Arrests:
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Peter Campagna, of 5 Truro Rd., Mashpee, July 23, 1:01 p.m., arrested at Revolution Dr. on a warrant charge of shoplifting over $250 by concealing merchandise.

Pierre Luxama, of 40C Memorial Rd., July 24, 9:25 a.m., arrested at Jaques St. on warrant charges of open and gross lewdness and trespassing.

July 23, 1963 – July 28, 2019

Kellie A. McDaid of  Somerville  passed away on July 28, 2019.

Beloved daughter of Anthony and Margaret (Kennedy) McDaid. Loving sister of Timothy McDaid, Kathryn McDaid, Matthew McDaid and his wife Stacy. Dear aunt of Emily, Kathryn, Max, Dillon, Grace and Haleigh. Also survived by many loving cousins.

Celebrate the season at “Seize the Summer,” the August installment of the city’s SomerStreets festival, on Sunday, August 4, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. between Davis Square and Teele Square on Holland Street.

By Nathan Lamb

Adult Family Care recently received overwhelmingly positive feedback from caregivers and people receiving in-home assistance through the program.

Thirty-fourth Middlesex District State Rep. Christine Barber.

Representative Christine P. Barber of Somerville and Medford, along with her colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature, passed the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) budget. The budget includes investments in education, housing, transportation, health care, and other programs throughout the Commonwealth, at a total funding level of $43.1 billion.

Nicholas A. Ritrovato Jr. of Somerville  passed away on July 25, 2019.

Beloved husband of Jean (Angelesco) Ritrovato.

Loving father of Michelle McArthur and her husband David S. of Wakefield. Nicholas A. Ritrovato III of Somerville, Michael J. Ritrovato and his significant other Christine Aloise of Somerville and the late Jeanine R. Ritrovato.

A talk, Local Mushrooms: How Do They Grow?, will be presented by Elizabeth Almeida, owner and farmer at Fat Moon Mushrooms, a local farm that supplies gourmet, organic mushrooms to the finest restaurants, grocery stores, and farm stands in the Merrimack Valley, at the next meeting of the Somerville Garden Club on Wednesday, August 14, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

These days it seems like all of Somerville is under construction. Even as seemingly all the bridges are being worked on and all the squares have detours, the OPENAIR Circus brings you its 34th annual season-capping performances during the first weekend of August.

Increase is the first in Somerville in more than a decade. New meter rate is $1.25 per hour.

The Somerville Traffic & Parking Department announced this week that the rate for parking in metered spots within the city has increased to $1.25 per hour, a $0.25 increase. This increase is the first for meter rates in more than ten years. The Somerville Traffic Commission approved the new rates at their June 2019 meeting. The new rate is in line with other communities in the greater Boston area, and will help increase turnover of parking spaces in the city’s business districts and squares.

Please join the City of Somerville for a community meeting in regards to ongoing construction and design elements on Powder House Blvd. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Somerville Neighborhood School, 177 Powder House Blvd., and will include a brief presentation with construction updates, parking study results, questions about the temporary, short-term solution to stripe a bike lane in one direction on a portion of the Boulevard, (see below), and the completion of traffic calming measures this summer.