By Ross Blouin

The gathering looked like a classic Rockwell painting as 59 children were treated to a Christmas party complete with falling snow and a visit from Santa Claus. Kiwanis President Toni Shelzi and Holiday Inn Manager Ryan Burkart are pictured here with the kids and Santa. Special thanks to the Somerville Kiwanis, Ryan Burkart, Jamie Bowdring and the Holiday Inn for their generous support for Head Start.

Three years ago Chapter 369, An Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana, was voted in by the people of the State of Massachusetts. Over the course of those three years, more than 12,000 chronically ill patients have been granted cards permitting them to acquire medical marijuana at one of the small number of dispensaries that have been established throughout the state.

Eagle Feathers #93 – The View from Cobble Hill

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

When the Puritans first purchased the land now known as the Inner Belt Industrial Area, it was a peninsula. It was an elevated area surrounded on three sides by a river and a tidal marsh. Today, the river, the marsh, and the historic high ground are gone.

The Somerville Department of Public Schools sent out letters to parents and guardians of the city’s students this week explaining its policies and procedures regarding its safety protocols. The text reads as follows:

A cold rain blanketed Somerville when I met with Ben Holmes and Randy Winchester at my usual corner at the Bloc 11 Cafe in Union Square. Holmes, who looks to be in his twenties, is the founder of the Aeronaut Brewing Company on Tyler Street just outside Union Square.

Heather Nelson writes: “I’m a poet, teacher, mother and recovering attorney. I studied writing under the poet C.D. Wright as an undergraduate at Brown University. Most recently I have studied poetry with Tom Daley and Barbara Helfgott Hyett. I am also a member of Poemworks, the workshop for publishing poets.

On Saturday, negotiators at the Conference of Parties (COP21) U.N. climate talks in Paris adopted a final agreement. We want to thank and congratulate President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry—along with their fellow world leaders—for succeeding in the difficult task of creating and adopting a deal that represents historic and meaningful progress to combat climate change.

Celebrate the folk artistry of residents who transform their houses and yards with lights, illuminated ornaments, and shrines of devotion and fantasy.

Arrests:
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Kevin Buckley, of 113 Main St., Hanson, December 7, 7:42 a.m., arrested at Washington St. on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor.

Monte Stanford, of 36 Endame St., Walpole, December 7, 11:38 p.m., arrested at McGrath Hwy. on charges of resisting arrest, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, failure to stop or yield, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

MassDOT and the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Program are proud to announce that for the first time, a Massachusetts student has won the annual 5th Grade National Poster Contest sponsored by Saris.

Caleb Piehl of Somerville’s Dr. Albert F. Argenziano School won first place upon submitting his poster to the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School Program for entry into the contest.