Attention members of Local 103 of the Electrical Union in Boston: voting is this coming Saturday May 6. We hope you elect a real good guy, Kevin Molineaux, for one of the six seats on the Executive Board. Over the past few years Kevin has worked hard for the union in many capacities, we hope that all those that vote this weekend mark your ballot for Kevin Molineaux.

By Meghan Maloney

On Saturday, April 29, supporters of the Little Sisters of the Poor came from far and near for an entertaining evening of good food, good conversation and very good intentions. The event was the Fifth Annual Dinner and the Little Sisters have held it at the Jeanne Jugan Residence in as many years.

By Donald Norton

Last Wednesday night, April 26, the local Masonic Lodge (King Solomon’s Lodge) held its 5th annual Giggles Comedy night at the Tower of Pizza Rte. 1 in Saugus.

Six Somerville High School students participated in the SEPARO exchange program to Somerville’s “sister city,” Gaeta, Italy. They left on April 17th and returned on the 26th. The students experienced a glance into another culture, history and cuisine. They stayed at other students’ homes throughout the trip and visited places like Rome and Naples.  Students were accompanied by two chaperones for the trip, Mr. and Mrs. Machnik. Mrs. Machnik is the high school’s new head of the World Language Department.

Eagle Feathers #128 –Light Cream, Heavy Cream and Ice Cream

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Eating something cold and refreshing on a sweltering hot day isn’t an original idea. The Chinese indulged in flavored ice chips thousands of years ago. Later the Romans flavored ice gathered from the mountains. Explorer Marco Polo brought back eastern ice cream recipes to Italy in the late 1200’s. This introduced the first Italian slush and French royal frozen creams to Europe. Considered a rich man’s dessert, nobility kept their ice cream ingredients a secret. It wasn’t until the early 1700’s that sherbets began taking root in America.

— Photo by Claudia Ferro

Some local kids took advantage of the nice weather last week. Let’s hope those days return soon!

I usually use my backroom perch at the Bloc 11 Cafe to interview the many poets, writers, artists, and interesting folks who live in the city of Somerville. On this April morning my position on the backroom table was to be reversed. I was to be interviewed by Somerville writer Thompson.

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Julia Monaco is a freshman at Endicott College from Sandy Hook, CT. She is double majoring in International Business and Marketing, and has always enjoyed poetry and writing creatively.

By Union United

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Somerville may be a sanctuary city where the mayor celebrates the diversity of the local community, but when presented with an opportunity to help preserve that diversity and ensure that developers make good on their commitments to vulnerable residents, Mayor Joseph Curtatone’s appointees just put the celebration on hold to ensure that the developer’s profitability was not threatened.

Celebrate Somerville’s 175^th anniversary with a film festival featuring short films about Somerville

The City of Somerville, in collaboration with the Somerville Arts Council and the Somerville Media Center, present this year’s “Cinema Somerville” short film festival featuring short films about Somerville.

Join us the Saturday evening of Somerville Open Studios weekend, May 6, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., in the Union Square Plaza (or inside Somerville Media center in inclement weather). To celebrate the City of Somerville’s 175th Anniversary, this year’s theme is “Somerville old and new.” The screening will feature short films about Somerville, ranging from Somerville music, food, politics and history.