— Photos by Claudia Ferro

Last Thursday, July 2, the city held its annual Fireworks Celebration at Trum Field. Live entertainment included performances by the Somerville Sunsetters, local Disco-Funk band Booty Vortex, the USO Metropolitan New York Performers, the Boston Windjammers, and “Somerville Idol,” Tammy Rego, all leading up to a 30-minute fireworks display at approximately 9:15 p.m.

Eagle Feathers #82 –The Invitation

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

It began where the Wellington Bridge crosses over the Mystic River, and it ended where the Harvard Bridge crosses over the Charles. It was to be a ”day of all days” for the people of Somerville. For weeks in advance, the residents, ranging from age five to one hundred and five, had been preparing for this special day. Red, white, and blue bunting and flags blanketed the city and adorned its public buildings in anticipation. It wasn’t that they hadn’t had parades before, but the 4th of July observance in 1910 became the city’s most boastful. The President of the United States, William Howard Taft, had accepted an invitation from the City of Somerville to visit, to partake, and to preside over its nation’s birthday celebration.

By Jim Clark

A Somerville Police officer on detail at last week’s Fireworks Celebration took notice of two individuals who had reportedly gotten into a heated argument as they were walking down Broadway towards Medford St.

In the 20 years that I have lived in Somerville I have often heard of that bastion of ceramic arts, the Mudflat Studio. I always wanted to visit, but I never got around to it. So when I got the Somerville Arts Council announcement about East Somerville Main Streets’ collaboration with the studio on a mosaic project, as part of a larger project “This is East,” I was intrigued and tracked the story down.

By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to the Pendelton Outlet located at 520 Assembly Row last Friday on reports of a shoplifting.

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Christopher Silveira, of 23 Foch St., Cambridge, June 29, 4:00 p.m., arrested at 1366 Broadway on charges of assault and battery on a police officer, threat to commit a crime, and resisting arrest.

The Food and Nutrition truck is loaded with healthy provisions for the city’s hungry youngsters.

Free breakfast and lunch prepared by Somerville’s award-winning Food and Nutrition Services Department will be available all summer for youth under the age of 19. Just look for the Food and Nutrition truck to get your free meal. Here is a list of locations and times where you can enjoy a nutritious meal this summer:

If you receive a call from someone stating that they are from the “IRS” or the “State of Massachusetts” and they say if you do not pay a certain amount of money TODAY they will send the police to arrest you, it is a SCAM. They will provide you with certain information regarding your address and or close family members’ names. The suspects pay for this information on a website like ZABASEARCH.COM. It gives them this information to make them seem legitimate. They use various different numbers including the IRS’s tty number. If you receive a call like this, simply hang up and inform your local police department.

You can call our non-emergency line at 617-625-1212 to report it.

By Tom Bannister

Somerville resident Kaleigh Conte will be participating in the Bay State Games for the Metro girls hockey team this summer. Conte is entering her sophomore year as a defenseman at Phillips Exeter Academy. This is Conte’s second summer skating with the Metro team.