Adult Family Care (AFC), a program of Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services, recently received the highest-level accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). AFC earned a three-year Accreditation of Case Management for LTSS (Long Term Supports and Services). 

By Dennis Fischman

When a writer sets a mystery within a particular religious community, it takes a lot of attention to make the book succeed. The author must convey what it’s like to live in that community in a way that lets outsiders in. (For me, that’s one of the reasons to read the mystery: to learn about a way of life I wouldn’t have access to any other way. Knowing what’s normal there is a necessary step toward seeing what’s out of place, and therefore a clue to the mystery.)

August 7-9

The feel-gloom event of the summer is back. This week, Somergloom Festival turns five, and they are celebrating with three nights of heavy riffs and an eclectic lineup of gloomy artists, featuring SUMAC, Body Void, The Keening, Morne, and more!

Take home a piece of the museum when you create a collage from their collections.  Join them on August 8, for this special Friday add-on event. There will be two limited time slots for you to craft for an hour and a half: 4 – 5:30 p.m. and 5:30 – 7 p.m. Limited seats available, so bring a friend or meet someone new.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte 

This is the true story of a car that had a life and personality of its own. A vehicle that transported colorful characters, and made the rounds in more ways than one way, on the streets of 1980’s Somerville.

Jack Parker and the Boston University Terriers celebrate winning the 2009 NCAA Men’s Frozen Four Final. — Photo courtesy of Mitchell Layton|HHOF-IIHF

By Norah Doyle

Somerville native Jack Parker will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this November.

Parker first picked up a stick and laced up his skates when he was 12 years old, following in his twin brother’s footsteps. Both boys were students at St. Ann’s K-8 Catholic school and had started their athletic careers as basketball players.

The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill to bring Massachusetts laws into the 21st century by removing offensive language from state statutes.

An Act amending certain laws relative to individuals with disabilities, strikes the “r-word,” a derogatory slur for people with disabilities, out of state law in the dozens of instances where it currently appears. This includes renaming an entire chapter of law that prominently includes the r-word.