Friends taking care of friends. Anna Raphael is seen checking Flo Donoghue’s blood pressure. Didem Aytok and Abigail LaBonte from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences helped out.

On Thursday, October 25, the Council on Aging hosted over 30 local organizations for its 2012 Health Fair.

The popular event featured many highlights, including a free demonstration of simple strengthening exercises and also extensive outreach from the nationally lauded, research-based healthy living program, Fit 4 Life.

The Laughter Club is there to help you release the great belly laugh that’s yearning to be set free.

By Jim Clark

It’s an adage as old as time: laughter is good for what ails you. For some, this simple statement masks a much deeper meaning as they put into practice what most people take for granted.

– Photos By Bobbie Toner

Saturday kicked off Joe’s Jazz and Blues Festival with an all-day free concert at Powderhouse Park.

Winners to be selected, presented during Historic Preservation Month in May 2013
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 The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC) is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Preservation Awards. During its annual celebration in honor of Historic Preservation Month in May 2013, the SHPC will honor Somerville residents who performed significant restoration or maintenance efforts on designated historic buildings, or on non-designated buildings erected before 1960. The nomination period is open through Friday, November 16, 2012.

– Photo by David Booth

An Intergenerational LGBT Halloween Ice Skating Party on was held on October 26. Elizabeth Field, LGBT Liaison for the City of Somerville coordinated the event that was co-sponsored by the Somerville Council on Aging, who awarded the best costume prizes along with The Bisexual Resource Center and Shape Up Somerville. The event was held at the Veteran’s Memorial Rink.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to a Temple St. residence last week on a report of a woman’s brother trying to force his way through her front door and that she wanted him to leave.

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Hurricane Sandy hit Somerville hard, but all you need to do is take a look at the devastation in New York, New Jersey or Connecticut to realize how lucky we were. Over and over again, TV meteorologists repeated that Sandy featured the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded along the Northeast coast, which means that it had tremendous energy as well as size and range. This was a huge storm that commanded us to take it very, very seriously.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article originally appeared in The Somerville News on October 28, 2009.

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The worst part about trick or treating was trying to fit that flimsy costume over your bulky winter coat if it was cold out – but it didn’t stop us from having a blast. I can’t begin to tell you how much my son’s mask and accessories set me back this year. It’s shameful. My justification was how excited he got when he put on the get-up and wore it to a classmates costume party.

On Tuesday morning, shortly after 11:00 a.m., the Citizens Bank at 40 Union Square was robbed.  The suspect passed a note demanding cash and threatened that she had a gun.  The suspect then fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a white female, 5’ 1” in height, medium build.  She was wearing a dark jacket and dark hooded sweat shirt and white pants.  She also had a scarf across her face.  The suspect fled the bank on foot.

– Photos by Bobbie Toner