Monday, February 13, 2023, 6 p.m.  

All interested persons are invited to a public hearing on the draft proposal for the license renewal of Comcast Cable. The proposal sets guidelines for operations, service provision, licensing fees, and in-kind and capital contributions to the City via a federally regulated process for municipal issuance of local cable franchise licenses. The City of Somerville, by the Mayor as the statutory Cable License Issuing Authority, will hold the Cable License Renewal Public Hearing on Monday, February 13, 2023, at 6 p.m. The hearing will be virtual and can be accessed online via Zoom or by phone. The draft proposal is available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk at City Hall, 93 Highland Ave. or online at somervillema.gov/2023licenserenewal.  

The Ibbetson Street Press, founded in 1998 in Somerville, Mass. by Doug Holder, Dianne Robitaille, and Richard Wilhem, will have a celebratory reading for the new issue of the literary journal,  Friday Feb 24, 2023 as well as for the 25th year anniversary of the Ibbetson Street Press.   http://www.ibbetsonpress.com  

Seeking the Source is a project by the artist Hey There Kapplow, commissioned for the exhibition Waterlines, currently on view at the Museum. It uses water as a metaphor for intuition and the tenacious persistence of the practice of dowsing in the modern world as a symbol of our capacity to retain and nurture intuitive understanding even while we rely on technologies and enlightenment-age logic for our day-to-day operations in a way that would seem to make intuition obsolete.

By Dr. Ian Halim

You’ve probably heard the expression, “like oil and water,” to describe two people who don’t get along. It’s not just a throwaway phrase. The opposition between oil and water is key to understanding how living things work – including, especially, an under-appreciated bodily fluid called bile.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the Home Depot store on Mystic Ave. on reports of a larceny.

While en route to the scene, police dispatch relayed to responding units that the suspect had ran towards Lucky Strike and that the reporting party was possibly off with the suspect at Capital One. Dispatch provided a description of the suspect and that he could be in possession of a knife.

Finalists expected to participate in public interviews, site visits beginning February 6

Following an extensive search process and using feedback from more than 400 SPS community members, the Somerville School Committee and the Somerville Superintendent Screening Subcommittee are set to announce the candidates that will advance to the second and final round of the interview process. The Subcommittee will announce the finalists during a special School Committee meeting on Monday, January 30, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held remotely via Zoom.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article first appeared in our October 13, 2007 edition.

There used to be three junior high schools in Somerville – the Western, the Southern and the Northeastern. I went to the Western, which was up near Teele Square. Dr. Horne was the principal and Mr. Mackey was the vice-principal – it was 1968.

January represents a time for change, with the end of holiday celebrations ushering in a wave of resolutions. January is also National Poverty Awareness Month. This year, the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) is shining a light on this critical issue and calling for more action against the root causes of poverty and understanding for those experiencing it. We ask you to join us to think more critically about poverty and use this start to the year to reflect on how we understand the issue in our community.