If you’re looking for the coolest cats to grace the screen in the swingin’ 60’s and 70’s, you couldn’t do much better than Steve McQueen, Michael Caine, Paul Newman, Lee Marvin, and Frank Sinatra. That’s why The Somerville Theatre is paying tribute to the grooviest guys on film with a sensational series of criminally good Thursday night double features in a special series entitled “Play It Cool.” It’s a whole lotta hip, for just $10.

By Louise Carpenter

This past weekend, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a measure to help close the gender wage gap. The bill, sponsored by Senator Patricia Jehlen (D-Somerville), prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in the payment of wages for comparable work unless the variation is based upon an approved mitigating factor, such as seniority or merit.

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India Palace has been serving fine Indian food for close to 20 years in the heart of Union Square. In addition to dining in, take out and free delivery is also available throughout the city. They also offer catering services.

O’Keefe, William J. (Billy O’) – Of Somerville July 26, 2016.

Beloved husband of Cornelia “Lee” (Kelly) O’Keefe.

Loving father of William J. O’Keefe Jr. and his companion Gail White of Bradford, Conor T. O’Keefe and his wife Megan P. and Courtney K. O’Keefe all of Somerville.

Dear grandfather of Shannon Melissa and Shayne Frances.

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Ploughshares Magazine, based at Emerson College, is a much lauded literary magazine that was founded at the Plough and Stars Pub in Cambridge, Mass. some 45 years ago. I asked DeWitt Henry, a founder of the said journal, to write a small memoir piece about his life and times with the magazine. I had Henry as a guest on my Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer show on Somerville Community Access TV, and  as a visiting author at Endicott College where I direct the Visiting Author Series. Henry proved to be a fascinating conversationalist, full of  anecdotes about the literary world in Cambridge in the 60s and 70s, and his own development as a writer and editor.

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Susan Tepper is the author of six published books of fiction and poetry. She lives in the NY area with her husband and her dog Otis. She has been a writer for twenty years. www.susantepper.com.

The Somerville Police Employee’s Association, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition, announced today that a rally will take place at Somerville City Hall on Thursday, July 28, to protest the continued display of the “Black Lives Banner” at the City Hall entrance area. The statement reads as follows:

The Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition, in conjunction with the Somerville Police Employees Association, will hold a rally at the Somerville City Hall on Thursday, July 28, 2016 from 5:30 p.m.  to 7:30 p.m.  to protest the display of the Black Lives Matter banner by Mayor Joseph Curtatone above the entrance to the Hall. The rally will be peaceful and respectful, but will demonstrate the solidarity of police organizations in Massachusetts to the exclusionary message that the banner sends.   In the face of the continuing assassination of innocent police officers across the country as an apparent offshoot of the BLM movement, it is irresponsible of the City to publically declare support for the lives of one sector of our population to the exclusion of others, including police officers.  While we support the core goal of the BLM movement – equal treatment under law – we find the banner’s message disrespectful of police officers and potentially encouraging to individuals who pervert that message through the indiscriminate murder of our counterparts around the country.

Arrests:
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Daniel Grammer, of 91 Ames St., Dorchester, July 19, 4:08 p.m., arrested at Middlesex Ave. on warrant charges of possession of a class B drug, possession of a class C drug, possession of a class E drug, and violation of municipal bylaw or ordinance.

Christopher Bullen, of 7 Henderson St., July 19, 8:20 p.m., arrested at Highland Ave. on a warrant charge of assault and battery on a public employee.

With summer here and many Somerville residents heading to nearby pools, Chief David Fallon and the Somerville Police Department are urging everyone to use caution in order to stay safe while they find ways to cool down.

The CIT/ LIT Job Readiness Program held its graduation on July 19, 2016 from 12:30-2:00 at The Arthur D. Healey School on 5 Meacham Street.  The graduating class consisted of students between the ages of 13-15, who dedicated four-weeks out of their summer to participate in a program that taught them about job readiness and leadership skills. Throughout the four weeks these students learned how to lead children, the significance of leadership and communication, the meaning of diversity, how to solve conflicts, and employment training. This program not only taught the student’s skills that they need to work with children but also gave them the opportunity to work with kids at camp settings at The Somerville YMCA’s Summer Day Camp and the Somerville Recreation’s Somertime Day Program.