Arrests:
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Michael Marujo, 48, of 8 Avon St., November 6, 11:52 p.m., arrested at 30 Linden St. on a warrant charge of defacing property.

Devin Mack, 27, November 7, 7:42 p.m., arrested at 299 Broadway on a warrant charge of felony nighttime breaking and entering.

One man has been arrested following a shooting that occurred late Sunday evening in Somerville, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone and Somerville Police Chief Thomas Pasquarello announced today.

Margaret Klessens, a former member of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) who served during WWII, receives a gift from Secretary of Veterans Services Coleman Nee.

Special to the Somerville News by HdG, Dna. Maria St. Catherine De Grace Sharpe, President, The Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers Initiative for Veterans & Women Veterans Program Management & Professional Leadership Excellence in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

On October 16, 2012 Mrs. Margaret Klessens, a Somerville resident and former Women’s Army Corps (WAC) veteran who served during World War II, was one of more than a dozen World War II women veterans recently honored during the 25th Annual Luncheon Tribute to the Greatest Generation: The Women Veterans of WWII.

Veterans Day Holiday Schedule Monday, November 12, 2012
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Trash, recycling, and yard waste pickup for this week will be delayed by one day due to the Veterans Day Holiday.

Parking meters will not be enforced for Monday only.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article originally appeared in The Somerville News on June 25, 2008.

(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville News belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville News, its staff or publishers.)

As I was driving to Taco Bell on Saturday (because my son wanted a nutritious meal), I noticed the “Welcome to East Somerville ” sign as we crossed McGrath Highway. It brought back a lot of my own East Somerville memories and gave me a chance to use some of The Somerville News weblog information. Most are first hand experiences, but some details have been donated “bloggily.” Let’s start by tossing back a couple.

By Jim Clark

Police officers working an undercover narcotics investigation in and around the Davis Square area last Friday focused their attention on a suspicious individual who was later placed under arrest for trafficking in heroin.

Investigators from the Crash Reconstruction Unit are looking for witnesses to a pedestrian accident that occurred last night. Shortly before 8:20, a 21 year old Somerville resident, who is also a Tufts University student, was struck by a car as he crossed Powder House Blvd at Packard Avenue. The victim was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital where he is in critical condition. The operator of the striking vehicle, also a Somerville resident, has cooperated with investigators.

By William C. Shelton

(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville News belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville News, its staff or publishers.)

There are more artists per capita living in Somerville than in any other U.S. city. You can see their work in venues ranging from the Museum of Fine Arts to signal boxes in Somerville intersections.

The Wrap Around Project will be featured at the Nave Gallery from November 10 through December 16.

Wrap Around sale benefits homeless
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By Elizabeth Sheeran

Want to add an extra layer of warmth to your holiday season? By selecting a gift from the individually hand-made hats, scarves or mittens on sale at the Nave Gallery in Somerville over the next few weeks, you won’t just be keeping a loved one toasty through the winter months. You’ll also get that warm fuzzy feeling that comes with helping people in need.

Amendments proposed on Aug. 16 would require recipients of city-administered grant funds to adopt formal ethics codes; New law would extend city’s audit oversight to grantees and give city legal authority to suspend funding or demand repayment

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone today called on the Board of Aldermen to take up a proposal he submitted on August 16  that would expand the city’s abilities to require grant recipients to adopt conflict-of-interest codes similar to those that govern municipal officials.  The proposed changes to the city’s existing ordinance (Chapter 15) would also give the city direct audit oversight over grantees as well as explicit authority to suspend disbursements to, and recover funds from, organizations that violate the provisions of the ordinance.