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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Arts Council invite community members to close out the 2025 SomerStreets season with a festive and spooky Monster Mash on Sunday, October 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. on Somerville Avenue (School St. to Washington St.). In the event of rain, festivities will take place on Sunday, October 26.
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— Photos by Bobbie Toner
The 20th Annual Honk Festival of Activist Street Bands took to the streets of Somerville this past weekend, featuring a wide variety of musical/activist events at Tufts University, in Medford (HONK! U Conference on Thursday), Davis Square, in Somerville (street music, workshops, lantern parades on Friday and Saturday), and Harvard Square, in Cambridge (with a vast parade out of Davis Sq., then participating in Oktoberfest on Sunday).
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*Somerville Media Center and The Somerville Beacon will host candidate debates for Somerville’s City Councilor At Large and Mayoral races on Monday, October 20, 2025, from 5:30-8:30PM at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theater, 55 Davis Square. Admission is free and doors open to the public at 5:30PM for drinks and refreshments from the cash bar (ID required for alcohol). No signs, banners, backpacks, or oversized bags will be permitted.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, along with Somerville’s Department of Public Works and Parks & Recreation Department, invites all for a hauntingly good time at the fourth annual “Truck O’ Treat” on Thursday, October 23, from 5 to 7 p.m. outside City Hall (93 Highland Avenue). In the event of inclement weather, the event will be moved to Thursday, October 30.
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By Willian C. Shelton
“I know of no safe repository of the ultimate power of society but the people.”
-Thomas Jefferson
American democracy is now under constant assault and is contracting. Yet the proposed City Charter that will be on the November 4th ballot would deny Somerville’s citizens a critical right that is enjoyed by voters in 83% of Massachusetts’ cities.
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(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries and letters to the Editor of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)
The ballot question in Somerville on November 4th regarding the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions/BDS of Israel, is a proposal which, if passed by voters, will stigmatize, delegitimize and isolate Israel. BDS proponents in Somerville are seeking to drive a wedge between Israel and the rest of the world, separating Israel’s government, business, universities and people from their partners abroad.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
Growing up in Somerville over the last few decades gave us lots of delicious dining memories. We had a lot of very good local restaurants. I remember those Friday nights at The Continental on Somerville Ave. for pizza and orange tonic. There was also Frascatis and The Venice in Davis Square. The Paddock and The Mount Vernon were also great places, among many others.
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Step into a century of Somerville history and leap into the future at Rewind, Record, PLAY!, a one-night-only retrofuturist fundraising cocktail event celebrating the Museum’s 100th anniversary. The celebration takes place on Thursday, October 23, from 5:30–8:30pm at The Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square.
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