By Jim Clark

Early last Saturday evening, a police officer was flagged down by an employee of the Goodwill store on Elm St. The employee informed the officer that suspected shoplifters were in the story and that he was requesting police assistance in the matter.

16 clients and staffers from the Somerville Council on Aging participated in the “Operation Ready” exercise at Logan International Airport.
— Photo by MaryAnn Manfra

By Maureen Bastardi
Outreach Worker
Somerville Council on Aging

On Friday, October 2, the Massachusetts Port Authority, along with several mutual aid partners, conducted a massive emergency response drill (a mock plane crash) at Logan International Airport. The purpose of such drills is to test coordination, communication and response in the event of a real incident at Logan.

Eagle Feathers #89 – Captain Waters and the Green Mountain Boys

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

John Adams was the most influential man to nominate George Washington of Virginia out of many potential leaders to take command of the Colonial Army. He thought that a leader from Virginia, because of its near central location, would bring the original thirteen colonies together. Adams was right. By the end of the eight- year Revolutionary War, Washington was loved across America.

By Donald Norton

Somerville Rotary had a full room at their annual Giggles Comedy Night show recently. Well over a 140 were present to enjoy a great show by three local comedians, food and lots of prizes to bid on that were donated to the club for this, their main charity fundraiser.

Wednesday, Oct 14
3:30pm – Cross Country: Boys Varsity Meet vs. Medford @ Blessed of the Bay Boat House
3:30pm – Cross Country: Girls Varsity Meet vs. Medford @ Blessed of the Bay Boat House
6:00pm – Football Practice Conway Park – Athletes should check in with Coaching Staff regarding lifting schedule
3:30pm – Golf: Varsity Match – Medford @ Unicorn
3:45pm – Volleyball: Girls Junior Varsity Match – Everett @ Everett
3:45pm – Volleyball: Girls Freshman Match – Everett @ Everett

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A friend of mine, Ed Hamilton has finished a new collection of fictional stories that deal with the gentrification of New York City but can easily apply to what is happening right here in Somerville, Mass. and other cities across the nation. In fact, the collection is published by another friend, Gloria Mindock of the Cervena Barva Press of Somerville, Mass. I have read the Chintz Age…and I think Hamilton has hit it on the head with these heart-wrenching stories of artists, writers, eccentrics, and other people of limited means being forced out of neighborhoods they called home for many years. Hamilton has walked the walk and is acquainted with the night-the night these people face as real estate interests and corporations destroy Jane Jacob’s ideal of an urban village.

Sagun Limbu lives, works and studies at Endicott College. She wrote us: “My name is Sagun. In my language it means a gift. All my life, I have been traveling from Nepal to India to Hong Kong and now America. I am getting scared about the fact that my stomach has started to crave pasta more than rice!”

Join the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission this month for two events celebrating Somerville’s historic Milk Row Cemetery.

On Sunday, Oct. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m., visit the Cemetery for the Ghosts of Milk Row Cemetery Tour and hear from volunteers dressed up as “ghosts” of Somerville residents buried at the historic site. For attendees ages 12 and older, there is a suggested donation of $5. The Tour will coincide with the City’s SomerStreets event along Somerville Ave.

Sullivan will make stops across city to hear from residents
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Alderman at Large Dennis Sullivan will bring his mobile neighborhood office hours across the city on October 17, October 24 and October 31. He’s held more than 135 office hours since being elected to the board to meet and learn from residents and share ideas.

Arrests:
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Stephen Geary, October 6, 10:58 a.m., arrested at Highland Ave. on a warrant charge of trespassing.