Mayor Curtatone spoke at last week’s ResiStat meeting, covering various issues confronting the city in general and Ward 3 specifically. — Photo by Donald Norton

By Donald Norton

On Tuesday, May 26, the Ward 3 ResiStat meeting was held at the SHS cafeteria. Approximately 80-90 area residents showed up to hear what is happening in the city as a whole, and in particular Ward 3.

By Ross E. Blouin

A special 90th birthday celebration was held by the Somerville Kiwanis at the Holiday Inn in Somerville on Friday night, May 22. The celebration was spectacular and included more than 200 community leaders and business people who are current or past residents of Somerville. The Somerville Kiwanis has led the city in community service with dozens of successful community programs that have enriched the lives of Somerville residents for the past 90 years. Greetings and citations were presented by a bevy of state and local elected officials who lauded the Somerville Kiwanis for the years of dedication and generosity given by its members. The club’s legacy is one of giving and helping the children and residents of Somerville with a steadfast belief in the potential of Somerville and love of community service.

By Donald Norton

Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston (pictured here) turned in her certification papers this week, qualifying her to run for re-election.

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Last week, Memorial Day was celebrated on the last Monday in May to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the military. For detailed information on how this holiday came about, you can visit http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day.

After having a beer at my old haunt Jacob Wirth in the theatre district of Boston, I chased it down with excellent seafood Chou Fun at some Vietnamese joint on the edge of Chinatown. But I still had a hunger, and that was for theatre. So with my press ticket in hand I walked down Washington Street to Suffolk University’s Modern Theatre to take in a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry Vl, Part 2, as presented by Somerville’s Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

Somerville poet Mary Alexandra Agner has a poem dedicated to the late astronomer Brian Marsden.

On Wednesday, June 3 and Thursday, June 4, we still have room for Somerville residents to sign up to take a sneak peek at an early prototype of the all-new www.SomervilleMA.gov, and share their ideas to make it better. Volunteers will complete a 45-minute testing session at the Cummings School, 42 Prescott St. During the session, participants will be asked to find pieces of information on the website, and then share their feedback on whether they were successful or not and how the process could have been better. Visit www.SomervilleMA.gov/testdrive to learn more and sign up for a test session. For more information, contact City of Somerville Webmaster Dan Moore, at DMoore@somervillema.gov.

Ryan Mercier, Anthony Vallesio enter apprentice program at Bent Electric

Somerville High School seniors Ryan Mercier and Anthony Vallesio began a five-year apprentice program today after each earned an IBEW Local 103 scholarship for the pre-Apprentice Partnership Program at Bent Electric. The apprenticeship program allows participating students to become members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.  IBEW Local 103 represents all of eastern Massachusetts.

Energy-efficient LED lightbulbs in street, decorative and city building external lights would save estimated $450,000 annually, reduce CO2 emissions by 600 metric tons per year

A funding request that would allow the conversion of every City of Somerville-owned streetlight and other light fixtures to energy-efficient LED lightbulbs—which would pay for itself in cost savings within five years and advance the city’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050—is currently before the Board of Aldermen for review.

Arrests:
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Neris Calderon, of 43 Broadway, May 25, 9:38 p.m., arrested at Central St. on charges of violation of city ordinance possession of a dangerous weapon and drug possession to distribute.