Come join us for our 3rd annual Christ The King Somerville Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt!
Date: Saturday March 26th
Continue reading Christ The King Somerville 3rd Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt →

  
From Jodi Kinney
I think these girls might have made history… First Prom Queens to win at a Somerville High prom.

Learsi Ferrer and Miranda Melanson, two juniors from Somerville High they were nominated and crowned on Friday night at the sophomore/junior prom.

   
 
This week’s Somerville News Weekly Arial Ville Photos Series “The Ville From Above”
Continue reading The Ville From Above Photos by Frank Santangelo →

  
By Frank Santagelo

Mekonnen Kebede manager of the local 7/11 that has been located at 582 Broadway in Somerville for over 21 years. Continue reading Somerville News Weekly’s Special Person of the Week Mekonnen Kebede →

By Bob Katzen 
 
THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records the votes of local senators on roll calls from prior legislative sessions. There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.
HELP CITIES AND TOWNS (S 2120) Continue reading Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 41 – Report No. 11 March 14-18, 2016 →

  
By Alex Sutherland

With today’s volatile markets, political uncertainty, and longer life expectancies, retirees are facing greater challenges to feeling financially secure in retirement. Continue reading Major Social Security Filing Strategy No Longer Available After April 29 →

By Edward Sota

We hear a lot about financial planning “rules of thumb,” such as the 4-percent withdrawal rule, the 80 percent of pre-retirement income rule, the rule of 100 and many others. Continue reading Myth Busting The Financial Planning ‘Rules of Thumb’ →

UPCOMING EVENTS

Free Smoke Alarm / Carbon Monoxide Detectors – Starting April 1st – The Somerville Council on Aging, The Health & Human Services Department partnering with The Somerville Fire Department are offering free smoke alarm / carbon monoxide detectors (they are one unit) to Somerville older adults and residents with a wide range of disabilities. Continue reading Somerville Council on Aging Weekly Organizational Updates & Information →

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Traffic and Parking Department remind all residents that regular street sweeping schedules will resume beginning Friday, April 1, and continue through Dec. 31. 
Continue reading Somerville Street Sweeping Resumes April 1 →

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, March 19, the 79th day day of 2016 with 287 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:49 and sunset is @ 6:54. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are, Mercury & Venus. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Neptune, Saturn & Uranus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1571 – Spanish troops occupied Manila.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer  →