So, what’s the problem? Wasn’t that you just a few short weeks ago complaining about how unseasonably cold and clammy it was for that time of year? How you’d give your eye teeth for some of that good old summer sweat and swelter? Was it? Come on now. Admit it.

Arrests:
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John Medeiros, 36, of 10 Clayton Ave., Medford, May 28, 4:26 p.m., arrested at 1105 Broadway on warrant charges of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license, speeding, marked lanes violation, and unregistered motor vehicle.

One might pass the window of the Sherman Café in Union Square and see a man in his middle years praying over his New York Times, nursing a cup of coffee, and pondering the remains of his oatmeal scone. That would be me. On this particular morning I was waiting to interview the Artistic Director of the Zoe Dance Company, Callie Chapman Korn.

A creative writing student of mine at Endicott College Danielle Murdock wrote a poem about a former teacher she had. And indeed she learned a valuable lesson from her, but not in the way you would expect.

$195.6 million budget includes significant investment in education, as well as quality of life improvements, preventive maintenance, multi-lingual community outreach, and a boost in Veterans Services.

Today, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone will submit a $195.6 million budget for fiscal year 2014 that makes a down payment on the City of Somerville’s future by investing in expanded education, inspectional services that protect quality of life, and preventive maintenance that cares for investments already made by the City’s taxpayers, as well as new multi-lingual outreach efforts and expanded Veterans Services.

Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation has awarded a $5,000 Lowe’s Toolbox for Education® grant to the Arthur D. Healey School in Somerville for improvements to the school’s learning and nutrition garden and school playground.  The Healey School is one of more than 580 schools across the United States to be awarded a Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant this spring for school improvement projects during the 2012-2013 school year.

– Photos by Bobbie Toner

The Somerville Council on Aging’s LGBT Advisory Board invites all members of the public to its summer movie series, “Movies to Come Out To,” open to LGBT older adults and allies. Celebrate Pride month with the first movie in the series, a special advanced screening of “Cloudburst” before its release later this summer. This movie has only been seen at Film Festivals! Cloudburst is about a lesbian couple that escapes from a nursing home in Maine and drives to Canada to get married.* Free food will be provided by Redbones and The State Room.

Due to the weather, Somerville High School graduation has been rescheduled for Tuesday evening, June 4, 6 p.m. at Dilboy Stadium. Graduation rehearsal practice will be held Tuesday morning, June 4 at 9 a.m. at Dilboy.

MassDOT and the MBTA will host five public meetings over three weeks in June to provide the Cambridge, Somerville and Medford communities with updates on station designs for the Green Line Extension Project.  Each meeting will feature presentations on the proposed stations by the MBTA and other project partners.  Details on each meeting are listed below.