– 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.

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.