The City Hall Community Meetings spring season will close with an all ward, virtual meeting on Monday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. Join us online via Zoom to ask questions and get updates from the Mayor and City Hall staff. Spanish and Portuguese interpretation will be available. Recordings of all spring meetings will be available online after May 22. Learn more at somervillema.gov/communitymeetings.

Join the Somerville Museum  and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission for an engaging afternoon with General George and Mrs. Washington.

Team Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services, from left, Juan Bautista, Nathan Lamb, Meghan Ostrander, Lindsey Smilack, and Andrea Svartstrom. Special thanks to our family members who walked too.

By Nathan Lamb

I went to my first Project Bread Walk for Hunger expecting to make some great memories, but probably the best moment was a complete surprise.

SHS Boys Varsity Volleyball won a thriller against Everett High School on Wednesday, May 10, to even their record to 7-7. Somerville took an early 2-0 lead, but Everett responded by winning two games of their own to make it 2-2. The final game came down to the wire. Tied at 14-14, Somerville scored two straight points to win the game 16-14 and beat Everett 3-2. ~Photos by Alex Fredette

To see more photos from this game visit:https://alexfredette.smugmug.com/Volleyball/SHS-BVB-Everett/

~Photo courtesy of SFD.

A fire broke out at 60 Highland Rd around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. First company called smoke showing, a working fire was stuck by C-3, additional apparatus was requested to help at the scene.

No report of injuries, unknown how many are displaced at this time.

Cause of fire is under investigation.

Update: All ideas for Somerville’s first-ever Participatory Budgeting process are due by end of day Saturday, May, 20, 2023. This is also the deadline for residents interested in becoming a Budget Delegate volunteer to submit their applications.

Center Stage Festival is a family-friendly event to honor and celebrate Asian American Heritage Month. The festival will include cookies with Cambridge’s city manager, dance and musical performances, art activities, vendors, Asian catering and more. The festival will take place at The Foundry, located at 101 Rogers St. Cambridge, MA. All are welcome to attend.

Show Me The Funny: Stand Up Comedy Workshop (Somerville Edition) is led by Cedric Arno and will review the history of comedy while encouraging confidence and skills.

A School-based Approach to Interactive Youth Art in Somerville
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Parama Chattopadhyay has worked at East Somerville Community School since July 2022 as a Pre-Calculus, Statistics, and Geometry teacher for the Calculus Project, an innovative national program serving minorities and aspiring them to become mathematical masterminds. She then continued at the school that she is so fond of as an interim 8th grade certified math teacher covering a colleague’s paternity leave, and now as a general instructional support staff.