By Brian Harris

The Prospect Hill Academy Lady Wizards go into post-season play with a perfect undefeated record of 16-0.

The undefeated Prospect Hill Academy Lady Wizards will take their perfect record of 16-0 into post-season play on Friday, March 4, at 4 pm at the Clark Athletic Center on the campus of U Mass Boston. This will kick-off the quarter-finals of the 2015-2016 Massachusetts Charter School Athletic Organization (MCSAO) Girls’ Basketball State Tournament. Their opponent will be the winner of a preliminary round contest between two high schools from Hyde Park—the Academy of the Pacific Rim (9-3) and Boston Prep (8-4).

By Jim Clark

While walking along Grand Union Blvd. last Friday, two police officers took notice of a man who placed a plastic shopping bag inside a trash receptacle and then walk into the nearby Express store.

Curious as to what the man was doing, the officers waited to see what might happen next. A short time later, they reportedly observed the same man exit the store, at which time he removed clothing from inside his jacket and, place them in another plastic shopping bag, which he then stashed in another trash receptacle.

By Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone

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Given Somerville’s industrial past, we’re no strangers to cleanup operations. Almost every development in the city involves some type of brownfields recovery and we’ve been steadily reviving the water quality in the Mystic River for decades. I remember in my youth when litter was a lot more prevalent, not just in Somerville but everywhere, and your nose used to fill with soot from the local air pollution. Our city and American society in general has gotten a lot cleaner in my lifetime … except when it comes to greenhouse gases.

Arrests:
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Erin Eckert, of 22 Brookings St., Medford, February 22, 4:32 p.m., arrested at Foley St. on warrant charges of conspiracy to violate drug law, attempt to commit a crime, and distribution of a class B drug.

Glenn Ketterle, of 452 Winthrop St., Medford, February 23, 9:00 a.m., arrested at College Ave. on charges of bicycle violation and bicycle violator refusal to identify self.

Somerville High Senior Gabrielle Etienne placed third in the Shot Put at the New England  High School Track Championships held on Sunday, February 28 at the Reggie Lewis Center. Etienne’s best throw of 40’9.5″ came on her final throw in the competition and moved her into third place. Etienne holds the Somerville High Shot Put record with her throw of 40′ 11.5″ at the Massachusetts State Finals.

By Josie Grove

The Somerville Board of Aldermen is putting forward measures that would require 68% of development in the city to be zoned for commercial use.

Amid all the development in Somerville and the large-scale neighborhood planning projects, the Board of Aldermen has decided to take a stand. Last Thursday, the board took up discussion of a rule that would require all large developments in specific development districts neighborhoods to be 68% commercial. While the number is dramatic, “It really doesn’t affect much of the city,” said Alderman-at-Large William White, who proposed the rule.

By Haley ED Houseman

A very receptive audience turned out to view the screening of the climate change documentary “This Changes Everything” that played at Arts at the Armory last Sunday.

This Changes Everything, is a climate change documentary based on a book by Naomi Klein of the same name. Directed by Avi Lewis, the film sets up the same opposition in the book, that of positive climate action as directly in conflict with capitalism as it exists today. Telling the story in a series of vignettes set across the globe, the story captured the interest of attendees of the screening at Arts at the Armory on Sunday.

How long is long enough?
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By Leland Cheung
Cambridge City Councilor

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First proposed in 1990, a quarter century has passed since the Green Line Extension (GLX) from Cambridge through Somerville and Medford was first proposed. Four decades to go four miles is a pretty pitiful pace, even by Beacon Hill standards.

Yesterday was Presidential Primary Election Day. There was a big turnout and was anyone surprised? Now we don’t have to see all those commercials for a few more months, and that’s always a good thing. According to an article in the Herald as well as from the Secretary of State’s office, more than 16,300 Democrats have shed their party’s affiliation and of that 3,500 moved to Republican affiliation. The city of Somerville has also seen a shift in Democratic affiliation as well.

Eagle Feathers #98 – The Monument

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

It lies on the grounds of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Being the oldest military monument in America, it has a storied past. The memorial commemorates the American sailors who died in the Tripolitan War. It has been alternately referred to as the Tripoli Monument, the Naval Monument, or the Somers Monument, and honors Master Commandant Richard Somers.