One of the least popular structures in the city may soon meet its fate, once Mass DOT planners determine the best course of action.

By Donald Norton

A large crowd of residents showed up at the Argenziano School last Wednesday evening for the first of what appears to be too many hearings over the tearing down of the McCarthy Overpass from Medford Street and Highland to Medford Street and Somerville Avenue.

Congratulations to the mayor for standing up and speaking out last week against the vicious hate speech that has been uttered in and around our community of late.

By Mike Stoller

Somerville’s Antoinette Toussaint, a senior track and field standout at UMass Lowell, has been named the sixth seed in the 400 meter hurdles in the NCAA Championships and will also be a member of the River Hawks’ 4 x 400 relay team when the big event is held on May 23-25 at Colorado State Pueblo University’s Neta and Eddier DeRose ThunderBowl for the second consecutive year.

By William Tauro

This Kayem 77 MA ACT Late Model racecar driven and owned by Jim Linardy of Jim’s Heavy Duty Truck Service and Repair of Somerville has given the City of Somerville bragging rights in the world of auto racing. The car is seen here in the pits at Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, NY, awaiting the start of Saturday’s events.

Farm League, Tee-Ball clinics up and running
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Make way for the little ones. Little League baseball is off and running for this years crop of ready-to-play kids.

The 2013 Somerville Little League Baseball Season is now halfway through the season and both the Minor and Major Leagues have witnessed great action and spirited play, with several teams closely competing for the top of their respective divisions.

Dear Boston Marathon Runner,

You have inspired me because even though bombs were going off and a lot of people died or got hurt you still are going to run again next year! When the people who got affected by the bombs went to the hospital, you ran another 2 miles to donate blood to the hospitals. You have been a leader to our country. You gave me a message to “not give up” and “unless someone like you cares an awful lot nothing is going to change!” Thanks for being a great leader!!!

Kim Triedman is both an award-winning poet and a novelist. Her debut novel, The Other Room, and two full-length poetry collections, Plum(b) and Hadestown, will release in 2013. The Other Room was a finalist for the 2008 James Jones First Novel Fellowship, and Kim’s poetry has garnered many awards, including the 2008 Main Street Rag Chapbook Award and the 2010 Ibbetson Street Poetry Award. Kim’s poems have been published in numerous anthologies and literary journals including Prairie Schooner. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Kim co-organized and co-chaired a collaborative poetry reading at Harvard University to benefit Partners in Health and the people of Haiti. The reading was featured on NPR’s Here and Now with Robin Young and led to the publication of a Poets for Haiti anthology, which Kim developed and edited.

Arrests:
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A Juvenile, May 13, 7:32 p.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle, unregistered motor vehicle, registration sticker not displayed, and wrong vehicle attached.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 5 Alderman Courtney O’Keefe invite all residents to a ceremonial unveiling of the Magoun Square sign, located at the intersection of Broadway and Medford Street, on the CVS Plaza. A brief ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 23 at 6 p.m. The sign had been temporarily removed for renovations, and its reinstallation comes just one month before the city’s annual Fourth of July Fireworks celebration will bring thousands of visitors to the Magoun Square area on June 27.

All are welcome to attend the ceremony.