Somerville Pride and Somerville High Girls Basketball celebrated their season with a banquet at the City Club Tuesday night. T-shirts and awards were given out. Senior Varsity girls were presented with special gifts of a watch and a workout suit from their coach Sheila Freitas-Haley.

Richard Cambridge

By Lo Galluccio

Richard Cambridge was born in Suffern, NY, and grew up in Rivervale, New Jersey. He attended Northeastern University in 1967 and dropped out during the National Student Strike of May, 1970. He attended the Stonecoast creative writing program at the University of Southern Maine, in 2009, and graduated in 2011 with an MFA in Fiction. Pulsa, his poetry collection, was published in 2004 by Hanover Press. He’s been living in Cambridge since 1973. In 1992 Richard was one of four spoken word artists on the Boston team to win the National Slam tournament.

Somerville residents were recently provided with an overview of the current status and future plans of the GLX extension progress.

By Eesha Pendharkar

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) held a public meeting in Somerville on Wednesday of last week to brief attendees about the Green Line Extension (GLX) project. The team responsible for the Green Line Extension provided an update about the overall schedule and the most forthcoming plans. Attendees voiced concerns during the meeting about pre-construction activities and design and execution transparency.

By Blake Maddux

Whether it has been collaborations with Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws in Minor Alps and Paul Westerberg in The I Don’t Cares, a reunion with her eponymous trio, or the recording of solo albums, Juliana Hatfield has never lacked an outlet for her ceaseless productivity in the most recent of her three-decade long career.

This Thursday evening, April 5, the Somerville Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is being held at MidiCi The Neapolitan Pizza Company from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. No cover, free appetizers, excellent networking, business card drawing and cash bar. Sponsored this month by the East Cambridge Savings Bank and hosted by Dana Iacopucci of Cubby Oil & Energy. RSVP with name and affiliation for you and your guest to smackey@somervillechamber.org.

By Donald Norton

Last week, a full room at Giggles Comedy Club in Saugus hosted a wonderful night of fun with lots of professional comedians, many prizes offered and a bunch of money raised by the club.

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Dear Board of Aldermen,

We are concerned about the proposed transfer tax and the debate taking place around it. Much of the discussion taking place among elected officials seems to start from the conclusion that the tax is a good idea, focusing on the political considerations around how to pass it. There are many good-sounding ideas for what could be done with new tax revenue, but proponents are painting an overly optimistic picture of a future with this tax while dismissing real and substantial concerns about it. Some have even implied that anyone who questions the tax is against supporting those in need, and that maximizing revenue for affordable housing is more important than minimizing hardship on residents.

Eagle Feathers #150– The Somerville Seafarers

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

In 1614, British Captain John Smith, Admiral of New England, was the first European explorer to map the Northeast coast including what is now our city. At that time, the area now known as Somerville was an island.

A sure fact of life in our city is that our cars just aren’t allowed to stay put. Whether due to snow emergencies in the winter or street cleaning and maintenance in the balmier seasons, we are so often called upon to do the city’s bidding when it comes to getting our vehicles – and our wallets – out of harm’s way.

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

A free and simple Easter egg hunt took place at the Connexion Community Easter Egg Hunt in East Somerville’s Chuckie Harris Park last Saturday afternoon, where there was tons of fun and plenty of eggs.