Two hundred business and civic leaders attended the Somerville Chamber of Commerce 66th Annual Dinner at the Holiday Inn. – Photo by Glenn Kulbako

By Donald Norton

The Somerville Chamber of Commerce hosted its 66th Annual Dinner at the Holiday Inn this past Wednesday, November 7.

By Jim Clark

The City of Somerville Board of Aldermen last Thursday approved a raise in pay for the position of mayor. The salary rate will be increased by $20K, from $125K to $145K annually.

Tonight, Wednesday the 14th, Mayor Joe Curtatone is having his Second Annual Fall Reception and Wine Tasting at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets at the door. A great time was had last year, and it looks like a great new tradition has been established right here in the ‘Ville. Suggested contributions are at the door.

A Somerville man was arraigned Tuesday in connection with a November 11 shooting that left a victim with life-threatening injuries, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public.

Recycle containers were loaded with supplies to be donated to the people of Hoboken, NJ, at Friday night’s Medford vs. Somerville High School football game at Dilboy Field. ~Photo by Terence Clarey

By Terence Clarey

It would be the destiny of either the Medford or Somerville High School football teams competing in last Friday night’s game at Dilboy Field to come away with their first victory of the season, but the biggest winners would be the citizens of Hoboken, New Jersey.

When you think about it, the mayor is a pretty busy guy. He’s all over the place, from BOA meetings to local new business dedications. Tending to the day-to-day process of operating our city government, serving as good will ambassador to any number of visiting dignitaries – our off visiting same said dignitaries – and generally doing his best to serve our best interests as well as he is able to.

Eagle Feathers #13 – The Pilgrim

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

“Just in the gray of the dawn, as the mists uprose from the meadows, There was a stir and a sound in the slumbering village of Plymouth; Clanging and clicking of arms, and the order imperative, ‘Forward!’” And so begins the famous poem The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

– Photos by Joe Saraceno and Bobbie Toner

Steve Glines.

One of the major reasons the Ibbetson Street Press of Somerville is still around is because of Steve Glines. Glines has been in the business of designing and publishing since the 1970’s when he had a small shop in Harvard Square. Since those days Glines has worked for magazines, high tech companies, taught college and did consultation work worldwide. I met Glines some years back at a meeting of the Stone Soup Poets at the Middle East Restaurant in Cambridge. Since then Glines and I have collaborated on a number of projects, but the most consistent one has been publishing poetry books, and putting out the lit mag Ibbetson Street. Glines, 60, is an energetic man with an easy laugh, and is the kind of guy who likes to have a lot of things on his plate. Glines founded the Wilderness House Literary Review http://whlreview.com  and has his own publishing press the Wilderness House Press. Glines is a member of Somerville’s literary group the Bagel Bards that meets at the Au Bon Pain in Davis Square, Somerville. I recently caught up with him to chat about publishing, design, and whatever came to the Master’s mind.

John Helzer was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and is a graduate of Yale University. He lives in Colorado near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He is currently visiting the Somerville area.