56 affordable apartments at AVA Somerville and Avalon at Assembly Row available through lottery

Two new housing complexes at Assembly Square, AVA Somerville and Avalon at Assembly Row, will hold a lottery for 56 affordable apartments, with applications due on Thursday, August 8, 2013, by 5 p.m.

Arrests:
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A juvenile, July 22, 2:43 p.m., arrested at 12 Broadway on warrant charges of assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon.

Donald Williams, 48, of 22 Sterling St., July 22, 3:07 p.m., arrested at 61 Cherry St. on a warrant charge of marked lanes violation.

– Photos by Claudia Ferro, Donald Norton and Bobbie Toner

The FOX25 Morning News team celebrated ten years of Zip Trips during a live FOX25 Morning News broadcast in Union Square Friday morning with co-hosts Shannon Mulaire and Gene Lavanchy, Meteorologist Shiri Spear, News Commentator Doug “VB” Goudie and Reporter Elizabeth Hopkins. Residents of all ages came out in the rain to show their  Somerville Pride,  enjoy specialty food demonstrations and take part in on-site activities.

The latest Visioning Sessions in the City of Somerville’s “Somerville by Design” community planning series for both East Somerville and Davis Square will be held during the week of July 29. Through the informal Visioning Sessions, attendees will be asked to share ideas and goals to help the city create a roadmap for future development based on community needs and wishes in these areas. The upcoming sessions will be held as follows:

Testing to be done in West Somerville. Smoke is nontoxic, non-staining and creates no fire hazard. Individuals in testing areas with respiratory problems and who are immobile should call (978)-416-8000.

Smoke and dye testing of portions of Somerville’s sewer lines to identify connections between the drain and sanitary sewer systems will be conducted by city contractors Wright-Pierce beginning Monday, July 29, and continuing at various times through Friday, August 9. Residents will be notified via phone and email alerts prior to testing in your neighborhood.

Bertram A. Gay.

Bertram A. Gay was born August 21, 1940 in Wales, the second child of the (late) Florence Bowman  & Bertram A. Gay. He was the beloved husband for 49 yrs to Dorothy Kelly Gay. Devoted father of Geraldine Barker and her husband Tim of Pawling, New York, and Donald Gay and his wife Lisa of Somerville, MA. Brother of Doreen Coombe and her husband Donald of Christchurch, England. Loving Boppa of Timmy, Evan, Shannon, Melissa and Brian. Cherished godfather of Louise Noonan. Also survived by many nieces and nephews in England, Ireland, and Dubai.

The 12^th Annual Pig Pickin’ & Fund Raiser for The Somerville Homeless Coalition (SHC) will take place Redbones, 55 Chester Street, Davis Square on Monday, August 5, 6 – 9 p.m.. Come for the Q.  Come for the cause.

Celebrate summer with the City of Somerville at “Seize the Summer,” the July installment of the city’s seasonal SomerStreets festival, on Sunday, July 28 from noon to 4 p.m. between Walnut and Cedar Streets on Highland Ave.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

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It’s an Indian restaurant today, but on that spot in Teele Square once stood The Jumbo Lounge. They took the name from P.T. Barnum’s infamous circus elephant who became Tufts University’s mascot.

The Somerville Tsunami 10U softball team enters the second half of their season this week with a 6-1 record putting them in 4^th place for the push to the finish.