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A 1917 cartoon emphasizing the public health benefits of modernizing Magazine Beach. (Image: Cambridge Public Library) Massachusetts built a powder magazine in 1818 on what was then known as Captain’s Island in Cambridgeport. Over the next half-century, the magazine was used to store gunpowder and ammunition, lending its name to the area and the street leading to it (Magazine Street).

Q: Why would a deceased person’s estate have to file and pay income taxes? A: An estate may have to file its own income-tax return when assets left behind continue earning income after the person’s death. This is different from an estate tax, which is based on the value of the estate rather than the income it earns. When someone dies, their tax world splits into two timelines: Before death (a final Form 1040). Income earned from Jan.

Candidates for the 27th Middlesex District in Somerville leave the stage Saturday after a debate. Olivia Gilligan-Corsetti, left, and Ben Ewen-Campen.

I’m a constituent of the 25th Middlesex District and share a lot in common with my current state representative, Marjorie Decker: I grew up in Cambridge, I lived in public housing, I’m a product of the Cambridge Public Schools system and I’m a first-generation college graduate. Despite these similarities, I feel more represented by her opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary, Evan MacKay.

These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal. City Council special summer meeting, 5:30 p.m. Monday. This sole council meeting in August has a lot going on, some of which (ground-floor zoning for Cambridge Street and parts of Massachusetts Avenue to encourage business and vibrancy) might go quickly.

These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. New School Building Project School Building Committee, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday. More work on construction of a 925-student complex at at 115 Sycamore St., Winter Hill, to meet the needs of the combined communities of the closed Winter Hill Community Innovation School and aging Benjamin G. Brown School. Watchable by Zoom videoconferencing. Community event, 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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When we last saw Peter Parker as Spider-Man in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” thanks to some ornate manipulations within the multiverse, he had to contend with the death of his beloved Aunt May and had been erased from the memories of his closest friend, Ned, and, more devastatingly, the love of his life, MJ. The most recent installment in the saga, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” picks up the story about four years later. Spidey has become an effective and much admired crime fighter.

Moderator Joe Lynch talks Saturday at Somerville High School with three candidates for the 34th Middlesex District House seat: From left, they are Will Mbah, Christopher Oates and Paul Ruseau. (Photo: Marc Levy) A race for a state House of Representatives seat serving Somerville and Medford got its first and only stage time Saturday in the Somerville High School auditorium, with Will Mbah, Christopher Oates and Paul Ruseau debating for voters in the 34th Middlesex District.

Larry Aaronson. (Photo: social media) Larry Aaronson, 86, an educator retired from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:11 a.m. Saturday, according to friends posting through Aaronson’s own social media account. For more than four decades he taught history and social sciences with a specialty in alternative progressive education and issues of social justice.