Legislation to help improve the safety and well being of domestic pets has been signed into law at the State House.

By Rebecca Danvers

Last week, Governor Charlie Baker ceremoniously signed An Act preventing animal suffering and death (S. 2369), which prohibits the confinement of animals to vehicles where they are subject to danger from extreme weather conditions, limits the length animals can be tethered outdoors, and enables first responders and bystanders to assist in their rescue.

David John Santucci, 33, died on August 26th at home in Medford, MA. He was a special man: smart, honorable, hardworking , considerate, and giving.
David, a licensed builder, worked many years with his father John and for a brief time with his grandfather Sisto Santucci. He was very proud of his affiliate membership in the Massachusetts Building Commissioners & Inspectors Association (MBCIA).

Much needed infrastructure improvements on the city’s water and sewer systems are being cited as the main reason for the surprise additional fee showing up on resident’s water bills, according to Acting Water and Sewer Superintendent Mark Lawhorne. — Photo courtesy of Somerville Neighborhood News

By Amy Swain

The Board of Aldermen held a regular meeting last Thursday, August 25. It was the first meeting since the end of July, and there were some big issues on the table.

The meeting opened with Mayor Curtatone giving an update on the Wynn Casino project. The city had appealed licenses on the building project, citing that some of its allowances were unprecedented and arbitrary. Particularly the length of the license and the lack of effort on the part of the state to assist with increased traffic and pollution.

Your 2016 Yawkee Baseball League Champions, Somerville Alibrandis.

By Mark Desroches
Courtesy of Yawkee Baseball League

Anything is possiblllllllllllle…move over Boston Celtics there is a new local franchise who can boast 17 Championship Titles. In Game 4 the Somerville Alibrandis franchise was able to win 7-4 completing the series sweep and winning the 2016 Yawkey League Championship. Somerville has been to the YBL Finals 17 times in its history and they have won every single time, 17-0.

The Somerville Times submitted five questions to the candidates for State Senate Second Middlesex District, along with the opportunity to include a short bio/statement. The following answers were submitted by the candidates (presented in alphabetical order by last name):

Leland Cheung
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 Bio:

My father immigrated here in 1969 and taught me the importance of civic activism, giving back to community, and participating in democracy. My parents also taught me the importance of hard work and investing in education, which led to my degrees from Stanford, Harvard, and MIT. Before joining the Cambridge City Council I was an entrepreneur and investor, helping develop the innovation economy and making sure it works for us.

The 16th Annual Golf Tournament for the John T. Forcellese Memorial Fund will be held this year once again at the Falmouth Country Club in Falmouth, MA. Saturday, September 10. Tee time is 8:30 a.m. If you’d like to play or sponsor go online to www.johns-team.org for all the information regarding this excellent fundraiser for a worthy cause.

Eagle Feathers #111– Checkmate

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Chess is thought to be almost as old as civilization itself. This two-person strategy and tactical board game dates back at least fourteen hundred years. Game pieces and game boards survived the ancient world from India, China and Egypt.

By Joe Ruvido

The Falmouth Road Race took place on Sunday, August 21, and several runners from Somerville completed the race.

Last Sunday’s race was the 44th running of the event which takes participants over challenging hills and across sun-drenched flats along the coast from Woods Hole to Falmouth Heights on Cape Cod.

The Somerville Times has 12 new locations where you can pick up the paper:

Cross St. and Broadway

Broadway and Holland St.

Paulina St. and Holland St. (in front of the Traffic and Parking building)

Chester St. and Elm St.

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I have interviewed hundreds of poets and writers over the years on my Somerville Community Access TV show Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer and elsewhere, but I can remember my first subjects back in 1975, when I had a short-lived campus radio show Idea Exchange.