Ward 4 Alderman Tony Lafuente has made a huge success of his flag and banner business, Flagraphics.

By Max Sullivan

If you need a banner, flag or awning that is going to last, Somerville’s Ward 4 Alderman Tony Lafuente is your man.

For the last thirty years, everyone from the Rouse Company to the Boston Red Sox and Celtics has called up his Somerville based flag and banner business, Flagraphics, when they needed a textile.

Somerville quarterback Phoenix Huertas calls out signals in the Highlander’s football game last Friday night against Medford. The Highlanders got their first win of the season, 35-28. – Photo by Terence Clarey

By Terence Clarey

The two teams that met Friday night were hoping to come away with their first win of the season and in an entertaining seesaw affair, the Somerville High School Highlanders outlasted the Medford High School Mustangs, 35-28 to notch their first victory this year.

Hawthorne Street residents (Left to right) Larry Bolt, Ralph De Amato, and Julius Bortone all served their country during World War II. – Photo by Elizabeth Sheeran

WWII veterans still going strong
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By Elizabeth Sheeran

More than one in ten Somerville residents has served in the military, and one reason for the city’s substantial roster of veterans can be found in its history.

Two hundred business and civic leaders attended the Somerville Chamber of Commerce 66th Annual Dinner at the Holiday Inn. – Photo by Glenn Kulbako

By Donald Norton

The Somerville Chamber of Commerce hosted its 66th Annual Dinner at the Holiday Inn this past Wednesday, November 7.

By Jim Clark

The City of Somerville Board of Aldermen last Thursday approved a raise in pay for the position of mayor. The salary rate will be increased by $20K, from $125K to $145K annually.

Tonight, Wednesday the 14th, Mayor Joe Curtatone is having his Second Annual Fall Reception and Wine Tasting at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets at the door. A great time was had last year, and it looks like a great new tradition has been established right here in the ‘Ville. Suggested contributions are at the door.

A Somerville man was arraigned Tuesday in connection with a November 11 shooting that left a victim with life-threatening injuries, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public.

Recycle containers were loaded with supplies to be donated to the people of Hoboken, NJ, at Friday night’s Medford vs. Somerville High School football game at Dilboy Field. ~Photo by Terence Clarey

By Terence Clarey

It would be the destiny of either the Medford or Somerville High School football teams competing in last Friday night’s game at Dilboy Field to come away with their first victory of the season, but the biggest winners would be the citizens of Hoboken, New Jersey.

When you think about it, the mayor is a pretty busy guy. He’s all over the place, from BOA meetings to local new business dedications. Tending to the day-to-day process of operating our city government, serving as good will ambassador to any number of visiting dignitaries – our off visiting same said dignitaries – and generally doing his best to serve our best interests as well as he is able to.

Eagle Feathers #13 – The Pilgrim

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

“Just in the gray of the dawn, as the mists uprose from the meadows, There was a stir and a sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth; Clanging and clicking of arms, and the order imperative, ‘Forward!’” And so begins the famous poem The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.