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GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS TUESDAY, June 23, the 175th day of 2020 with 191 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:07 and sunset is @ 8:25. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mars, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
ON THIS DAY IN: 1683 – William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania. Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer →

All interested community members are invited to attend and speak at the Budget Public Hearing before the City Council’s Committee on Finance on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at 6 p.m., for public input on the proposed FY 2021 municipal budget. Continue reading City of Somerville FY20 Budget Public Hearing →

By Arthur Moore

This is the time to let the police come up with the ideas if any is needed to make changes in the way they do things. In this city we have been lucky on many ways to have mostly a good selection of officers. Granted the couple bad apples that were weeded out showed that the police for most matters can handle what is needed on any level. Continue reading Don’t Screw With The Blue →

Happy Birthday to a number of Villens celebrating their birthdays this week in the Ville and around the Square! Happy Birthday to Renee Grimes, Tina Beatty Hill, Jana Lynn Nally, Annie Catherine, Scott Capuano, Jun Jie Yang, Alice Keenan, Mike Delgizzi, John Eleftherakis, David Tauro, Larry Mulrey, Trish Vallery, Robert Holahan, Claire Seaboyer, Kathy Webber, Mary Murphy, Roger Fisk, Linda August Devereaux, Cory Mashburn, John Cannon, Kenneth Carroll, Karen A Jenner, Anthony Baliola, Michael Fronduto, Steven Marino, Continue reading The Somerville/Medford News Weekly Favorite Birthday Photos of the Week →