Over 100 residents turn out for tax bill hearing
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By David R. Smith

“I thought it was big mistake when I got my bill,” Edna Murphy told the Board of Aldermen Finance Committee, and she was not alone.

State Representative Denise Provost is back from her climate change fact-finding odyssey.

By State Representative Denise Provost

Science first

First of all, what is climate change, does it even exist? Often linked with – or hidden behind – the expression “global warming,”  “climate change” refers to a set of measurable, related phenomena that greatly increases the likelihood of unusual and even violent weather. The main driver is generally accepted to be increasing amounts of certain gases, particularly carbon dioxide, in the earth’s atmosphere.

Tonight (Wednesday the 12th) at the Arts at the Armory is the Medford-Somerville Relay for Life kickoff party. Join in for a fun night! There will be speakers, food, and you will have a chance to learn about relay. Activities for all ages. Come learn about the Relay For Life event and how to sign-up your team. Don’t miss out on a chance to win some awesome prizes.

By Jim Clark

A Somerville Police officer on paid detail at a Somerville High School Varsity Hockey game Saturday evening took notice of a man who was being verbally abusive to the Somerville High coach.

Wednesday, Feb. 12

Ice Hockey: Girls Varsity Game vs. Marblehead at Simoni Rink – 4 p.m.

Ice Hockey: Boys Varsity Game vs. Revere at Veterans Memorial Rink – 7:30 p.m.

The timing of the Finance Committee’s public hearing last week on the recent property revaluations that resulted in significantly higher tax bills for some property owners was curious, to say the least, as it came the day after the deadline to file an abatement had come and gone the day before.

On Thursday, February 13, 6:30-8:00 p.m., at Kitchen Inc., 201 Somerville Ave., in Somerville, Elizabete Delfino, a native of Minas Gerais, Brazil, will be teaching how to make delicious sweet treats, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

I am glad that my proposal to the Mass. Poetry Festival has been accepted. Here is the description of the panel blow – hope you, dear readers, will be able to attend the Mass. Poetry Festival in Salem, Mass. this May!

For as long as I have known Cambridge Poet Populist Lo Galluccio, she has always provided a unique take on things. I asked her for a poem, and here is her unique take on fan worship. I would of asked a Somerville Poet Laureate to contribute a poem – but alas – there is none. You would think in this highly touted artistic community the powers-that-be would come up with something!?

Arrests:
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Willgen Sanchez, 21, of 103 Newman Rd., Malden, February 3, 4:59 p.m., arrested at 20 Rush St. on multiple charges of assault and battery.

Charles Michaels, 48, February 4, 2:58 p.m., arrested at 177 Middlesex Ave. on warrant charges of lewd, wanton and lascivious conduct and open and gross lewdness.