants to make Somerville a more walkable and bikeable city.

“This impacts not just our ability to get around, but overall our health, our economy, and overall our quality of life,” he said.

The Somerville High Scholarship Foundation held its annual $10,000 dollar drawing this past Friday night, May 16, at the Highlander Café at SHS. A group of about 60 people attended the event, which was hosted by the foundation’s president, Joe Favaloro, and everyone’s favorite former mayor, Eugene Brune. Out of 250 possible ticket sales, they started the evening with about 235 sold. Lots of door prizes were given out, with every 10th ticket called earning its holder $100 back until the final 10 numbers were left. The ones left could choose to go on or split the money. The evening ended up with eight finalists, all of who choose to stop and split so each person won $1,250. The final three representing themselves that were present and choosing to split were Alderman at Large Ms. Mary Jo Rossetti, Ms. Paula Mackey and Ms. Pinkham. It was a great night -as always- and the following announcement was made to everyone present: This upcoming year marks the 25th anniversary of the SHS Foundation, and it was announced that the foundation raised over $1.2 million with a special announcement coming soon of over $1.5 million. Their hard work over the years has helped many students at Somerville High with their education costs. The committee will be holding a 25th anniversary dinner to mark the event this year with a date to be determined.

The Fourth Annual PorchFest event took place this past weekend. — Photo by Jeremy Carroll

By Sanjeev Selvarajah

Early in the week, forecasters warned of a 90 percent chance of rain this past Saturday, May 17, the day when Somerville’s annual PorchFest was going to hit the city streets to charm Somerville residents and other music lovers. And surprise, surprise: Even though festival organizers were preparing for a rain day that would prompt a date change, a strong and serendipitous sun shone above without a single threatening cloud.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police Department narcotics detectives, following up on information acquired in the course of their ongoing investigations, turned their attention last week to alleged dealing in oxycodone tablets by Malcom Powell, 23, of Malden.

Following a unanimous vote by the Board of Aldermen May 8, Mayor Joe Curtatone announces that the city became the first municipality in the state to pass a Complete Streets Ordinance, and the sixth community in Massachusetts to enact related policies.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Richard A. Davey were up at Somerville High School on May 15 to announce a contest… About what? Who can compete? What are the prizes?

Residents will need to keep a lid on it if they want to see fewer rodents in their homes and neighborhoods.

The city has mounted another offensive in the “war on rats” with the announcement that it will begin distributing 64-gallon rodent-resistant trash carts to residential units that receive trash service from the city. The carts, provided by Russell Disposal, will be given out (as in for free) beginning next month.

— Photo by Alonso Nichols/Tufts University

Anne-Marie Slaughter, the current President and CEO of the New America Foundation, gave Tufts University’s commencement address Sunday, May 18. She was formerly the Bert G. Kerstetter ‘66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University and Dean of its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She is an academic, foreign policy analyst, and public commentator. She served as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department from January 2009 until February 2011 under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She is an international lawyer and political scientist who has taught at the University of Chicago and Harvard University, and is a former president of the American Society of International Law.

Katrin Schumann writes on her website: I was born in Germany, but grew up in Brooklyn and London. As a child, I loved listening to my family’s stories—of war and death and love gone wrong—and later I would rewrite them in my head, filling in the details, the motives, and making up new endings. Soon I started writing my stories down and I’ve never stopped.