Ties for second in MA Personal Finance Challenge

Somerville High School’s Personal Finance I class team of Liam Beretsky-Jewell, Matthew Mannion, Michael Nionakis, and Oliver Wicks won the recent Junior Achievement’s Stock Market Challenge in Boston! The Stock Market Challenge is a fast-paced competition in which students learn how the market operates by investing and trading stocks as if they were managing accounts on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

December 12, 1944 – May 5, 2023

Robert S. McGowan of Somerville. May 5, 2023. Beloved fiance of Rosalee Zammuto. Loving father of Robert McGowan of Somerville and Darlene M. McGowan-Elderd and her husband William of Nashua, NH. Devoted grandfather of Donald E. LeBlanc. Brother of Donald McGowan and his wife Anna of Burlington , David McGowan and his wife Donna of Arlington, and Christine C. Costello of Methuen. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Community members are invited to join Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the City Council at the spring 2023 City Hall Community Meetings. These meetings are held twice a year in each of Somerville’s seven wards to share the latest city and neighborhood updates with community members.

The City of Somerville’s annual Water System Flushing Program is set to begin Monday, May 8, and continue through late October. This annual program flushes pipes at high velocities to clean water mains and maintain the highest possible water quality.

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SustainaVille Week’s keynote address with Senator Markey and Mayor Ballantyne. Senator Markey and Mayor Ballantyne speak on the Green New Deal, the Inflation Reduction Act, and how federal funding and priorities can support climate action in Somerville.

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By Nicole Eigbrett
CAAS Director of Community Organizing and Somerville renter

After an arduous, multi-year process, Massachusetts voters made it clear when they approved the Fair Share Amendment in November 2022 that they wanted the state’s wealthiest residents to make greater contributions to the state’s budget. Communities spoke decisively on this issue during a time of unprecedented inequity.

“Home Speakers Set” by sculptor Hilary Ross, one of the hundreds of the city’s artists participating in this year’s Somerville Open Studios.

Join in for Bounce, the 24th annual Somerville Open Studios, on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7, from noon to 6:00 p.m. throughout the city. Visit more than 350 visual artists during one of the largest free open studios events in the nation.

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By State Senator Pat Jehlen

One of the main reasons given for cutting taxes is that we have a surplus. See, for example, the way Priorities for Progress framed its polling question:

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

The old bus pictured here was the type we took back in the day. Riding to the high school in the late 60’s and early 70’s was a lot of fun. Remember the plush leather seats?

— Photos by Claudia Ferro

East Somerville Main Streets hosted East Somerville’s Spring Clean Up this past Saturday. Ola Cafe supplied coffee and pastries Boy Scouts, city officials and residents joined in to help beautify the neighborhood.