The Somerville News Weekly Special Person of the Week:Danny Johnson

 

By Frank Santangelo 

Meet this week’s “Special Person of the Week:Danny Johnson 
Danny was born in Somerville to Catherine(O’Neil) and Donald Johnson both of Somerville. He graduated St. Benedicts School in Somerville then later attended Malden Catholic High School.        Continue reading The Somerville News Weekly Special Person of the Week:Danny Johnson

Star Studded Appearances at 5th Annual Ryan Harrington Foundation’s Corn Toss Tournament

Photos by Frank Santangelo 

By William Tauro 

Comedians Lenny Clarke and Tony V and hundreds of people attended the Ryan Harrington Foundation Annual Corn Toss Tournament Fundraiser to benefit Somerville Youth this past Saturday at Trum Field.  Continue reading Star Studded Appearances at 5th Annual Ryan Harrington Foundation’s Corn Toss Tournament

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 



GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SUNDAY, September 11, the 255th day of 2016 with 111 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:20 and sunset is @ 7:01. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1297 – Scotsman William Wallace defeated the English forces of Sir Hugh de Cressingham at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Somerville Council on AgingWeekly Organizational Updates & Information

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

National Senior Center Month: September is National Senior Center month. Visit any of the senior centers to learn about the great things happening.

 

Ageless Grace: Ageless Grace, the Council on Aging’s new Fitness class for the body and mind, will be starting its next 5 week series on Monday September 26th and continuing on October 3rd, October 17th, October 24th and October 31st. Held at 4:00pm at the Holland St. Continue reading Somerville Council on AgingWeekly Organizational Updates & Information

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, September 10, the 254th day of 2016 with 112 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:18 and sunset is @ 7:03. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1608 – John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown, VA colony council.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Cambridge Man Arraigned for Alleged Indecent Secretly Recordings In Somerville 

WOBURN – Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan has announced that Teddy Browar-Jarus, 32, of Cambridge, was arraigned today in Middlesex Superior Court and charged with 26 counts of secretly recording an unsuspecting nude person, 11 counts of willful recording of oral communication, and one count of attempting to video record an unsuspecting person in a state of nudity. Continue reading Cambridge Man Arraigned for Alleged Indecent Secretly Recordings In Somerville 

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS FRIDAY, September 9, the 253rd day of 2016 with 113 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:17 and sunset is @ 7:05. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 490 B.C. – The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS THURSDAY, September 8, the 252nd day of 2016 with 114 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:16 and sunset is @ 7:07. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1565 – A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, September 7, the 251st day of 2016 with 115 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:15 and sunset is @ 7:08. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1812 – Napoleon defeated the Russian army of Alexander I at the battle of Borodino.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Somerville Neighborhood News Update:More about Jill Stein,the Green Party Nominee for President

In this special of Somerville Neighborhood News we hear more about Jill Stein,the Green Party Nominee for President in the 2016 election. She is also a respected physician, social and environmental activist and resident of nearby Lexington, MA. Continue reading Somerville Neighborhood News Update:More about Jill Stein,the Green Party Nominee for President

Tufts welcomes Class of 2020, most selective in university’s history


Newcomers include first SMFA at Tufts students, first matriculating 1+4 bridge year fellows

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – (August 31, 2016) –Tufts University’s Class of 2020 boasts the title of most selective ever: only 14.3 percent of a record 20,223 applicants were admitted, placing Tufts among the most selective colleges and universities in the country. Continue reading Tufts welcomes Class of 2020, most selective in university’s history

Come Read at Somerville’s Banned Book Readathon


About Banned Book Week / Day
Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982 according to the American Library Association. Check out some of the banned books online here. Continue reading Come Read at Somerville’s Banned Book Readathon

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS TUESDAY, September 6, the 250th day of 2016 with 116 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:14 and sunset is @ 7:10. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1620 – The Pilgrims left on the Mayflower from Plymouth, England to settle in the New World.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

The Somerville News Weekly Favorite Birthday Photos of the Week 


Many Villens celebrating their birthdays this week in the Ville! Happy Birthday greetings go out to Michael Bowler, Zaidon Voss, Dorothy DiMille, Lori Ryan Sciurca, Nick Papadinis, Vanessa Salvucci, Nancy Gaudet-Bacci, Vivian Shepard Quinlan, Jeremy Sheehan, Judith Medeiros, Leigh-Ann Scolaro, Denice Desrochers, Daniel Hurley, Stephen J. Bremis, Tom Champion, Cosmo Nardella and Ace Thunder Buddy Continue reading The Somerville News Weekly Favorite Birthday Photos of the Week 

Real Life Somerville Police Stories:Jorge FURTADO (B&E)


Narrative

The following supplemental report was written in reference to incident #16052948.

