New Resident, Rental Vehicle, Visitor and Contractor Permits now available at www.parksomerville.com

The City of Somerville’s Traffic and Parking Department announced this week that residents may now access additional permitting options online at http://www.parksomerville.com/. As of September 20, New Resident, Rental Vehicle (for residents experiencing problems with their primary vehicle), and Contractor permits as well as Extended and Short-Term Visitor Passes can be requested online. In January 2013, Traffic and Parking added Residential, Visitor and Consideration (for one-day resident events), permits to the website to provide upgraded customer service options for Somerville community members.

The Somerville Council on Aging was thrilled to be a special guest of the Tufts Osher Lifelong Lunch & Learn Series as we heard Jennifer Burton, a professor at Tufts shared with us how this series came about and premiered the first in her six part series Old Guys.  The series looks at ageism and stereotypes of the elderly.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

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Here is another story by my fellow Somerville pal Anthony Accardi. My uncles used to work at a bakery in Somerville back in the day called Mitchells. I figured since last week I discussed spaghetti sauce, why not have a little bread this week to go with it?

Those who know me know that I am a bread snob. Sorry, but I can’t help it. My mother’s side of the family were all in the baking business. Her grandfather (my great grandfather) owned Nicholosi’s Baking Company in the old West End of Boston. Her dad (my grandfather) baked bread for Nicholosi’s and also drove bread trucks for both Sunbeam Bread in Dorchester and also for Cassaro’s Bread in Medford. My grandmother worked the counter at the old Garden Court Bakery on Somerville Ave (a few doors down from the skating rink). Needless to say we always had fresh bread. Each day more bread arrived. What was yesterday’s bread eventually got ground up into breadcrumbs and nothing got wasted.

HONK! Festival, RadioBDC “Live on the Square” Concert to bring FREE live music to Somerville for long weekend.

The City of Somerville will play host to a variety of local music acts over Columbus Day Weekend, continuing its ever-expanding annual arts, music, and social events series with the annual HONK! Festival and the first-ever Radio BDC “Live on the Square” Concert in Union Square.

Approximately 220 tons of debris removed from sewer and drain lines

Last year’s Kingman Rd. flooding provided a stark example of how serious the problem in the area has become.
– Photo by Harry Kane

Three months and four miles of pipe cleaning later, flooding risk in Ward 2 has been diminished thanks to sewer and drain line cleaning, along with remote camera inspection, completed on Oct. 3 by National Water Main Construction (NWMC), contracted by the City of Somerville.

By Jim Clark

A reported breaking and entering of a motor vehicle brought police to a Franklin St. residence last Thursday, where the owner of the vehicle in question had detained the suspected burglar.

(updated to show location of rehearsals)

Somerville Youth Arts Coordinator Jimmy Del Ponte announces the formation of a new singing group for city teens. The Trendsetters, will begin rehearsals at the Armory  (on the mezzanine)  at 191 Highland Ave on Thursday October 17.

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By William C. Shelton

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Once thought of as the land of opportunity, our nation is now the most unequal country in the developed world, and growing more so. Some economists say that comparable levels of inequality have not existed since 1928, the eve of the Great Depression. Others say that  we haven’t seen them since the late 19^th Century’s gilded age.

Street music with a mission

A joyful noise with a message or two – or more – will be hitting the streets of Somerville this weekend as the HONK! Festival sounds off.

By Elizabeth Sheeran

Two-dozen self-described activist street bands will converge on Somerville and Cambridge this weekend for what promises to be a honking good time. The eight year-old HONK! Festival is the granddaddy of international gatherings for street bands whose mission is to make a difference with music.

The Somerville High School girl’s volleyball team held a “Rock your Socks” Breast Cancer fundraiser Friday at their home game vs. Malden. The three teams, freshman, JV, and varsity, all wore pink socks in support of the cause and canned between matches. The Highlanders swept Malden in wins for freshman, JV, and varsity. Pictured:  JV Captains Thaina Nascimento, Joy Jarnagin, Tamika Michel, Varsity Captain Charlotte Schofield, Freshman Captains Emily O’Regan, Flavia Martins, and Emily Liberato.