Endicott College poet Samille Taylor looks for the steak beneath the sizzle. You’ll see what I mean with her poem Between The Looking Glass.

- Photo courtesy of Tufts photography

A college education doesn’t simply benefit individuals, it generates knowledge and discovery that serve all of society, said Anthony P. Monaco at his inauguration as Tufts University’s 13th president on Oct. 21.

Health Department and all local pharmacies will work together to promote the City’s 24/7 unwanted medication drop-off kiosks, educate residents on disposal of medications.
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The City of Somerville’s Health Department announced today that it will partner with local pharmacies beginning this week to promote “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” by posting and dispensing point-of-purchase flyers at each pharmacy with instructions on disposing of unwanted medications.

Residents asked to take online survey to help shape agenda
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The Mayor’s Young Somerville Advisory Group (YSAG) invites all residents to their annual end of year presentation to Mayor Curtatone on Wednesday, October 26,  from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.  The event will be held at Precinct, located in Union Square, and will include a presentation by the YSAG Executive Board Members, Q&A with the Mayor, and networking.  It is free and open to the public.

Artisans Asylum will be back at SomerStreets this year with power tool pumpkin-carving, and will add Zombie face-painting to the mix.

SomerStreets celebration to feature Monster Mash-Up

By Elizabeth Sheeran

It’s been a Halloween party staple for nearly six decades, but the Monster Mash is about to get a whole new twist.

At this Sunday’s SomerStreets event, dubbed “Monster Mashed-Up,” local deejays will compete to create the best mash-up with the classic novelty hit that made a star out of Somerville native Bobby “Boris” Pickett.

Somerville Police are investigating an indecent assault and battery that occurred late Thursday evening.  At about 11:30 p.m., a 23 year old woman was walking to a friend’s home, from the Porter Square MBTA station. As she passed the area of Elm Street and Holyoke Road, she was approached from behind by an unknown suspect, pushed into a car and indecently assaulted.  The victim screamed, causing the attacker to flee.

The victim described the suspect as a white male, in his mid-twenties, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and was clean shaven.  He was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt with the hood pulled up and possibly jeans.  The suspect fled toward Elm Street.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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1961 was a good year for the city, but a bad year for me. Mayor Harold W. Wells was running the city with help from Aldermen McKenna, McCarthy, Travaline, Burke and Moynihan. Dad, after holding down three jobs for years, bought the family home off of College Ave. Somerville, along with the rest of the world, was grooving to songs like Hit The Road Jack, Calendar Girl, Where the Boys Are and Michael Row The Boat Ashore. On television we were watching I Love Lucy, 77 Sunset Strip, The Real McCoy’s, and The Donna Reed Show, mostly in black and white.

By Jim Clark

Police were called to the scene of a reported fight last Sunday at a residence on Bailey Road.

A man at the scene told officers that he had gotten into a fight with another man and that he had been struck by the other with a piece of wood taken from the home’s backyard, police said.

By Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone

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Amidst all the hand wringing and tooth gnashing over the patently false story that Somerville is somehow refusing to celebrate fall holidays, I realized this Sunday on Somerville Avenue we’re throwing the biggest Halloween bash in the greater Boston area and I need a costume to wear.