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These make ahead breakfast sandwiches will save you plenty of time during the week whether you’re off to work or school. They can also be frozen if you want to make extra.

The “What the Fluff?” festival hits Union Square once again soon, an event that has grown in the hearts of so many here.

For all these years, Marshmallow Fluff has been a favorite snack food for many, while others could, frankly, take it or leave it. Either way, few would argue that the annual festival itself is chock full of fun and frivolity for everyone who attends.

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Article by Off the Shelf correspondent Michael Todd Steffen

Denis Emorine’s moving fidelity to his creative inspiration pulses at the heart of his new novella, Broken Identities (JEF Books, Arlington Heights, IL, ISBN 979-8284824-05-4). The book unfolds a sequel, a further denouement and conclusion to the public emergence of a writer begun in the 2017 novella Death at Half-Mast, where Emorine traces origins of “broken identities,” foremost that of his fictional subject, Dominic Valarcher and his integral duality as a human being and his vocation as “the writer,” the alternative appellation chiming like a formal constraint throughout the two narratives.

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Isabella Shea, a second-year student at Endicott College, published a collection of poems, Living In Pieces, detailing her mental health struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic. The book was published in November 2023 with the intention of raising awareness about teen mental health. She hoped that her book would allow others, who were struggling, to know that it is okay to not be okay. Individualism is one of the many poems in Isabella’s collection.

Somerville’s Preliminary Election Day is Tuesday, September 16.  If you’re voting in person, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Look up your polling place before you head out. You can still vote in person if you’ve applied to vote by mail.

Inspection program keeps hydrants citywide ready in case of fire; Temporary water discoloration may occur, but water is safe to drink

The Somerville Fire Department will begin the annual inspection and flushing of all fire hydrants citywide on Monday, September 15, 2025, concluding on or around Saturday, September 27, 2025. This annual maintenance program helps keep our community safe by helping to ensure hydrants will work properly when needed to put out a fire.