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Author of ‘Admit One…’ a lyrical exploration of scientific racism
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Martha Collins is the author, most recently, of Admit One: An American Scrapbook (Pittsburgh, 2016), Day Unto Day (Milkweed, 2014), White Papers (Pitt Poetry Series, 2012), and Blue Front (Graywolf, 2006), a book-length poem based on a lynching her father witnessed when he was five years old. Collins has also published four earlier collections of poems, three books of co-translations from the Vietnamese, and two chapbooks. I spoke with Martha Collins on my Somerville Community Access TV show Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer about her new poetry collection Admit One… that deals with the scientific racism of the early twentieth century, including the Eugenics Movement.

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I use a laundromat on Bow St. in Union Square religiously. A lot can go down in said establishments. One might – pardon the pun – air his or her dirty laundry. Local poet Linda Larson gives us her take on it…

Somerville resident sought for open Condominium Review Board seat.

The City of Somerville’s Condominium Review Board, which is charged with enforcing the condominium conversion ordinance to protect tenants in rental properties being converted to or sold as condominiums, has an open position. The City invites interested Somerville residents to apply.

Arrests:
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Justin Robinson, February 27, 5:29 p.m., arrested at Washington St. on warrant charges of unregistered motor vehicle, motor vehicle lights violation, larceny from a person, operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license, trespassing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assault and battery.

National Consumer Awareness Week 2017

The Consumer Advocacy & Response Division (CARD) is promoting consumer education during National Consumer Protection Week, (March 5-11). Know your rights and avoid scams. Visit consumer.ftc.gov for consumer protection tips and materials.

The Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA) invites the public to comment on the Master Land Disposition Agreement (MLDA) with Union Square Station Associates (US2) at a special SRA meeting and public hearing on Wednesday, March 8 at 5:30 p.m. The MLDA between the Somerville Redevelopment Authority and Union Square Master Developer US2 was submitted to the SRA for review at their meeting on February 16.

To the Editor:

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I am Sharon Rose and last Wednesday 2/22, I was in Davis sq. getting onto my MBTA Ride lift. I put my rollator walker on the lift with my packages. (My once a month trip for prescriptions and what not). I went to back off of the lift as I was going to take the stairs up. My foot caught the edge of the side of the lift and I went down hard. I had a reverse shoulder replacement on my right shoulder in 2014 and a revision of it in Dec. That is all I was thinking was that I would have to have a 3rd surgery.People started milling around with the weather being so nice, some said they were calling 911, however the T driver told them not to call that I was OK and would get up on my own.

At this month’s Somerville Garden Club, Warren Leach, talented garden designer and owner of Tranquil Lake Nursery in Rehoboth, MA, will recommend a diverse selection of superlative plants in his talk. He will discuss plant combinations that you can translate into your own garden, echoing leaf colors and texture to brighten the garden through the seasons.

Chain Locations were in Boston, Dedham, and Somerville

A Massachusetts candy store chain has been cited nearly $40,000 in restitution and penalties for various wage and hour violations including violating the child labor, overtime, and earned sick time laws, Attorney General Maura Healey announced on Friday.

By Corrine Lofchie

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A: That’s something that people often get confused about – Medicare vs. Medicaid, or MassHealth.

So I’ll start by saying that MassHealth and Medicaid are the same thing. In Massachusetts, we call our Medicaid program MassHealth, because we wanted our own name for it. Some other states also have their own names, while others just call it Medicaid.