Eagle Feathers #52 – Miss America

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

“May Day” in this country is a day when the sight of budding trees and flowers tells us that winter is over and the children sing around the May poles to celebrate the arrival of spring. In other countries, like Russia, it’s a day of viewing parades and exhibiting national pride. Kate Smith would spend her life celebrating both of these practices. She was a singing patriot. She was born on May 1, 1907, May Day, and she died on June 17, 1986, Bunker Hill Day. Kathryn Elizabeth Smith grew up in the nation’s capital. At eight years old, she sang for World War I veterans and, while attending nursing school as a teen, she sang for patients.

Add ours to the chorus of voices thanking Tom Taylor for his decades of service to the city and its residents.

The former Ward 3 alderman, now the city’s first “alderman emeritus,” was honored last week in an emotional ceremony during the opening portion of the Board of Aldermen’s meeting. While he holds the title of the city’s longest-serving ward aldermen, it was the quality of his service –and his character- that was truly the reason for the citations and certificates of appreciations given to him.

By Jim Clark

Police were dispatched to a Winter Hill Circle apartment complex last week on reports of a dispute between a landlord and a tenant.

Upon arrival, officers learned that the tenant, Anna Nikitenko, 29, had reportedly failed to pay her second month’s rent on a room that she was renting and the landlord put a lock on her door. It was for this reason that Nikitenko called the police.

Former Somerville Times Reporter Andrea Gregory edits a new literary magazine out of U/MASS Boston where she is studying for her MFA. I had the noted critic Dennis Daly take a look at this journal of poetry and prose.

Our guest poet writes: “My name is Salvatore Ghamo, and I’m a Communications Major at Endicott College. I’ve enjoyed piecing together short stories since I was a young boy but never thought to truly pursue my craft. My freshman year of college I took a creative writing class. Since my experience in that class, I’ve seen the world with a whole new perspective. It is a perspective I hope to keep reflecting on in my writing.”

Today the mayors of Boston, Cambridge, Quincy, Somerville, and Braintree announced the formation of the Life Sciences Corridor. The partnership, created by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Cambridge Mayor David Maher, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, and Braintree Mayor Joseph C. Sullivan, will focus on promoting the robust life sciences sector along the MBTA red line in the Greater Boston region. An event for the announcement was held at the Museum of Science, a middle point between the five partnering cities.

Assembly Row, the area’s newest shopping, dining and entertainment destination, today announced that 32 outlets, restaurants and attractions will be opening as part of its “Grand Opening Season,” which runs from May through September. Additional outlets and restaurants will open during the fall, with more than 10 new tenants expected to open by Black Friday in November.

Arrests:
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Jerry Lamarque, 51, of 32 Summer St., May 5, 3:54 p.m., arrested at home on a charge of abuse prevention order violation.

Anna Nikitenko, 29, of 10 Winter Hill Circle, May 5, 9:43 p.m., arrested at home on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon.

Somerville’s first annual “Somerville Weekend of Play” is scheduled for May 17 & 18, 2014, throughout the city courtesy of the City of Somerville, the Somerville Arts Council, Somerville Recreation and Knucklebones. Whether you associate “play” with musical instruments, theater, physical activity or any other form, Somerville’s goal is to support play in all its various forms on this weekend-long celebration of having fun! All weekend, residents are invited to join the city and Knucklebones for a wide variety of “play,” including the city’s 4th annual PorchFest, and family-friendly activities in parks and open spaces sponsored by the Somerville Recreation Department and Knucklebones, a Somerville-based organization dedicated to providing residents of all ages with fun and unique athletic opportunities.