Somerville’s master developer partner for Union Square, US2, recently presented a progress report to the Somerville Redevelopment Authority, highlighting its accomplishments and reaffirming its stated goals.

By Tom Bannister

At the Somerville Redevelopment Authority’s May meeting, Union Square Station Associates (US2), Somerville’s master developer partner for Union Square, presented a progress report to the Board.

Ward 4 Alderman Tony Lafuente has worked very hard pressing the administration over the past few years to get rolling on Winter Hill and apparently his efforts have worked out. On Tuesday night about 100 residents of Ward 4 Winter Hill showed up to hear news on what will be happening along the Winter Hill Central Broadway run.   The owner of the Star Market lot has fought the city over the years with a difference of opinion on what he wants and what the city wants for that area. Apparently, as late as Tuesday a 12.5 million dollar offer was rejected by the owner from a developer. Now the city is starting the process of taking the property as eminent domain, which process will take a little time, but not so much. The entire Winter Hill area is one of the last places for getting development in the area.  

Those interested in running for public office in the City of Somerville (Mayor, Alderman at Large, Ward Alderman, or School Committee) need to file their paperwork no later than June 24.

By Donald Norton

Nominations can be picked up at Election Department at City Hall (lower floor) until June 22 but have to be in no later than June 24. The following have pulled nomination papers for this year’s municipal elections:

— By Claudia Ferro

The annual Wounded Vet Run, benefitting four of New England’s severely wounded veterans, took place on Saturday, May 9.

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to the College Ave. T station last week on reports that a woman with a knife was harassing and elderly man with a knife.

Eagle Feathers #78 – Pirates on the Mystic

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

From Robert Louis Stevenson’s book Treasure Island to Johnny Depp’s Caribbean movies, children and adults have been captivated by the tales of swashbuckling pirates. Pirates have plied their treacherous trade for over 2,000 years since the days of early Greece. When they sailed to profit themselves, they were evil “pirates” and when some of them flew under a national flag or for a cause, they were coined “privateers.” Contact with colonial and pre-colonial pirates sailing in this hemisphere began in our own back yard.

The annual M.O.M.’s Run 5k Run/Walk for Cancer will took place on Sunday, May 10 and there was a great turnout. Local and regional participants enjoyed a good run for a great cause, with all proceeds benefiting the Claudia Adams Barr Program with Dana Farber Cancer Research.

Christopher Busa, founder and editor of Provincetown Arts magazine, was born in New York City in 1946, the son of a painter who participated in the formative years of Abstract Expressionism. Spending part of every year in Provincetown since infancy, he slowly absorbed its mythology as a place where artists and writers gather to work and live. After graduation from the University of Minnesota, he studied for a year in Paris at the Sorbonne, and then pursued a Ph.D. for ten years while teaching English at Rutgers University. His interviews and profiles of artists and writers have appeared in the Paris Review, Arts, Partisan Review, Garden Design, and other magazines. Two published pieces were reprinted in Interviews and Encounters with Stanley Kunitz, edited by Stanley Moss (Sheep Meadow Press). Another essay, “Being a Great Man Is a Thesis Invented by Others,” appeared in Such Desperate Joy: Imagining Jackson Pollock (Thunder’s Mouth Press). He has curated exhibitions and written catalog introductions for many artists. He co-edited and introduced the Erotic Works of D.H. Lawrence (Crown, 1989), the subject of his dissertation. He is the author of The Provincetown Artists Cookbook, with Written Sketches of the Artists Creating a Contemporary Portrait of the Town as an Art Colony (Abingdon, 1988).

Salvatore Ghamo is a poet in search for answers. He writes The Times:

My name is Salvatore Ghamo, and I’m an English Major at Endicott College. I’ve enjoyed writing short stories and poems since I was a boy. I plan to keep putting together these pieces throughout my college career. I hope my craft continues to reflect my love for this art form.

Attempted kidnapping suspect Sandro Corbelli.

At approximately 9:15 a.m., Tuesday morning, officers were dispatched to 17 Dartmouth Street #2 for a report that a male had kicked the front door open to a daycare and was trying to take a child.

The front door was locked, and there was no answer at the door, however, the sounds of screaming and struggling could be heard coming from inside. Forced entry was made.