~Photo courtesy of the City of Somerville

Join your ward’s City Hall Community Meeting for an overview of the latest City and neighborhood news.

City Hall Community Meetings are an opportunity to learn more about City programs and initiatives, meet your neighbors, find ways to get involved, talk with elected officials and City staff, and enjoy local pizza. The Fall 2025 meeting series concludes continues next week with a virtual meeting for all wards on Tuesday, October 14, and in Ward 2 on Thursday, October 16.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Office of Immigrant Affairs (SOIA) are inviting community members to celebrate Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Month on Saturday, October 18.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and Fire Chief Charles Breen invite the Somerville community to the grand opening ceremony for the newly opened Assembly Square Fire Station on Saturday, October 18, at 10 a.m.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”), the title sponsor of Bluebikes, Greater Boston’s municipally owned bike-sharing system, is recognizing World Mental Health Day on October 10 with a $25 Bluebikes credit for riders. The initiative underscores the role of biking in supporting mental and physical health, while encouraging residents across the region to experience the benefits of active transportation.

By Dennis Fischman

When you write a mystery set in Indian country and it garners a recommendation from Tony Hillerman, you know you’ve done something right. When a reader sees that blurb (as I did, while visiting Colorado and browsing in Poor Richard’s Bookstore), well, you know you’ve got to read it.

The Somerville Renters’ Committee and the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) will host a Mayoral Candidate Forum on Housing on Wednesday, October 22, at 7:00 p.m. at the East Somerville Community School. The event is free, open to the public, and will also be streamed live on Zoom. Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish and Portuguese will be available via Zoom only. Interpretation into other languages must be requested in advance.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

They actually used to say that Davis Square was like the Paris of the 90s. Of course, I had to add my wise guy two cents. I hung around Davis Square religiously in the 90s and said this about myself and my cohorts, “If Davis Square is the Paris of the 90’s, we must be the Paris-sites.”