Rebecca Kenneally, singer and conductor, is Chair of the Performing Arts Department and Choral Director at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts, and director of the Old North Church Youth Choirs Director in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Kenneally conducts the choirs at Music at Port Milford Chamber Music Festival in Ontario, Canada, where she is also a faculty soprano soloist. She sings regularly in recitals and has many theater directing credits. Kenneally holds degrees in voice and conducting from Northwestern University and The New England Conservatory of Music.

Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan has confirmed that at approximately 6:30 p.m. tonight a passerby reported seeing the body of a deceased male in the Mystic River near the intersection of Shore Drive and Ten Hills Road in Somerville. State Police subsequently removed that body from the water.

Middlesex County District Attorney Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Haas have confirmed that Dorothy Steele, 77, of Cambridge, the victim of a hit and run crash on Sunday, February 28, 2016, has died. Steele was on Columbia St., Cambridge, in her wheelchair when she was struck and transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries.

Arrests:
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 Andrew Amaral, of 38 Waterhouse, March 8, 6:45 p.m., arrested at Lombardi St. on a warrant charge of possession of a class A drug.

Ailton Ornelez, of 89 Grant, March 9, 10:01 p.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on charges of malicious wanton destruction of property and felony nighttime breaking and entering.

Senator Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) and her colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate passed legislation raising the thresholds defining felony larceny and other property offenses from $250 to $1,500, putting Massachusetts in line with other states. The current larceny threshold has not been updated since 1987.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that the City’s annual Mayor’s Wellness Challenge Kick-Off and Somerville Recreation 5K Road Race will be held on Sunday morning, April 24, starting and ending at the Somerville High School concourse, 93 Highland Avenue.  The day will begin with a 1-mile children’s “Fun Run” at 10:30 a.m., followed by a 5K adult race and walk at 11:00 a.m.

In response to resident interest, more meetings looking at specific areas of the proposed Zoning Overhaul have been added. Each of these meetings will be held at the Visiting Nurses Association, 259 Lowell St., starting at 6:30 p.m.

Runners and walkers always have a great time at the Ras na hEireann U.S.A. 5 km.

From 9 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. Day St., Herbert St., and Chester St. will be closed to traffic for the Race of Ireland road race, which supports Somerville youth.

The Somerville High School Building Committee has two upcoming meetings planned where residents can learn more about options for future plans for Somerville High School and share their comments.

A regular meeting of the Building Committee is scheduled for Monday, March 14, at 5:30 p.m. at the Kennedy School, 5 Cherry St. This meeting will include updates on the process so far, information on what’s coming next, and an opportunity for public comment.