By Jim Clark

A uniformed Somerville police officer on bicycle patrol in Union Square last week attempted to stop another cyclist for a violation, but was met with resistance by the violator.

Police said that the cyclist, Jessica Dasilva, 30, ignored the officer’s request to stop and attempted to leave the area without regard to the order to stop.

On Miranda Aisling’s website she describes herself as an “idea machine.” And indeed, Aisling is chock-full of ideas for different creative projects. Aisling, who lives on the Somerville/Arlington line, loves the area. She said: “I love all the artists, and young creative people that are running art-based businesses.” Aisling, who holds an advanced degree in Community Arts from Lesley University, has recently written a book “Don’t Make Art, Make Something.” In a nutshell the book deals with the creative block most people encounter in their lives. Aisling said: “Once people create, just the act of creating opens things up. I want people to recognize their creativity. Not everyone is going to be an accomplished artist but everyone has their own degree of creativity.”

Arrests:
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Christopher MacInnes, 32, of 64 Gibbon St., Medford, August 25, 3:27 p.m., arrested at 540 Broadway on warrant charges of miscellaneous municipal ordinance violation and shoplifting by concealing merchandise.

Rose Louis, 46, of 3 Sargent Ave., August 25, 3:47 p.m., arrested at 540 Broadway on warrant charges of threat to commit a crime and assault.

Josh Buckley will be celebrating the release of his new album at the Lizard Lounge on Sept.4.

By Blake Maddux

Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Josh Buckley was born at Boston’s now-defunct St. Margaret’s Hospital in 1973. He later graduated from Emerson College with a degree in audio and video engineering.

Buckley released Living Man’s Blues, his first solo album, in 2005. That same year, he moved to Somerville and formed the band Gilded Splinters, which describes itself on Facebook as “Rolling Stones and Hank Williams with a touch of the Who.”  They recorded three records and toured locally before moving to Austin, Texas, in 2011.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 5 Alderman Mark Niedergang invite neighbors and community members to a public meeting on Monday, September 8 to discuss the Cedar Street Flood Mitigation Project. The meeting will be held in the Kennedy School cafeteria, 5 Cherry Street, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Acting City Engineer, Melissa Miguel, and Weston & Sampson Consulting Engineers will present twenty-five percent design plans and review the proposed timeline for the planned sewer separation project. For more information about the project, contact Melissa Miguel at 617-625-6600 ext. 5412, or MMiguel@somervillema.gov.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

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My two sons have been living with their mother since 2005. I still live in the big old cluttered family house with the family pug. Family pug? I guess he’s my pug because I have been feeding him, taking him to the vet, walking him and cleaning up after him by myself for 9 years.

The Tuesday book release of ‘The Thursday Appointments of Bill Sloan’
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September 2, 2014 at 7 p.m.
Porter Square Shopping Center
25 White Street, Cambridge, MA

“As the son of two psychoanalysts, I feel qualified in diagnosing Timothy Gager as a very sick human being and a fearless writer. His prose is odd, mordant, and disobedient. Read him at your peril.” – Steve Almond, author of God Bless America: Stories

Local Farmers’ Markets provide opportunities for consumers to purchase fresh, quality produce while supporting independent growers in the area. ~Photo by By Gabriela C. Martinez

By Gabriela C. Martinez

“When did you pick these tomatoes?” a woman asked one of the vendors of Blue Heron Organic Farm, while holding a yellow heirloom tomato in front of her face. The farmer took one of the tomatoes in her hands and looked at it thoughtfully. “Yesterday,” she said. “Try these, they’re like candy.” She took a couple of bright orange cherry tomatoes from a nearby basket and handed them to the woman. At the Davis Square Farmers’ Market people are encouraged to have these types of interactions.

To mark the historic opening of the Orange Line Assembly Station T-stop in Somerville, MA—the first new MBTA T-station to open in more than a quarter century— and Somerville’s newest neighborhood Assembly Row you are invited to join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Federal Realty and other Somerville officials for a celebratory walk to the official ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 2. For further information, please call 311 (617-666-3311).