 

About 1700 hours on Tuesday, 08/30/16, I, Detective DiFronzo, while assigned as Delta Fifteen within the Somerville Police Department Criminal Investigation Division, responded to XX Horace Street, Somerville, for a report of a past break. Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories:Jorge FURTADO (B&E)

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS MONDAY, September 5, the 249th day of 2016 with 117 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:12 and sunset is @ 7:13. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1698 – Russia’s Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. 
Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

The Somerville News Weekly Special Person of the Week:ED PALAZZOLO

By Frank Santangelo 

Meet this week’s “Special Person of the Week:ED PALAZZOLO

ED PALAZZOLO SON OF 1st GENERATION ITALIAN AMERICANS MARY (PETRICONE) AND EDWARD PALAZZOLO Sr!
BROTHER TO THE LATE NICK CAMELIO AND JOSEPH PALAZZOLO OF BETHLEHEM NH.
ED’S MOTHER’S BROTHER WAS THE LATE “BO BO PETRICONE” AKA “ALEX ROCCO” WHO BECAME AN ACTOR BEST KNOW FOR HIS ROLL OF “MOE GREENE” IN THE MOVIE “THE GODFATHER”! Continue reading The Somerville News Weekly Special Person of the Week:ED PALAZZOLO

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SUNDAY, September 4, the 248th day of 2016 with 118 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:12 and sunset is @ 7:14. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 0476 – Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Somerville Police COHR Hosting Free Training Sept 15th & 29


Our Somerville Police COHR will be hosting a free training Sept 15th & 29, 2016 from 3:30pm – 7:30pm. This training titled, Making Connections: Promoting Positive Mental Health will focus on Wellness Strategies and Mental Health First Aid. Course introduces risk factors and warning signs of mental health issues, substance use, depression, anxiety and eating disorders. Upon completion of this training participants will receive a Mental Health First Aid Certificate! Registration is required! Suggested Donation: $20 Open to the Public!

Letter to the Editor:Candidate Fraud Suspected In Governors Council Race/Where Does Governor’s Council Candidate Richard DiMeo Live?


“A Search For The Truth.”  
Earlier this year several of candidate for Governor’s Council for the Sixth District Richard DiMeo’s nomination signatures were successfully challenged at a Ballot Law Commission hearing by candidate Stephen Borelli as being written by the same person. Continue reading Letter to the Editor:Candidate Fraud Suspected In Governors Council Race/Where Does Governor’s Council Candidate Richard DiMeo Live?

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS SATURDAY, September 3, the 247th day of 2016 with 119 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:11 and sunset is @ 7:15. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1189 – England’s King Richard I was crowned in Westminster.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 41-Report No. 35 August 29 – September 2, 2016


By Bob Katzen 

   THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ and representatives’ votes on roll calls from both branches’ overrides of some of Gov. Charlie Baker’s 256 vetoes of spending and other items in the recently signed $38.92 billion fiscal 2017 state budget. Continue reading Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 41-Report No. 35 August 29 – September 2, 2016

SOMERSTREETS STRIKE UP THE BANDS ON HIGHLAND AVE., SUNDAY, SEPT 18


Free Open Streets event to feature live music, family-friendly activities, food, and more.

 

SOMERVILLE – Celebrate the season at “Strike Up The Bands,” the September installment of the City’s SomerStreets festival, on Sunday, Sept 18, from 2 to 6 p.m. between School St. and Lowell St. on Highland Ave. Continue reading SOMERSTREETS STRIKE UP THE BANDS ON HIGHLAND AVE., SUNDAY, SEPT 18

Union Square Main Streets Fluff Festival In Somerville 

About the Event

 

“What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention” honors local innovation and creativity. What the Fluff? is produced by Union Square Main Streets and sponsored by The Somerville Arts Council’s ArtsUnion with funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the City of Somerville and generous supporters, including Allstate, US2 and Bow Market.   Continue reading Union Square Main Streets Fluff Festival In Somerville 

Somerville Council on Aging Weekly Organizational Updates & Information

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Ageless Grace: Ageless Grace, the Council on Aging’s new Fitness class for the body and mind, will be starting its next 5 week series on July 25th. Held on Mondays at 4:00pm at the Holland St. Center, the Ageless Grace program is an innovative wellness and fitness program done seated in a chair to upbeat music. Continue reading Somerville Council on Aging Weekly Organizational Updates & Information

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS FRIDAY, September 2, the 246th day of 2016 with 120 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:10 and sunset is @ 7:17. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 31 B.C. – The Roman leader Octavian defeated the alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 


GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS THURSDAY, September 1, the 245th day of 2016 with 121 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:09 and sunset is @ 7:19. The New Moon is exact @ 5:04 AM. The morning stars are stars are Neptune & Uranus. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1799 – The Bank of Manhattan Company opened in New York City, NY. It was the forerunner of Chase Manhattan.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer 

Ryan Harrington Foundation Holding Its Annual Corn Toss Tournament: Fundraiser to benefit Somerville Youth

Be the 2016 champs of the 5th Annual Ryan Harrington Foundation’s Corn Toss Tournament, win a some cash and support Somerville’s youth in the process
Saturday, September 10, 2016 From 10:00am to 6:00pm  Continue reading Ryan Harrington Foundation Holding Its Annual Corn Toss Tournament: Fundraiser to benefit Somerville Youth