This recipe yields approximately 24 meatballs using a golf ball sized scoop (1-5/8″ diameter). I like to use a scoop so the meatballs look more uniform and cook evenly. Serve with your favorite pasta dish or make meatball subs. Enjoy!

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has announced that Carlos Colina, 32, of Cambridge, has been arraigned on charges of assault and battery causing serious bodily injury and improper disposal of a body in connection with the discovery of human remains in Cambridge this past weekend.  Cambridge District Court Judge Roanne Sragow set bail at $1 million cash and bail was revoked in an open case involving this defendant.  The next scheduled court hearing for Colina is Tuesday, April 14.

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Deseray Crayton, of 7 Maxwell’s Green, March 31, 11:43 a.m., arrested at home on warrant charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and state highway traffic violation.

Irene Koronas is the poetry editor for Wilderness House Literary Review. She has three full length books, Portraits Drawn from Many, Ibbetson Street Press; Pentakomo Cyprus, Cervena Barva Press; and Turtle Grass; Muddy River Books. She has numerous chapbooks and poetry in many anthologies. She reviews poetry books for the small press community.

Community BBQ to be held at Blessing of the Bay Boat House following cleanup, at noon with partners Groundwork Somerville, Comcast Cares

Looking for an opportunity to break out of the winter blues and get back into the community? Join the City of Somerville, Groundwork Somerville, and Comcast Cares for the annual Spring Cleanup and Community Barbecue on Sat., April 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A rain date has been set for Sun., April 26.

— Photos courtesy of Somerville FD.

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This afternoon at 1259 (April 6, 2015) the Somerville Fire Dept. responded to a house fire at 17 Gordon Street. Firefighters found a first floor rear bedroom engulfed in flames with heavy smoke throughout the two story dwelling. The occupant of the first floor was rescued from the building by a contractor working in a house next door prior to firefighters arrival . Both the rescuer and victim were  transported to the hospital. Damage is estimated at $100,000 and both apartments are uninhabitable at this time. Two occupants have been displaced. The cause of the fire is presently under investigation

— Somerville Fire Dept.

Somerville youth ages 16 and older eligible to apply for summer employment within City departments, with local retailers; Applications due 4/24

Attention Somerville Youth! The Mayor’s Summer Jobs Program is now accepting applications for summer 2015, and more than 100 Somerville teens will be selected to participate in the annual job program which pairs young job seekers with opportunities within City departments as well as with private business partners in Somerville. Applications are now available at the Personnel Department in City Hall, and will be accepted until 12:30 p.m. on Fri., Apr. 24. Eligible students must be Somerville residents, enrolled in high school, and at least 16 years of age.

“There are young writers in our elementary and middle schools who love to write beyond what is expected in school and are hungry for support for their efforts. I don’t know how many. It doesn’t matter. They are there, in grades 4 through 8, even younger. They not only need to write but know a need for an audience. They are interested in enhancing their abilities and enriching their experience as writers by sharing what they write, in publishing, and in playing their craft as musicians play their instruments.” With this motivation, explains advisor Alan Ball, the Writers’ Den was established at the Somerville Central Library in the summer of 2013.

You will get an in-depth recap of Union Square redevelopment updates in this episode of Somerville Neighborhood News #36.
Did you miss the meetings in Union Square about what’s in store for the neighborhood? Did you know there was a protest? What are people upset about, what does City Hall think and how is master developer US2 reacting? Find out in the upcoming special edition of Somerville Neighborhood News, devoted entirely to Union Square redevelopment .You can catch SNN Tuesdays at 7 p.m., on Channel 3 if you have cable TV, or online at http://www.somervilleneighborhoodnews.org.
Somerville Neighborhood News is a community service production of Somerville Community Access Television, produced by staff, interns, and members.