Ward 4 School Committee Candidate Forum & DebateJamie O’Leary and Andre Green, candidates for Ward 4 School Committee, recently participated in a forum and dbate at the SCATV studios. Watch the replay here.

And please remember to vote on Tuesday, November 3.

Join the City of Somerville for the fifth annual Somerville Bulb Blitz on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, and help prepare your neighborhood for a bright and colorful spring 2016! Continue reading Somerville Sign Up for Bulb Blitz 2015! →

There are so many beautiful things about Thailand. Just ask Chu Race, who is a native of that country and a weekly participant in the Cross Street Center’s English Conversation group. In Thailand, Chu explains, it’s common to see fruits and vegetables beautifully sculpted into flowers and art. People then use the creations decorations for plates, for their home, and in their food. Continue reading Somerville COA:Beautiful Food at Cross Street →

As world leaders prepare for UN climate negotiations, Mayors’ National Climate Action Agenda releases Compendium of City Climate Action; 

#ClimateMayors mark countdown to Paris talks with Twitter dialogue Oct. 30, 1 p.m. EST  Continue reading SOMERVILLE MAYOR CURTATONE JOINS LA MAYOR GARCETTI, NY MAYOR DE BLASIO, CHICAGO MAYOR EMANUEL, AND MAYORS ACROSS U.S. AS MEMBER OF NATIONAL COALITION OF #CLIMATEMAYORS →

By Bob Katzen 

   THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local representatives’ votes on roll calls from the week of October 26-30. There were no roll calls in the Senate last week.
$328 MILLION SUPP BUDGET (H 3829) Continue reading Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 40 – Report No. 43 October 26-30, 2015 →

BOSTON, Oct. 29, 2015—A Somerville man was arraigned today on charges he stabbed another man during an early morning fight in the North End, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said. Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories:Somerville Man Charged in North End Stabbing →

Photos by Frank Santangelo

By William Tauro

This past Thursday evening hundreds of trick-or-treaters attended the 2015 Hunted Hall at City Hall in Somerville. 
There were ghosts and there were goblins, witches on brooms with cats and of course Batman and Robin.  Continue reading Somerville’s Spooky Haunted Hall  →

Stephen Jones is lifelong resident of Somerville and a graduate of Somerville High School. He went on to receive his masters in Criminal Justice from UMASS Lowell. Continue reading The Somerville News Weekly’s Special Person of the Week Stephen Jones →

  
GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS FRIDAY, October 30, the 303rd day of 2015 with 62 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 7:14 and sunset is @ 5:41. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Mars, Uranus & Venus. The evening stars are, Mercury, Neptune & Saturn.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1735 – John Adams, the second President of the United States, was born in Braintree, MA. His son became the sixth President of the U.S.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer  →