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Shortly before noon, an unresponsive man was taken from a van at the end of Elmwood Street just after the intersection with Tannery Brook Row.
One neighbor said the man, who he knew as Lawrence, was living in the van, but had not been seen for three weeks.
Although Lawrence, who was in his late 30’s, was living in the van, he was active in his church, took on handyman jobs in the area and was attending a trade school in Medford, the neighbor said.
Another man told Det. Patrick Lyons that he opened the van this morning to check on Lawrence and found him inside.
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The only man in the NFL Hall of Fame to play his entire career with the New England Patriots, John Hannah, Feb. 11 resigned as the head football coach of the Somerville High School High.
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by Christa D.Weber
A Somerville art teacher joined by one of her pupils spoke at the Feb. 11 contributors meeting of The Somerville News about her 25 years teaching art in the city.
“Most of the people who come to me have careers, but want to find a way to fit creativity into their lives,” said Katherine Martin Widmer, founder of the eponymous school of painting located at 40 Quincy St.
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by Julia C.Reischel
Six months after Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone formally staffed SomerStat, the city’s new performance improvement program that was a cornerstone of his campaign, things have begun to change in City Hall.
“We’re way ahead,” said Curtatone of the progress made by the city’s SomerStat program. “We’ve learned good lessons and gotten excellent feedback.”
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by Ann Froines
A soldier back from Iraq on a national tour speaking out about the war joined a city resident whose mother is serving there Feb. 2 at Tufts University forum on American policies in Iraq.
“I didn't feel we were helping the Iraqi people," said Kelly Dougherty, a former Colorado National Guard sergeant in the 220th Military Police Company. She served in the theater for eight months.
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by Julia C. Reischel
A sociology Ph.D. candidate from Brandeis is recruiting interview subjects in Davis Square to study the effect of diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds on the formation of identity.
“I’m really interested in how people negotiate the different aspects of their identities,” said Rachel L. Rockenmacher at Feb. 4 contributors meeting of The Somerville News.
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The stage company TheaterZone in Cheelsea will perform Tom Stoddard’s "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" March 3-12. The play will kick off the company’s Actor’s Revenge series of plays chosen by the actors themselves. More information is available at (617)887-2336. Photo courtesy of TheaterZone/Danielle Fauteux Jacques
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The Somerville Chamber of Commerce, citing inclement weather 
conditions and possible dangerous driving conditions, announced that its second annual Wine & Chocolate Affair to Remembter event has been rescheduled from Feb. 10 to Feb. 17.
"Sports and games will take a backseat to all things wine and chocolate at Assembly Square’s Good Time Emporium, New England¹s largest indoor gaming and entertainment complex, is transformed into a chocolate haven," said Melissa Hurley, the event’s organizer.
More than 30 different dessert displays will include the famous chocolate fountain, Valentine truffles and cookies, a chocolate cake extravaganza, and international coffees. Local wine vendors will help guests pair wine and ports with the different types of chocolate. There will also be raffles and prizes, Hurley said.
This event is sponsored by The Somerville News, Winter Hill Bank, Dardeno.com and Good Time Emporium, she said.
by Neil W. McCabe
Alderman-at-large William A. White Jr. (right) and the members of the band
End
way Feb. 7 presented a symbolic check for $1,020, the proceeds from
The Somerville News benefit for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami, to Mother Celine Therese Vadukkoot, LSP, the mother superior for the order’s Jeanne Jugan Residence at 186 Highland Ave.
Endway was doing God’s work, said Mother Celine, whose order has 12 houses in Asia and is in the forefront of the effort to help the region struck by the killer wave.
White was the event chairman for the benefit, held at Union Square’s Toast Lounge, and Endway headlined a bill that included Mitten and the Brian Webb Band.
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