Arrests:
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Courtney Meacomes, 28, of 29 Cutter Ave., May 20, 9:54 p.m., arrested at home on a charge of assault and battery.

Francisco Rosaaponte, 21, of 153 Alewife Brook Pkwy., May 20, 10:33 p.m., arrested at 34 North St. on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Now don’t you think Somerville should have a Poet Laureate?

Lo Galluccio,2013 Cambridge Poet Populist.

We are glad to say Lo Galluccio, a Somerville Bagel Bard, and a published  poet with Somerville’s Ibbetson Street  Press (Hot Rain 2004), has been elected Cambridge Populist Poet. Lo has been in numerous issues of Ibbetson Street, was on the  planning committee for the Grolier Poetry Room Reading Series, sponsored by the Ibbetson St Press and the Blind Elephant Press, and was a reader at the Somerville News Writers Festival founded by Timothy  Gager and Doug Holder in 2003. She has also participated in many of our  readings for the last decade…so glad for you Lo!

Poet Teisha Twomey is currently working on her MFA in Poetry at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Teisha’s work has appeared in Ibbetson Street , Fried Chicken and Coffee, The Santa Fe Literary Review, Metazen, Poetica and she recently was selected for publication for the upcoming “Wasn’t That Special?” Anthology. http://www.teishatwomey.blogspot.com/

Ariana Docanto (left) from Somerville’s Healey School planted wheat seats with First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House kitchen garden in April.

Healey School fifth-grade students Ariana Docanto, Gabriela Lopez, Sarah Sweeting, Brian Chan, and Lana Popovic are heading back to the White House Garden next week for a Harvest Garden event with First Lady Michelle Obama.  The students were invited back to the White House after joining 25 other students from around the country in helping the First Lady plant the White House Kitchen Garden on April 4, 2013.

The popular “Somerville by Design” community planning effort is coming to East Somerville. On Tuesday, May 28, a “Crowdsourcing Event” will be held at 6:30 p.m., at the Michael E. Capuano Early Childhood Education Center, 150 Glen Street.

By Sanjeev Selvarajah

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Even though the original series’ 5 year mission hasn’t even begun yet, this second entry of the “rebooted” Star Trek packs a wallop of a punch when you’re not even looking. That fist—coming right at you—intends on making an impression in your face.

By Kenneth Gloss

It’s been more than 50 years since the end of World War II, but America’s interest in its battles and combatants is still strong. The campaign to erect a memorial to World War II veterans and the popular movie dramatizing the attack of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent raid on Tokyo as well as Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation caused a surge of interest.

The annual Memorial Day Ceremonies, concluding with the largest Memorial Day parade in the region, are set for Sunday, May 26.  Sponsored by American Legion Post #19 in conjunction with the Somerville Allied Veterans’ Council, scheduled events will begin at 8 a.m. at American Legion Post #19, 124 Highland Ave., with a short procession down Highland Ave. to the Central Library and the placing of wreaths on monuments along Central Hill Park. The parade will step off from the City Hall/Somerville High School concourse at 1 p.m., and will proceed for 2.3 miles down Highland Ave. to the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Teele Square. The parade will conclude in Veterans Memorial Cemetery with a ceremony of remembrance for fallen Somerville veterans under the supervision of the Somerville Allied Veterans Council.