The publishers, staff and everyone associated with The Somerville Times wish one and all a very Happy Holiday and Merry Christmas, as well as a prosperous and healthy New Year in 2024.

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In 1912, a boy named Giuseppe Montalto emigrated to the United States from Mineo in the Catania region of Italy at the age of 13. He eventually married his bride Josephine and started a family where they had four children.

The shopping is done, the presents are (hopefully) wrapped, and the plans for the big day have been made. Now is the time to slow down, relax and enjoy the holiday and all the finer things that come with it.

Being with family, friends and loved ones and sharing warmth of the occasion is unquestionably at or near the top of the list of things we like most at this time of year.

L-R Gunnery Sergeant Curtis Dunham, Kiwanis President Dawn Austin, Program Chairman Distinguished Past President Jay Lynch, and Lance Corporal Matthew Rankey, hold a few of the toys that were donated.

On Thursday, December 14, the Kiwanis Club of Somerville, along with their friends from the Somerville Lions Club and Somerville Rotary Club hosted their annual Toys fFor Tots luncheon at the Mount Vernon Restaurant.

Interview with Doug Holder/Co-president of the New England Poetry Club.

I caught up with poet Thomas DeFreitas recently, a well-regarded poet in the area and a former resident of Somerville. We discussed his life and work, and the release of his new book Swift River Ballad.

Albino Neto is a student in Doug Holder’s Creative Writing Course at Endicott College.

The Clothesline Project is a visual display of violence statistics, made by survivors of domestic violence, and community members who have committed themselves to ending Domestic violence.
~Photo by Bobbie Toner

Please join the City of Somerville’s Department of Racial and Social Justice, RESPOND, the Somerville Commission for Women, and friends for a light reception and the unveiling of the Somerville Community Clothesline Project. The Clothesline Project is a visual display of violence statistics that often go ignored.

Liberty Cannabis Somerville welcomes new customers seeking recreational cannabis

Liberty Cannabis, the retail arm of Holistic Industries, today announced its Somerville store is now officially open for adult-use. Liberty Cannabis Somerville is located at 304 Somerville Ave and store hours are Monday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.