Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 5 Alderman Mark Niedergang invite neighbors and community members to a public meeting on Monday, September 8 to discuss the Cedar Street Flood Mitigation Project. The meeting will be held in the Kennedy School cafeteria, 5 Cherry Street, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Acting City Engineer, Melissa Miguel, and Weston & Sampson Consulting Engineers will present twenty-five percent design plans and review the proposed timeline for the planned sewer separation project. For more information about the project, contact Melissa Miguel at 617-625-6600 ext. 5412, or MMiguel@somervillema.gov.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston invite neighbors and community members to a “Listening Session,” the latest in a series of public meetings to discuss the upcoming Lincoln Park Renovation, on Tuesday, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Argenziano School cafeteria, 290 Washington Street, and will review results from earlier community meetings and discuss plans for the Landscape Design process. For more information about the project, contact Melissa Miguel at 617-625-6600 ext. 5412, or MMiguel@somervillema.gov. The meeting location is accessible to people with disabilities. To request language assistance, handouts in alternate formats, or information on the meeting, please contact Arn Franzen at: afranzen@somervillem.gov, or (617) 625-6600, ext 2500.

Community note: Orange Line Assembly Station Opens at Assembly Row in Somerville, Tuesday, Sept. 2

To mark the historic opening of the Orange Line Assembly Station T-stop in Somerville, MA—the first new MBTA T- Continue reading A Tribute to Assembly Row and new Assembly Station September 2, 2014 →

A yesteryear photo of three well known Somervillians from the Ville!

Comedian Tony V, Jimmy Delponte and a younger Frank Santangelo at an early Kiss 108 Radio event back in the day.

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The purpose of this letter is to proudly congratulate and acknowledge Ariana Baldasaro of Londonderry New Hampshire who is now a Somerville resident and is also an avid Somerville News Weekly reader on her acceptance to Suffolk University Law school starting this fall.

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Join us NEXT WEEKEND in East Cambridge!

It is that time of year, when the streets of East Cambridge will come alive for the 88th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian THIS WEEKEND (September 6 & 7). The feast will be celebrated on Warren Street in East Cambridge. As always, there will be a food festival, parades, amusement rides, “Frozen” movie characters Elsa and Anna, carnival games, antique cars, street performers, Red Sox World Series Trophies, and live entertainment throughout the weekend. There will also be a special healing service on September 6th.
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