It’s finally here, and to everyone that grew up in East Somerville – especially in the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s – The First East Somerville Reunion will be this Saturday evening at the Somerville City Club. The event is free to all including the food, which was taken care of by sponsors of the event. The time is 7–11 p.m. What a great way to celebrate a special community like East Somerville, and if you grew up there or lived there you’d know exactly what we are talking about. From Foss Park to Sullivan Square, Lower Broadway, both the Avenues and “the other side” – what a great way to celebrate your youth with others who grew up in this small community. Again, the event is free and no reservations are required. Come enjoy yourself and meet and greet old friends and make new ones, over 100 coming. By the way, City Club is directly across the street from the Holiday Inn, Lower Washington Street and Inner belt Road.

Eagle Feathers #56 – Hometown

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

For more than a century, Somerville has been known throughout the Boston area as “The City of Homes” because of her building density and limited area. Her oldest home will turn three hundred years old this year.

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to a Dartmouth St. location in the early morning hours of July 6 on reports of a disturbance in the street.

Upon arrival, officers found two men in the street arguing with one another. A woman was additionally present.

Let’s face it, a little dose of nature goes a long way towards rejuvenating the spirit and reconnecting us to our intrinsic qualities of being products of the natural world itself.

How easy it is to meld into the fabricated configuration of stone, steel, and glass that dominates our everyday lives. And yet, there is something that is soothing and uplifting about taking a quiet walk through a forest or along the seashore, drinking in the grandest designs of all, those not made by human hands.

By Zhihong Li

Somerville residents walk by public art every day, from murals and painted switchboxes to sculptures and memorials. But, unless they were looking, a passerby might not even notice one particular creator’s art, or “not art,” as he calls it. That Somerville resident, who asked to remain anonymous, has been an artist since he was born, he says. But for the past eight years, he’s been spreading his message on the streets of Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston through a stencil that reads “NOT ART,” which he spray-paints onto surfaces and found objects.

Tree damaged on Powderhouse Blvd. from Thursday night’s storm. — Photo by Bobbie Toner

Fallen trees and other random evidence of the violent storm that hit the area overnight on July 4 was to be found all over the city the next day.

Like any fine poet Daniel Tobin casts a wide net in his new collection of poetry The Net. Tobin, like Whitman, takes it all in and uses what he finds for fodder for his accomplished work. He is always on the lookout for what transcends the material world, the steak behind the sizzle, and what makes us run like a mutt after a meat truck.