On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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The YMCA on Highland Avenue has been a  great place for the citizens of Somerville to play, swim, workout and make friends. How many of you ran around that suspended  oval  track above the gym? When I was a kid, my parents sent me to the YMCA day camp. That is the bulk of this week’s story. 

By Cathleen Twardzik

In 1910, Jacob Nissenbaum opened his business, delivering goods around Somerville with a horse and cart.

On Sunday,  Nissenbaum Auto Parts celebrates 100 years in business with a block party on Columbia Street.

Customers are the excited about the company’s milestone because “We only do this every 100 years,” said Allen Nissenbaum.

By William Tauro

- Photo by William Tauro

The City of Somerville braces itself for a some bad weather.  A storm that is heading this way  promises to bring severe winds and heavy rains to the area  today.

The public saftey building is also taking no chances with this storm. DPW crews and police personel are ready to man the pumps. For an extra precaution the entire police cruiser fleet  were parked along Somerville Avenue.  The city’s new police motorcycle fleet were

- Photo by William Tauro

also moved to a safer location just in case mother natures fury  floods  the police garage as it did in earlier July and September and  ruined most of the departments police and motorcycle unit fleet.

By Ashley Troutman

Find out what the residents of Somerville are cooking, eat homemade food and enjoy the final weeks of warm weather at the Potluck in the Park series.

Throughout the month of October, join Mayor Joe Curtatone and the rest of the community for three potluck events in three different city parks. The goal of the Potluck series is to give community members a venue to become friendly with one another by sharing stories, ideas, recipes, and homemade food.

By William C. Shelton

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I believe that government should not spend money that it doesn’t have, except in times of war and recession. Deficit spending, like burning fossil fuels, burdens future generations. It can promote inflation. And it compromises our moral authority. Our government’s muted response to the world’s largest abuser of human rights can best be understood in light of the trillion dollars of U.S. debt held by China.

By Mike Rubin

Vinny Fazzolari and Anthony Scurto each rushed for two touchdowns as the Lancers rolled to a 35-7 win over Somerville in Friday night’s non-league match-up. With the loss, the Highlanders fell to 1-2 overall.

“(Malden Catholic) is a very good team, and they got off to a great start,” said coach Harry Marchetti. “Once they got going, we did everything we could to respond, but (Malden Catholic) was able to take advantage of their opportunities. They have a couple of good running backs that kept pounding the holes.”

By George P. Hassett

A Somerville woman will have to look elsewhere for romance after a Bedford man she was on a date with on Sept. 20 was arrested outside her apartment for a bizarre reaction to a kiss on the cheek.

New exhibit at Somerville Museum examines illness and art

By Lauren C. Ostberg

Viesia Novosielsk, 32, is almost too perfect a spokesperson for the Somerville Museum’s “Art on Emotion: Making Connections” exhibit.  She’s sculpted a likeness of her ward in Pembroke, where she was admitted as an inpatient at the age of 12.  She paints vivid emotion in violent colors, gritty texture.  She has been publicly performing “The Dangers of Empathy,” a play she and her mother wrote about their shared experience of Viesia’s illness and recovery, for the past 10 years.

By George P. Hassett

A man in a burning car was pulled to safety by passing Woburn cops on a Somerville stretch of Route 93, State Police said.

By Mike Rubin

After a pair of thrilling ties, the Somerville High School girls soccer team continues to fare solid. Led by several goal scorers, the Highlanders powered through to a 4-1 win over Everett in Friday afternoon’s Greater Boston League match-up. Coupled with ties against Watertown and Cambridge earlier in the week, the Highlanders now stand at 3-1-2 overall.

In the win over Everett, the Highlanders grabbed a 1-0 lead as senior Karoline Meireles Nunes cashed in on a delayed breakaway in minute 17.