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🌱 Patch AM: Which Somerville meetings and events should you show up for this week?

Coming up on the Somerville Patch calendar: Calmer Con Boston

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Hi Somerville! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Which Somerville meetings and events should you show up for this week?
  • Could Somerville caregivers qualify for this new free dementia support?
  • How Somerville's Dormition parish is supporting foster kids and local students

Also on today's calendar: Calmer Con Boston and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the fish blush ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 81 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Tuesday: A p.m. shower in places, temps: high: 82, low: 59.
  • Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 76 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Somerville meetings, Sept. 7-14 (csindie.com) — Somerville residents have a busy civic week ahead, with meetings on Armory finances, major development proposals, police body cameras, and ethical procurement, plus a Civic Day fair at City Hall. You can also attend a 25th anniversary 9/11 remembrance in Davis Square and a household hazardous waste drop-off at the DPW yard in Magoun Square.
   

• New program can improve dementia care and support caregivers (thesomervilletimes.com) — Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services is helping bring a new, free dementia-care program to eligible Somerville residents with Medicare Parts A and B, pairing families with a personal care navigator and respite support. The GUIDE program coordinates services like meals, transportation, and caregiver education across Massachusetts, aiming to reduce hospitalizations and ease the strain on local caregivers.
   

• Somerville's Dormition Community Donates 150 Backpacks to Children in Foster Care (thenationalherald.com) — A Somerville Greek Orthodox parish has donated 150 backpack-and-supply sets to children in foster care while welcoming a new presiding priest, Fr. Ioannis Michaelidis. The historic Dormition community, rooted in Union Square since 1916, also honors local Medal of Honor recipient George Dilboy with a scholarship for Somerville High seniors and annual awards for Greek American philanthropy.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Highgate Hotels posted a job opening for Night Auditor in Somerville. Apply here.
  • Harvard Student Agencies posted a job opening for 4. Cleaners & Dorm Essentials Team in Cambridge. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Somerville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Cambridge

  • 2 more New England states hold high-stakes primary elections this week (wcvb.com)
  • Christopher Miller (tufts.edu)
  • Anthropology April Community Digest (uoregon.edu)

Ok Somerville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: It saw the ocean's bottom! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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