Arrests:
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Melvin Martinez, 25, June 4, 4:07 p.m., arrested at Norfolk St. on a charge of disorderly conduct and on a warrant charge of indecent assault and battery.

Claire Converse, 49, of 286B Beacon St., June 4, 8:58 p.m., arrested at home on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

– Photos by Bobbie Toner

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Students from around the District participated in the 2013 Special Olympics – Somerville School Day Games last Thursday at Dilboy Stadium.

Daniel Roderick, a four-year electrical student in the Somerville High School’s Center for Career and Technical Education (CTE), was selected for the IBEW Local 103 pre-Apprentice Partnership Program at Bent Electric. The apprenticeship is a five-year program in which participating students become members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.  IBEW Local 103 represents all of eastern Massachusetts.

Joining a global movement of hackers and happiness experts, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone’s SomerStat office hopes to revolutionize how local government collects data on well-being, and uses that data to connect residents with services and drive policy decisions.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article first appeared in the October 24, 2007 edition of The Somerville News.

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Remember your first job? My first job was delivering newspapers – I used to pick them up at Abe’s office (Davis Square News Agency) on Highland Avenue where the new cupcake place is. I had the “Francesca” route – which included my own street.

Bizmark, Editor of the Buzz. Somerville school kids are learning performance skills with the Wild Tales program.

By Cathleen Twardzik

On June 8 at 10 a.m. at the Union Square Farmers Market in Union Square in Somerville, a show by Wild Tales entitled What Makes a City Grow: a Tale of Two Cities will be presented.

Part 4: Unwalkable Somerville
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By William C. Shelton

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Those who are the most enthusiastic about the City of Somerville’s commitment to “walkability” and the Somerville By Design program seem to be disproportionately those who have the most transportation choices. I am one of them.

Singer-Songwriter Syd Straw has worked with the best, and brings her personal best to Johnny D’s this coming Sunday.

By Blake Maddux

In the words of singer-songwriter Syd Straw, “I get around, but I’m certainly not a household commodity.”

Perhaps not, but the list of musicians with whom she has collaborated include some of the best representatives of almost every category of popular music.

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Standard practice in an ethanol fire is to let it burn out – and hope for the best – because few have the resources to fight this highly flammable fuel. Now a company wants to use train tracks overwhelmingly used for daily MBTA commuters to instead carry ethanol through Somerville, within striking distance of our schools, homes, assisted living facilities and more. But we too are an area without the resources to battle an ethanol-fueled blaze, and as the most densely populated city in New England, we cannot risk the consequences of letting the fire burn out.