The City of Somerville Health and Human Services Department is partnering with Riverside Trauma Center to offer a free two-day virtual training in Psychological First Aid and Post-Traumatic Stress Management for individuals who live or work in Somerville.    

Mary Cassesso  of CHA has announced her run for Somerville mayor. Cassesso took out nomination papers today as a candidate for mayor of Somerville.

The Somerville Arts Council and Metropolitan Area Planning Council are conducting two surveys to find out if Somerville artists have stable access to space for their work. There are two surveys: one for individuals and one for organizations. Artists who live or work in Somerville are invited to take whichever applies to them.

“Gypsy Moth” © Jane Sherrill 2020

During the month of May, Jane Sherrill’s  painting Gypsy Moth is in a show at the pop-up gallery, The Art House in Powder House Square, 862 Broadway, Somerville, through May 30. Open weekend afternoons.

During the pandemic she has  been working from home on a series of black and white drawings made with pen and pencil on layers of translucent Dura-Lar. You can read about her process and see images of six of them on the site Pandemic Lens https://pandemiclens.com/2021/03/14/pandemic-traces/

CHA CEO Assaad Sayah, MD, welcomed Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, and Health and Human Services Sec. Marylou Sudders to the vaccination center last week at Encore Boston Harbor. — Photo courtesy of CHA

The new Metro North COVID-19 Vaccination Partnership – a consortium of nine cities, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), and Tufts University – announced that it will open three joint vaccination sites to expand COVID-19 vaccine access in the metro north area. The regional partnership was recently approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as a part of its statewide network of vaccination locations.

GLX project construction continues to advance throughout all work zones. To view their most recent progress photos, click here.

Upcoming Nightwork

With warmer weather now upon us, they want to remind abutters that night work is likely to continue in various locations.

Current night work plans include:

Testing conducted by disease investigators at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has led to the expansion of a national recall today of Enoki mushrooms, after two packages the investigators purchased in the Commonwealth tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

For 36 years, the OPENAIR Circus of Greater Somerville has offered summer classes in circus skills for children, teens and adults. Again this summer, everyone is welcome to learn new skills and join the circus community.

All classes will run July 5 through August 6. This year some classes will be in-person at Perry Park on Washington Street near Union Square. Others will be online (both synchronous and pre-recorded). 

Additional reopening steps, beyond what was announced earlier this week, will go into effect on Tuesday, June 1. All of the newly allowed activities will be subject to regular city permitting and safety rules and sector-specific COVID-19 guidelines.