By Nathan Lamb

Somerville Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) is providing farmers’ market coupons for eligible older adults, starting in early July. 

Coordinated through the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, the program provides eligible older adults with $25 in coupon vouchers to purchase locally grown produce at participating farmers’ markets.  Coupons can be used to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey.

A walk-in clinic for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be held Sunday, June 27, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Saint Benedict Parish at 25 Arlington Street. No appointment is necessary, but if you prefer you can pre-register at somervillema.gov/vaccine. The clinic is free, and open to all people 12 years or older, regardless of immigration status or health insurance.

Identification is not required. All minors must have parent or guardian permission. Anyone 12-15 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Permission forms will be available onsite, or you can download one here. If you need assistance, please call 311 (617-666-3311).

ArtBeat is back and will be popping up at 7 hills Park on July 10. — Design by Stephanie Vecellio

By Fernando Cervantes Jr.

With the arrival of the summer, more events and festivals have been planned due to the easing of Covid-19 restrictions imposed by Governor Baker. One of these events is ArtBeat.

Organized by the Somerville Arts Council (SAC), ArtBeat is a festival celebrating Somerville’s local art community. In its thirtieth year, ArtBeat will be held on July 10 at 7 Hills Park, a few blocks away from Davis Square.

The Somerville Math Fund was pleased to be able to award four year renewable scholarships to these outstanding math and science students. They are Top (left to right): Samiyra Afife, Henry Ayanna, Owen Chew, AJ Feldman, Brayden Goldstein-Gelb; Bottom (left to right) Nasreen Kaur, Alexandra Marston, Justin Millette, Sophia Sim, and Kevin Wen.

The Somerville Mathematics Fund is pleased to announce the winners of their renewable mathematics scholarships for 2021. The Math Fund was founded to celebrate and encourage math achievement and these students deserve to be celebrated for their work in math and science while in high school. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals and a few organizations, this year we were able to award a record 10 scholarships, totaling $60,000 over four years.

The Democratic Ward Committee in Ward 7 Somerville is proud to host a Ward 7 Councilor candidate forum over Zoom on Monday, June 28, at 7:00 p.m. Underscoring our commitment to diversity and inclusion, all four candidates for Ward 7 Councilor were invited and have accepted our invitation to participate: Alexander Anderson, Becca Miller, Judy Pineda Neufeld and Maria Koutsoubaris.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Barton St. location last week on reports of a man that was trying to open a car door and had displayed a knife to the reporting party.

The suspect description fit the same from an earlier nearby call for a smashed windshield and it is believed that it is the same suspect for still another incident. The suspect was later identified as Pershing B. Reid III.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

When I was young, we didn’t have cell phones or laptops but we sure loved our transistor radios! We took ours to bed and listened every night.

One of my prized possessions as a pre-teen was my little transistor radio. I still remember the smell of the plastic and connecting the earphone for the first time. In 1965 I was 12 years old. My sister was a year older and we both got transistor radios for Christmas. Transistor radios were sold at Radio Shack, Lechmere Sales, Woolworth’s and Grants. You could probably get a slightly burnt and scorched one from Bargain Center.