Look out, JonMon is back

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He's not suing anyone this time, but he's listed as a speaker for an Augmented Reality Gaming and Design Thinking meetup tonight at Akamai:

5) Johnny Monsarrat, Founder and CEO of Monsarrat, Inc. , who previously founded and ran MMO company Turbine (Lord of the Rings Online), will talk about Massively Multiplayer Real World Gaming, a mixture of AR and MMO, the basis for a new company he’s founded.

Meeting tonight with Mayor Joe Curtatone regarding Sanctuary City

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Mayor Joe Curtatone and the Somerville Democratic City Committee are meeting tonight (Wednesday, November 30) from 7:30-9 pm at Somerville High School Auditorium "to discuss Somerville's status as a Sanctuary City in light of the recent presidential elections."

RSVP here

The Mayor and Welcome Project director Ben Echevarria issued this joint statement last week: Somerville Will Stand With You

Family Dollar is having a closing sale

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The Family Dollar on Elm Street has signs up advertising 10-40% off storewide excluding "food, paper, home cleaning, tobacco, and alcohol* products". The store also will no longer accept Family Dollar coupons, though it will continue to accept manufacturers' coupons.

If this is like other liquidation sales, I expect the discounts to increase as the stock dwindles.

A sign inside directs customers to visit the Family Dollar at 469 Salem Street in Medford after this store closes.

* This Family Dollar doesn't actually sell any alcoholic beverages. Maybe some other location does?

Pokéworks opens Thursday

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Eater.com reports: Pokéworks opens its doors to the raw fish salad-loving public on Thursday at 5 p.m. in Somerville, with a menu full of customizable bowls and burritos made with sushi fixings.

Pokéworks is located at 261 Elm Street. It will be the fifth location of a growing national chain.