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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS FRIDAY, April 14, the 104th day of 2017 with 261 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:04 and sunset is @ 7:23. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Saturn & Mercury. The evening stars are Mars, Neptune, Uranus & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1775 – The first abolitionist society in U.S. was organized in Philadelphia with Ben Franklin as president.  Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer  →

Hair Cuttery Partners with the National Network to End Domestic Violence for the Third Year Continue reading Somerville Hair Cuttery to Hold Share-A-Haircut Campaign to Support Victims of Domestic Violence →

(BOSTON) – The Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, chaired by Senator Patricia Jehlen (D-Somerville) and Representative Mark Cusack (D-Braintree), will hold its final public hearing Monday, April 24, 2017 at 11AM in rooms A1-A2 of the State House. Continue reading Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy to Hold Final Hearing at State House →

1). My 1950’s-1960’s Somerville is now a ‘deep dark secret of the past.’ We may have been poor and hardscrabble, but we loved OUR own ‘Slumerville.’ And we would break all the windows of anyone who said that we had no class! (The nerve). Now I can’t afford to buy the house I grew up in, but I respect all of you for what you have done to MY Town! SHS ’62 Continue reading Top 5 Comments of the Week on Somerville News Weekly’s Facebook Page RE Article: MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDED IN ASSEMBLY SQUARE →