By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to the Adidas store at Assembly Row last week on reports that a shoplifter was being detained by store personnel.

Upon arrival, officers spoke with the store staff and were told that a female, identified as Saundra Hart, of Dorchester, had allegedly entered a dressing room carrying five items.

 By Donald Norton

Everyone is invited to the Masonic Open House on Saturday, April 11.

Throughout the entire state of Massachusetts, all Masonic buildings will be open to the public as well as here in Somerville from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 125 Highland Avenue (rear).

A report to the Board of Alderman on proposed amendments to the city’s snow removal ordinance was presented at last week’s regular meeting of the Board.

By Jim Clark

The much maligned snow removal ordinance imposed on city residents and owners of commercial properties in Somerville was once again discussed by the Board of Alderman’s Legislative Matters Committee on March 19. A report to the full Board on what progress had been made in the matter was presented at its regular meeting on March 26.

By Bobby Potaris

The Somerville Times talked to two service representatives/technicians, Doug Graybea and Len Nielson, who came to Somerville recently to train railroad engineers on the new technology in locomotives.

Happy April Fool’s Day to everyone out there. We hope the only fools are those fools that think they are fooling everyone but they aren’t. They’re just bullies and wanabees.

Space will help fulfill vision of Union Square as an employment center

Union Square Station Associates (US2), the City’s master developer partner for Union Square’s revitalization, announced today it has signed a lease to open a headquarters in Union Square.

Eagle Feathers #75 – Torpedoes Away

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Before Vice-Admiral Ralph Waldo Christie left the U.S. Navy in 1949, he had spent thirty-eight years working his way up the ranks. The Somerville native graduated from the Naval Academy in 1915. As an Ensign, he had various duties. His first ship assignment was on the battleship, New Jersey, where he received instruction on submarine construction and torpedo design. This prepared him for the newly opened Submarine School in New London, Connecticut, becoming one of its first members. By 1923, he had earned a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Not many of us can boast that we are perfectly fit and not in need of some serious physical training. Those who are that fit can number themselves among the most fortunate. With fitness comes a better quality of life, a generally healthy state of being, and the satisfaction of knowing that one is living their lives to the fullest. At least as far as our bodies are concerned.