— Photos by Claudia Ferro

SomerStreet: Carnaval returned for its 6th year of shaking up East Somerville on Sunday, kicking off the 2015 season.

Eagle Feathers #80 – Second In Command

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

After the battle of April 19, 1775, which began in Lexington and ended in what is now Somerville, the budding country needed leaders. Out of the thirty-five American generals who served in the Revolutionary War, Rhode Island’s 33 year-old Nathanael Greene was the youngest. He was born in 1742, exactly one hundred years before Somerville’s birth in 1842.

Mayor Curtatone is part of a Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation delegation that is traveling to China from June 7-18. The trip, which is fully paid for by the Ash Center where Mayor Curtatone is a Senior Fellow, represents an outstanding opportunity for the City. In addition to sharing information on City programs and initiatives, the Mayor will be working to open up opportunities for the city ranging from student academic exchanges to support for the City’s green tech and sustainability goals as he meets with government, business and academic leaders. The trip is organized by Edward Cunningham, Director of the HKS Ash Center’s China Program and the HKS Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative, and joining Prof. Cunningham and Mayor Curtatone on the trip is Ash Center Director and Daewoo Professor of International Affairs Anthony Saich.

Whatever one’s feelings may be regarding the relative merits of the city’s @SomerStreets events, one thing is clear: a good number of people end up having a really great time for themselves.

By Donald Norton

Ward 6 candidate for alderman, Charles J. Chisholm, is pictured here at the Election Department turning in his nominations papers. He submitted about 9 sheets today and already had 97 signatures. All he needed was 100 plus 20.

By Ross E. Blouin

Frank Scimone passed away on June 1 and the City of Somerville lost one of its most ardent supporters. Frank would have turned 90 years old in September. The man who was known as “The Mayor of Teele Square” had many friends in Somerville and his kindness, generosity, and good advice will be remembered here for many years to come.

The summer is a time to look back at my archives and pull up some interesting interviews I have conducted over the years. Lan Samantha Chang is the head of the Iowa Writers Workshop, but before that she taught at Harvard and lived in Somerville. Here is an interview I conducted with her in the offices of The Somerville Times when we were based in Davis Square. 

Who would think of a drone as a subject for a poem? Bagel Bard Dennis Daly fits the bill. Daly is the author of several poetry collections, as well as a book of translation. He has an eclectic history as a journalist, union organizer, and a troublemaker.

Arrests:
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Marsha Cargill, of 338 Somerville Ave., June 1, 2:21 p.m., arrested at 9 Davis Sq. on a charge of disorderly conduct.

Erin Russell, of 2 Mt. Vernon St., June 3, 9:29 a.m., arrested at home on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and armed assault to rob.

By Rebecca Danvers

Longtime Somerville resident Janet Feld, a veteran singer-songwriter on the New England folk circuit, wants to make sure that youngsters get the same opportunities that she did.