The Somerville High Football team lost another tough non-league battle 24-0 to St. John's Prep at Dilboy Field. The Highlanders will open their Greater Boston League season this weekend against Malden.

By Mike Rubin

The Somerville High Football team lost another tough non-league battle 24-0 to St. John’s Prep at Dilboy Field. The Highlanders will open their Greater Boston League season this weekend against Malden.

Not only did the weather wreak a havoc on the Somerville High School football team, but so did St. John’s Prep.

By Mike Rubin

With a tournament berth clinched, the Somerville High School boys soccer team is continuing to emerge as one of the area’s top teams. After cruising to a 5-0 win over Billerica last Tuesday, the Highlanders won 4-0 over Andover on Thursday night.

Currently, the Highlanders stand at 8-5-3 overall.

By George P. Hassett

Robert Beatty.

Police have arrested a Norwood man for an Oct. 10 stabbing on Central Street that left a 27-year-old Somerville man in critical condition for several days.

Robert Beatty, 39, was arrested and charged armed assault to murder after the victim identified him from a photo lineup, police said.

Young adult advisory group reports to city officials

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The Young Somerville Advisory Group unveiled its new logo at a recent meeting with elected officials at The Burren (left to right): Mayor Joseph Curtatone, State Senator Pat Jehlen, YSAG board member Matt Hartman, logo contest winner Daniel Hadley, Alderman Jack Connolly and YSAG board member Jon Petitt. - Photo by Elizabeth Sheeran

By Elizabeth Sheeran

They could be poised to take over as the next generation of city leaders. If they stick around, that is.

Four out of 10 Somerville residents is a young adult between the ages of 21 and 35. That means that the so-called Generation Y accounts for a hefty chunk of the city’s adult population, even if those numbers haven’t always translated into a high  level of community involvement.

Gilsodorf to appear at Somerville News Writers Fest Nov. 13
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Ethan Gilsdorf. - Photo by Meg Birnbaum

By Cathleen Twardzik

Ready for a grown man with an obsession for fantasy games?
Somerville author Ethan Gilsdorf’s Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms is a cross country tour of Dungeons and Dragons proportions.

Join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and community partners for the October SomerStreets event on Sunday, October 24th, and help the City of Somerville turn Somerville Ave. into ‘Pumpkinville Ave.’  From noon – 4pm, the event will include live music, games and activities, safe Trick-or-Treating and more, and the City is hoping to collect enough carved or decorated pumpkins to stretch from one end of the city to the other along Somerville Avenue. The event will also include a costume parade to kick off the afternoon.

Milk Row Cemetery, October 24 , 2 to 4 P.M.

(And a Somerstreets party)

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On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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Dapper Dan’s restaurant, located in the Assembly Square Mall from 1981 to 1996, had a reunion Saturday night. It was held at the Holiday Inn and let me tell you, it was packed!

Good vibes bounce through Union Square pub

The Duppy Conquerors, a Bob Marley tribute band based in Somerville, keeps the words and music of Bob Marley alive as purely as they possibly can. - Photo by Jeremy van der Heiden

By Jeremy F. van der Heiden

“Don’t worry, about a thing, because every little thing is going to be alright.” The immortal words of Bob Marley still tug at the heart strings of those living in these economically and socially distressful times.

The Duppy Conquerors, a Bob Marley tribute band based in Somerville, keeps the words and music of Bob Marley alive as purely as they possibly can. On Monday nights, they play free shows at The Precinct Bar in Union Square, providing a calming yet riveting atmosphere for Somerville residents to gather, dance, and unwind.

On Monday, the Duppy Conquerors played Bob Marley’s Exodus album straight through during the first set, and followed with a mixture of hits and obscurities for the second. As The Precinct filled, the turnout of both young and old took to the dance floor.

(L to R) R.W. Jerry A Roach Jr and Lodge’s Master, Wor. Jose M. Jorge. - Photo by William Tauro

By Donald Norton

At a ceremony at King Solomon’s Masonic Lodge in Somerville Thursday evening,  the District Deputy Grand Master R.W.  Jerry A Roach Jr was presented a citation and a  clock as gifts from Lodge’s Master, Wor. Jose M. Jorge.   Thursday’s meeting was RW Jerry Roach’s last official visit before retiring,  he is a member of  Amicalbe Lodge in Cambridge.    A large turnout of members in Somerville turned out to wish Jerry Roache the best for his successful term of office these past 2 years.

By George P.  Hassett

Immigrant advocates are denouncing a recent federal immigration action in East Somerville, saying that agents intimidated a family of documented immigrants while looking for another man in a Franklin Street building last week.
On Thursday, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, conducted an operation in Somerville, said Patricia Montes, executive director of Centro Presente, a Somerville based immigrant rights group.