Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan spoke to attendees at the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Training.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, in partnership with Reach Beyond Domestic Violence and Respond, INC., hosted a Teen Dating Violence Training last week to help after school providers, school personnel and school resource officers identify the warning signs of teen dating violence. The training, organized during the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, is part of the District Attorney’s initiative to increase education about healthy relationships and to raise awareness about available resources.

March 3, 2020, Massachusetts will hold its Primary Election for the 2020 Presidential Election.

Polls will be open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. To find a complete list of polling places in your ward click here.

UPDATE: the 14-year-old boy was found. 

The Somerville Police Department is searching for a missing 14-year-old boy, a city spokesperson said Sunday night. The boy was last seen on School Street around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

Resources that make communities more dementia friendly were the topic of a recent discussion between (from right) Alan Lappas and Emily Lane of Neville Place Assisted Living and Maryellen McEleney and Nancy Quigg-Gonsalves from the Cambridge Connections Memory Café. Neville Place recently renewed its grand sponsorship of the memory café.

For the second year in a row, Neville Place Assisted Living is grand sponsor for a free monthly social gathering geared toward people with dementia or memory loss.

Neville Place is sponsoring the Cambridge Connections Memory Café, which is a joint effort of Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) and the Cambridge Council on Aging. Open to people with memory loss and their care partners, the café is a welcoming space that features activities everyone can enjoy, explained SCES Director of Outreach and Community Relations Nathan Lamb.

Lucia was presented with his retirement badge by Chief Charles Breen, surrounded by fellow Somerville firefighters during his final shift on February 25. — Photo courtesy of Somerville FD

Deputy Chief James Lucia worked his last shift with the Somerville Fire Department on February 25, capping a forty-year career with the Department. Appointed in 1980, Lucia served the past twenty-seven years as a Deputy Chief. He was commended for his actions several times during his career, which included the rescue of a child during a serious house fire and a water rescue in the Mystic River.

— Tufts University Photo

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and members of the Tufts Partnership Negotiating Committee invite residents to a community meeting on Thursday, March 5, for an update on the current status of negotiations with Tufts University about a new Partnership Agreement between the city and the University.

Thursday, April 16 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Arts at the Armory

Celebrate and honor the diverse voices and local media showcased on Somerville Media Center TV, Internet Radio, Podcast and Streaming Networks.

The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission is seeking volunteers for its 2020 Docent Program. Somerville’s Docent Program operates on a scheduled basis during the months of May through October. Public openings are offered twice a month, on specific weekend days and on Thursday evenings, at three historic sites: the Milk Row Cemetery on Somerville Avenue, Prospect Hill Tower above Union Square, and the Old Powder House in Nathan Tufts Park.

“SomerVIP” launches March 4 with community event

Program offers incentives, technical support for landlords and realtors who lease to residents holding vouchers.

The Somerville Office of Housing Stability (OHS) and the Somerville Homeless Coalition are launching SomerVIP, a Section 8 Voucher Incentive Program, and invite community members to a kickoff event on Wednesday, March 4, to learn more, including how landlords and realtors can receive incentives and technical support through the program.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the Home Depot store on Mystic Ave. last Sunday on reports of a shoplifter who refused to stop for the store Asset Protection Specialist.

The alleged shoplifter, later identified as Marc Jacob, was detained behind Home Depot by a police detective.