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By Jim Clark
Members of the Somerville Police Department Drug Control Unit were alerted last week to possible cocaine trafficking activities by a suspect that has been the subject of investigation prior to the informant contact.
The informant reportedly told police that they had been privy to a conversation wherein the suspect, Jean Exil, 31, of Boston, was anticipating making a delivery of a quantity of cocaine.
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By Joseph A. Curtatone
(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)
The following is the beginning of the mayor’s inaugural address that was delivered at the inauguration ceremony on Monday, January 6, 2014. The full text is available here.
As I reflect upon the past decade, I think back to why I wanted to run for Mayor in the first place.
I love this city. My parents came from Italy and settled here seeking a better life for their family. They came to Somerville because they sought opportunity. They wanted to make their hopes and dreams a reality.
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Hopefully everyone is back from vacations and ready to start that diet that we all know we won’t stick to for more than three days –and the same with the cigarettes. But what we will have is a new year for the city to move forward with new ideas and innovations to make it better, such as those proposed by Mayor Joe Curtatone and assisted by the Board of Alderman at the city’s inaugural address this past Monday night.
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The state Department of Transportation and the MBTA will hold six public meetings to discuss noise and retaining walls proposed as part of the Green Line Extension project. The first meeting takes place from 6 to 8 tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 8) at the Holiday Inn at 30 Washington St. and will focus on the Inner Belt, Brick Bottom and Union Square (Union Square Branch) areas.
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Somerville’s own Indira Evora shines as brightly at Saint Michael’s College as she did at Somerville High School.
Saint Michael’s College women’s basketball first-year Indira Evora, of Somerville, was named Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week for the week ending on Sunday, Jan. 5. Juniors Kelly Frappier (Colchester, Conn./Bacon Academy) and Maggie Sabine (Litchfield, Maine/Oak Hill/Central Maine CC) landed on the NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll, as the three Purple Knights all drew their first career league accolades after helping their squad knock off No. 22 Stonehill College, 61-59, on Saturday.
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Common themes emerged during the speeches and promises offered during the ceremony at the East Somerville Community School Monday night marking the inauguration of Mayor Joe Curtatone for an unprecedented sixth term and the swearing-in of members on both the Board of Alderman and School Committee.
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Eagle Feathers #43 – Little Howie
By Bob (Monty) Doherty
He was born in Somerville, or “Charlestown Beyond the Neck,” on January 6, 1960. This date is called the 12th day of Christmas in many countries or “Little Christmas.” He lived a tough early life in a then rough section of Charlestown during the very tumultuous “busing era” in Boston.
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By Jim Clark
Police were called to a Mt. Vernon St. residence last Thursday afternoon in response to a report that a man was seen trying to break into the home.
According to reports, a witness to the home intrusion in progress had called 911 and was keeping the police informed until officers arrived. The reporting party reportedly told police that he had spotted a man trying to climb through a window at the back of his neighbor’s house.
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Olde Magoun Saloon sponsored a very chilly race on January 2, 2014. The results of the 5Km challenge are as follows:
1. Tommy Boland, 23:10
2. Carrie Ozols, 28:30
There will be a Bagel Bards Celebratory Reading at the Somerville Library (main branch), Highland Avenue (next to the High School) on January 15th. There is a pot-luck reception at 6:15 to 7:00 p.m. The reading is from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This reading is to celebrate the occasion of the Somerville Library accepting # 1-8 of Bagels With The Bards Anthologies for permanent archiving in the Local History Room. The Bagel Bards is a literary organization founded by Doug Holder and Harris Gardner in 2004.
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