~Photo courtesy of The Somerville Food Coalition

Mobile Market Bring Fresh, Affordable Local Produce to Locations Across the City

Get your recipes ready, the Somerville Mobile Farmers Market returns on Thursday, July 10 for the 2025 season. The market will be open Thursdays through Saturdays, and will run through November 1. 

Somerville-based non-profit Mil Milagros has been helping Guatemalan women to become leaders in their communities. — Photos courtesy of Mil Milagros

By Alaa Al Ramahi 

In Guatemala, the average number of years that an Indigenous woman has an education is three. Mil Milagros, a Somerville non-profit organization, has been supporting women in Guatemala to change that and become leaders in their communities. 

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

 I peeped into a colleague’s office to say hi, and we got on the subject of the songs of 1966. We were both 13 years old back then, and we couldn’t believe all the great songs that came out that year.

As we all know, hearing a song unleashes thoughts, feelings, and memories that cannot be described but send us someplace very special. Here are just a few of the songs of 1966: 96 Tears, Summer In The City, See You In September, Gloria, Black is Black, Yellow Submarine, The Sounds of Silence, Barbara Ann, Time Won’t Let Me, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Shapes of Things, Wipe Out, Dirty Water, Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, Homeward Bound and many more classic hits. Google “top songs of 1966” and you will be blown away. That is, if you are in that special age group that will appreciate it.

Rep. Christine Barber of Somerville and Medford has been appointed House Chair of the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for the 194th legislative session at the Massachusetts State House. The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources considers environmental issues that impact the Commonwealth including parks, conservation, clean air and water, noise pollution, hunting and fishing, solid waste disposal, and more.

Group photo of ceremony attendees. — Photos by Norah Doyle

By Norah Doyle

 On Thursday, June 12, Mayor Katjana Ballantyne hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the Central Hill Veterans Vietnam & Korean Wars Memorial on the front lawn of Somerville High School.

The Central Hill Veterans Vietnam and Korean War Memorial Project was part of the new Somerville High School Campus design, which opened on March 4, 2021. The first phase of this project is reinstalling the Vietnam and Korean War memorials in front of the high school, which will be part of a memorial walk with spaces that chronologically honor veterans dating back to the Revolutionary War. Belko Landscaping was awarded the construction of this project.

L-R: Rod Badaro, Business Agent, Greater Boston Labor Union; Matthias Rudolf, Co-Chair, USNC; Michele Hansen, Co-Chair, USNC; Collin Yip, Managing Director, Rafi Properties; Mike Kearns, COO, Shawmut Design and Construction. — Photo courtesy of Somernova

Rafi Properties, owner and operator of the Somernova innovation campus, is proud to announce the official signing of the Somernova Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) and a first of its kind Project Labor Agreement (PLA) – marking a major step forward for arts and innovation ecosystem and equitable, community-driven development in Somerville’s Union Square.

Indivisible Somerville members meet up at the MBTA Ball Square Station before heading to the parade.  — Photo courtesy of Elaine Almquist

By The Times Staff

“No Kings” day brought participants from Somerville and around the area to Boston’s Pride Parade on Saturday, June 14, to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and protest against authoritarian overreach in a nationwide day of defiance.

RSJ is partnering with the City of Medford and Tufts University to provide additional Juneteenth programming during the month of June. Join Tufts University and the Cities of Medford and Somerville for a morning program that includes breakfast, a session on the history of Juneteenth, and workshops based around the theme of Expressions of Black Joy as a Form of Resistance at Tufts University, Wednesday, June 18, 8:15 to 11:30 a.m.. at the Joyce Cummings Center at Tufts University (177 College Ave., Medford) More event info at: www.diversity.tufts.edu/events/juneteenth2025/

You don’t have to run away to join the circus!

For 39 years, children, teens, and adults have learned circus skills from the OPENAIR Circus of Greater Somerville.  Everyone is welcome to learn new skills and join the circus community.

Classes this year include Baton Twirling*, Devil Stick*s, Diabolo*, Hula Hoops*, Juggling*, Poi*, Stilting*, Tiny Tots Trio, and Yo-yo.  Classes with asterisks are offered at the beginning and intermediate levels. All classes are an hour, except Tiny Tots, which is 30 minutes.