In between the rainstorms, heat waves, and other general mayhem doled out by Mother Nature these days, we can enjoy that particularly sweet spot of the year known as summer.

Vacations, outings, visits to and from friends and family, all play a part in structuring the season’s schedule of things to do. Another sublimely satisfying way to pass leisure time is by attending outdoor sports events, and one doesn’t have to drop a week’s pay at Fenway or Gillette in order to let the family take in some topnotch action on the field.

By Jim Clark

Police responded to a report of an unwanted female at a Ten Hills Rd. residence last Thursday. The reporting party had told police that his ex-girlfriend was banging on his back door, trying to gain entry.

– Photo by Harry Kane

By Mike Stoller

Seventeen hits, including five doubles, propelled the Somerville Alibrandis baseball team to a solid 11-3 victory over the host Savin Hill Hornets last week. A 3-3 game was put out of reach when Alibrandis scored two in the second inning, three in the fifth, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh.

Christina Tedesco, a Somerville resident who suffers from cerebral palsy faces many challenges, but she remains a committed artist. Tedesco, who I met at my usual perch at the Bloc 11 Café in Union Square, wrote on her website that her art “…deals with the movement of the human body through space and time. Specifically it deals with the control between balance and imbalance, control and the lack thereof.” “Control and the lack  thereof” are issues that Tedesco faces with her own body, and in her art.

Summer Cold–Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Well–poet Keith Tornheim will explain.

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.