By Mike Stoller

The Somerville High girls track team finished a solid season at the Division 1 State Meet held at Andover High last week.

“Our young team competed well,” Highlanders head coach Charlie O’Rourke said. “We did not have any girls score or qualify for the state finals, but this team has made a lot of progress and they are all champions in my mind.”

Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA) filed the “Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2013” in memory of MIT Police Officer Sean Collier, who was murdered on the evening of April 18, by those allegedly responsible for the tragic bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law a bill posthumously appointing MIT police officer Sean Collier a Somerville police officer. Collier, 26, was allegedly murdered by the marathon bombing suspects on April 18, three days after the bombing. He was scheduled to become a Somerville police officer on June 3. Supporters said this brave man deserves this honor for his public service. They noted that this will also provide his family with a badge and badge number that will be retired in his memory.

– Bob Katzen

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