Today is Veterans Day and the city has invited all interested community members to attend the annual Veteran's Day ceremonies 10 a.m. at the VFW Post located at 371 Summer St. in Davis Square. The city will be holding the annual ceremonies along with the Allied Veterans' Council, which will include an honor guard and brief speeches by local elected officials.
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This Saturday is the annual "Somerville News Writers Festival" - all day and into the evening - tickets are only $10 and can be bought at the door or go on the website and see the all the celebrities that will be appearing. Our own Doug Holder and Tim Gager work hard every year on this and it shows, every year it gets bigger and bigger. It's a great event and we enjoy being part of it - see you there!
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Don't forget the public hearing next week (Nov. 18 at 6 p.m.) at the Somerville High School Auditorium (81 Highland Ave.) for the Green Line Extension Project - the Mass DOT Office will present findings and recommendations for the Green Line Extension. Should be interesting to see how the project is progressing here in Somerville.
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Last week's spelling bee put on by the PTA from the West Somerville Neighborhood School was a huge success - Alderwoman Rebekah Gewirtz's team won, narrowly beating out the Mayor's team. The event raised over 3K for the kids at the West Somerville Neighborhood School.
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The City of Somerville rescinded former School Committee member / Board of Alderman member and former Registrar of Probate John Buonomo's $3,200 per month pension. John pleaded guilty recently to charges that he stole state copy machine money from the courthouse and also his own campaign fund. He is appealing the decision and the hearing is set for later this month - on the 28th.
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Former well-known attorney and long-time Somerville resident, Frank Dardeno, Sr. recently passed away. Our condolences to his family. Frank, Sr. was very active here in the city and was very well liked.
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The Somerville High Class of 1984 is holding its 25th Reunion coming up on Nov. 27 from 7 p.m. to 11p.m. at the Dante Club (3 Dante Terrace). Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Checks should be made payable to Chris Westphal and can be mailed to 126 North Marshall St., Revere, MA 02151. You can also contact Eileen (Forristall) Westphal at [email protected] or Mary (Allosso) Finigan at [email protected]. Both Eileen and Mary are on Facebook, so you can also look for them there.
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Happy birthday to our good friend and delivery / aka all around nice guy Jimmy Mastromatteo, who is celebrating it this week. Jimmy is the go-to guy here at The News and delivers like clockwork every Wednesday to more than 165 locations. Another Happy birthday to Louie Oliveira, who is also blowing out candles this week.
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Get well from The News to local guy Charlie Moran, who is now back home recovering from minor surgery. We all hope to see him up and about on his feet and back to work very shortly.
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We hear that our good friend and familiar-to-Somerville comic Stephanie Arena Peters has started up her own Stand Up Comedy Show and is making her first appearance at a comedy shop called "Ryles" in Inman Square, Cambridge on Dec. 13. We wish her the best of luck - knock-em dead Stephanie. You can visit her website at www.thecomdeydiva.com
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Herb Chambers has to have the nicest / friendliest staff around. They make you feel right at home and it's even nicer to know that it's a Somerville-based dealership that is headquartered here in Somerville.
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