As we do our best to give the little ones some semblance of normalcy as they look to celebrate Halloween, we are doubly tasked with searching our souls for the right answers to questions posed at the ballot box next week.

For some of us the choices are blessedly clear, while others may have difficulty culling the wheat from the chaff amidst all of the various messages put forward on each side of almost every issue. Politics as usual, really. But at the core of it all, common sense will prevail.

Eagle Feathers #291 – Foss Park

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Construction of what is known as today’s Foss Park began in 1872, the year Somerville became a city. For two years prior, there was intense bitterness and controversy regarding its location, layout and design.

L to R: Randi Soltysiak, Nancy Curtatone, Yvette Wilks, Senator Ed Markey, Collin Yip, Joe Curtatone, Tori Antonino, and Steven Flythe.

On Thursday, October 26, Rafi Properties’ CEO Collin Yip was proud to sponsor and attend the Northeast Clean Energy Conference’s (NECEC) 14th Annual Green Future Gala.

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For poet Gloria Mindock, “The doves are in the trash” in her new poetry collection Grief Touched the Sky at Night.

Gloria Mindock, former Somerville Poet Laureate and the founder of the Červená Barva Press, has published a new book of poetry, Grief Touched the Sky at Night. It is inspired by the Ukrainian/Russian War, and it is unflinching with its depictions of violence and the horror of war. I caught up recently with Mindock to talk about her new collection.

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Our poet writes, “My name is Katherine Davis and I am a junior at Endicott College. I am a film and television major, with a minor in creative writing. Currently I am taking Poetry with Professor Sklar, the class in which I wrote the poem George about my late grandfather. I took up poetry writing as a hobby a little over a year ago, and I have found I am most often inspired by the people I am closest to.”

Former City Councilor Bob McWatters encountered Michael Myers on Highland Ave Halloween eve.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, along with Somerville’s Department of Public Works and Parks and Recreation Office, invited all local ghosts and ghouls to “Truck O’Treat” on Thursday, October 26, on the City Hall concourse. Costumes were encouraged at the family-friendly event, which included safe Trick-or-Treating, a spooktacular visit from a decorated City of Somerville truck, refreshments and more. ~ Photos by Claudia Ferro

MBTA Transit Police are seeking to ID the two people in this photo as people of interest in an incident that took place Saturday night around 11 p.m. on a Green Line train in the vicinity of Gilman Sq.

The Somerville municipal 2023 election is Tuesday, November 7
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Eligible voters may vote one of three ways:

1. On election day at your designated precinct location
2. Early voting at City Hall on November 1, 2 and 3
3. Vote by mail