The Mount Vernon Restaurant in Somerville will play host to the newest comedy room in Massachusetts called “The  Joke is On You” on Saturday night March 29 at 8:30 pm.

Paul Nardizzi (appearances on Conan O’Brien), Gary Leavitt (“The Wizard of Stars”/celebrity impressionist) and the “Wicked Funny” Dan Miller will be performing opening night.

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By Stella M. Johansson

During my college years I bartended at Connolly’s, a working-class saloon on Oakland’s Telegraph Avenue. We didn’t spoil customers with over-priced drinks and brownnosing service. We spoiled them with $2.50 bottles of Bud and an empathetic ear.

Constructed from approximately 6,350 LEGO® bricks, model will be on display at Boston Public Library March 28 – April 5

In a preview of what visitors will discover at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Boston, a replica of the iconic Boston Public Library will be unveiled Friday, March 28 at 11 a.m. in the library’s Johnson Lobby. The 2.6-square foot replica, which was constructed from approximately 6,350 bricks and took 47 hours to design and build, will be on display until April 5 at Boston Public Library, the first large free municipal library in the U.S.

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to Fasika Ethiopian Restaurant on Broadway at approximately 3:00 a.m. Sunday on reports of a fight in progress.

Arriving officers spotted a man sitting in an idling vehicle in front of the restaurant engaged in a verbal argument with two other males on the sidewalk.

Mayor Curtatone and friends invite one and all to take the Fitness Challenge, beginning this weekend.

The fifth annual Somerville Mayor’s Fitness Challenge kicks off March 29. The Fitness Challenge is a 10-week event that offers both a team fitness challenge as well as a non-competitive “lifestyle pledge” in cooperation with Wellcoin Positive Health Currency. Both offer rewards for participants ranging from better health to discounts at local businesses.

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to a Cedar St. location last week as a heroin overdose had been reported there on the evening of the 17th.

The victim was found to be at the corner of Cedar Ave. and Cedar St. Upon questioning, the victim reportedly told police that he had bought the heroin from someone named “Sean.”

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Somerville and its taxpayers received good news this week. We already had the highest bond ratings in our history. Now, Standard & Poor’s has raised our rating from AA- to a new high of AA+. That’s the second highest rating on the agency’s scale, only one spot from the rare AAA rating. This upgrade follows Moody’s Investors Service reaffirming the city’s Aa2 rating last year, only two spots from that agency’s similarly rare Aaa rating. These high bond ratings mean that anytime the city borrows money for a project, like rebuilding the East Somerville Community School or Argenziano School, building the roads and utilities that support our neighborhoods, or rebuilding parks and open space, we get phenomenally low interest rates, which means that taxpayers pay less for the projects that improve our community.

The Van Burens are not your run-of-the-mill, garden variety sort of party band.

By Nick Moorhead

The Van Burens are some of the most gifted musicians who play around Boston regularly. With multiple members of the group possessing degrees in music from Ivy League schools, you would expect a pretension similar to all the dime-a-dozen bands ripping off Vampire Weekend’s vibe these days. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Van Burens are too smart to put on airs. Not pretentious, yet bearing an overpowering intellect, fun loving without verging into goofball territory, the Van Burens are the party band for people who like to party but don’t like waking up with Sharpie-drawn genitalia marring their faces.

Come hear and play three centuries of keyboards at the Green Room, Saturday, March 29 1:00-4:00 p.m., 62 Bow Street in Somerville. The Green Room, Union Square’s newest art space, is in the unique position of housing three beautiful keyboard instruments: a double-manual harpsichord based on the popular 18th century Flemish style; a square piano by Broadwood and Sons, built in the early 19th century and painstakingly restored; and a modern grand piano from the height of Baldwin’s manufacturing from the middle of the 20th century. Visit the space to not only see three centuries of keyboard but get the opportunity to hear the instruments professionally played and even get to try them out yourself.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announces today that Dale Harding, 27, of Somerville was found guilty on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm following a 9-day trial in Middlesex Superior Court.