‘Villens United by Chris Haskell

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Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. ALL LIVES MATTER…

Over the last few weeks the media has been flooded with horrible images of innocent black men and innocent police officers being gunned down. While there is justifiable anger on both sides of this senseless violence, there are those in the media who are carelessly fanning the flames of rage and ignorance to push their own agenda. Instead of trying to shine a light on the problem and help unify our country they choose only to blame and further divide. Unfortunately one such media outlet is The Somerville News Weekly.

Yunior Mayorga-Galvez.

By Jim Clark

On Sunday, July 17, at approximately 10:00 p.m. a Transit Police officer assigned to the North District received a radio call to respond to the Kendall Square MBTA station to investigate a possible assault.

It’s kind of crazy how certain trends take off like wildfire and consume the world’s time and attention, to the point where it becomes big news and suddenly everyone’s talking about it.

Barely even two weeks old, the Pokémon GO game app phenomenon has probably set records for the speed at which it spread in usage and popularity among those who have gotten “the bug.”

Eagle Feathers #108 – The Memory of a Lifetime

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

It was March 8, 1862. The location was near the mouth of the James River at Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Civil War was then raging, and the Union Navy commanded this position in order to protect Washington, D.C.

Somerville Rotary’s installation of new officers and directors for the upcoming year took place recently at the Holiday Inn.

By Tom Bannister

The Somerville Rotary Club announced the installation of its new officers and directors for the upcoming Rotary year that started July 1. The club met at the Holiday Inn for an evening of awards and leadership recognition.

Mr. Emmanuel “Manny” J. Roche

December 23, 1924 – July 13, 2016

Mr. Emmanuel “Manny” J. Roche – 91, A resident  of Somerville and York Beach, Maine, passed away surrounded by his family at the Jeanne Jugan Residence.

Noted Somerville critic Dennis Daly reviews Sometimes I Hear the Clock Speak by Lori Desrosiers:

Sometimes I Hear the Clock Speak

By Lori Desrosiers

Salmon Poetry

Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland

www.salmonpoetry.com

ISBN: 978-1-910669-30-3

67 Pages

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Nina R. Alonso’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, New Boston Review, U. Mass. Review, Ibbetson Street, Mom-Egg, Bagel Bards, Wilderness House Review, Muddy Water Poetry Review, Southern Women’s Review, Broadkill Review, etc., and David Godine Press published her book This Body. She edits Constellations a Journal of Poetry and Fiction currently open for submissions of poetry and short fiction. See guidelines: constellations-lit.com. She also teaches ballet at her school, Fresh Pond Ballet School.

September 22, 1926 – June 22, 2016

Dr. Francis X. Moran – 89, A resident of Somerville died on June 22, 2016.

Dr. Francis X. Moran practiced dentistry in Somerville for nearly fifty years. Born on September 22, 1926, he was the son of David J. and her daughter Susan (Doherty) Moran of Charlestown. He is predeceased by brothers David, Joseph, Gerard and Paul. He leaves his wife of 51 years, Helen L. (Murphy), sons John and James of Somerville and Susan H. Moran of Oakton, VA.

The Massachusetts Senate passed criminal justice reform legislation S. 2415, An Act relative to medical placement of terminal and incapacitated inmates, sponsored by Senator Patricia Jehlen (D-Somerville). The legislation creates a process for the Department of Correction (DOC) and the county sheriffs to place terminally ill and permanently incapacitated prisoners who are no longer a threat to the public in settings outside of state prisons and county jails, allowing eligible inmates to receive end-of-life care at nursing homes or in hospice care.