By William Tauro

– Photos by William Tauro

Over two hundred motorcycles lined Franey Road in Somerville on Sunday as they prepared to make their way to Dello Russo Funeral Home located at 306 Main Street in Medford.

Author Dick Lehr sheds light on one of the most notoriously dark figures in the world of organized crime. – Photo by Blake Maddux

By Blake Maddux

“I think it’s the job of a biographer to also get at the ‘why?’ and the ‘how’ all this happened,” author Dick Lehr said during his appearance at The Book Shop last week. “The ‘why’ of the Whitey, the making of this monster, digging into psychology and other factors influencing the emergence of someone who’s now, in my view, a historic crime figure.”

By Paul Maisano

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As the April 30 special election for the U. S. Senate draws closer, the heat is on. It appears the average working person in Massachusetts has decided, ‘enough is enough.’ Voters are prepared to once again send their message from the voting booth.

By Jim Clark

A Somerville Housing Authority (SHA) Police Investigator’s attention was drawn to an individual who appeared to be weaving off and back onto the sidewalk on Memorial Rd. last Thursday evening.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

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With summer approaching I couldn’t help but think about one of our favorite recreation spots back in the day. Revere Beach was where our parents took us when we were kids. It had everything. There were amusement rides, arcade games, food stands, and souvenir shops. I remember mom packing up the bulky metal cooler with Zarex and baloney sandwiches, and piling into dad’s big old sweltering Chevy for the ride to Revere.

By Donald Norton
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15 to 20 DEA and State police agents surrounded the house at 67 Thurston Street (corner house at Evergreen & Thurston). They were reportedly there to question individuals said to be relatives of the fugitive Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnev. Several agents surrounded the home while investigators were inside. An unnamed source said that the DEA and State Police were sent there, once it was discovered that relatives of the bombing suspects might be living there, to ask them questions.

Officer Sean Collier

By William Tauro

An MIT Police officer responding to a disturbance call late Thursday night  has been shot and killed in Cambridge.

The shooting took place at 32 Vassar Street in Cambridge and the officer has died from multiple gunshot wounds.

The following information is being sent to all Somerville residents after careful and ongoing discussions with law enforcement personnel, and will be updated as necessary throughout the day.

Veterans’ Services Director Jay Weaver has seen the need for additional monies for needy vets grow significantly over the recent months and years. – Photo by Harry Kane

By Harry Kane

Somerville’s Veterans’ Services received an additional $167,030 to cover the costs of veterans and their dependents’ finances, due to rises in healthcare costs, the number of younger veterans returning from war, and a slow-moving economic recovery.

– Photo by Bobbie Toner

By William Tauro

Hundreds of people turned out at the Somerville City Hall concourse Thursday evening for a candlelight vigil in memory of the Boston Marathon bombing  victims.