Voter registration deadline is Friday
Friday is the last day Somerville residents can register to vote or change their address. Register or make changes until 5 p.m. online or by mail. A preliminary election is Sept. 16, with early voting from Sept. 9-11.
Willie Fest III
Councilor at-large and mayoral candidate Willie Burnley Jr. hosts Willie Fest III on Wednesday, the third in a series of music-based campaign events.
Doors are at 6 p.m. and performances start at 7 p.m. by musical guests The New Noise, My Chemical Chungus, See You at Rogers and Andrew Wiley. Wiley, who also owns High Energy Vintage, will DJ. The free event is at Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn Court, Union Square, Somerville.
General mayoral race forum
An online mayoral candidate forum “on important issues facing our city” is set for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 2, according to the group Somerville Stands Together.
“The forum will reveal what the candidates plan to do to ensure worker rights, protect immigrants, address the needs of students and seniors and advance the city’s Climate Forward plan,” said event co-moderator Colette Berard in a Thursday email. Mayor Katjana Ballantine and her challengers – city councilors Willie Burnley Jr. and Jake Wilson – have agreed to invitations from the group, which unites organizations fighting for labor, racial, housing, climate and environmental justice and will not be endorsing candidates: Somerville Stands Together, 350MA Cambridge/Somerville, Community Action Agency of Somerville, Friends of the Community Growing Center, Greater Boston Labor Council, Groundwork Somerville, Mothers Out Front – Somerville, Padres Latinos, Racial Justice Collaborative, Somerville Educators Union and The Welcome Project.
A link to register is here. There will be simultaneous interpretation into Spanish.
Forum for library, school issues
A town hall about library and school issues is planned for 7 to 8 p.m. Sept. 5 with Somerville’s three mayoral candidates, organized by the Somerville Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Somerville Public Library and the Somerville Council of PTAs. Pizza, drinks and books will be available to attendees beforehand, said Cole Rosengren, a member of the FSPL board and moderator of the discussion. The event is set for the East Somerville Community School, 50 Cross St. Questions can be submitted here; event organizers will review and “distill them down to common themes to ask the candidates about,” Rosengren said. There will be no live audience questions. The event will be recorded and a video posted afterward.
Union endorses for mayor, council
The regional chapter of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America issued endorsements for five Somerville candidates this week. The group endorsed Burnley for mayor, incumbent councilor at-large Will Mbah and incumbent Ward 5 councilor Naima Sait as well as councilor at-large candidates Marianne Walles and Ben Wheeler.
Strezo endorsed by IBEW 2222
The Greater Boston chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers endorsed incumbent councilor at-large Kristen Strezo, Strezo posted on Instagram on Friday. Strezo’s announcement included a letter from Martin Sweeney, chair of the Committee on Political Education, dated Aug. 15.
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