A Somerville man has been arraigned on a charge of armed assault to murder in connection with a November 11, 2012 shooting that left a victim with life-threatening injuries, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today.

– Photos by Bobbie Toner

Early Monday afternoon Somerville Fire Department responded to a garage fire at 20-22 Jay St. The first alarm for the fire at 20 Jay St. was sounded at 1:32 p.m. and the working fire was sounded at 1:37.  The fire was contained to the unattached garage and vehicle inside.  Radiant heat caused the siding to  melt on 24 Jay street, also causing some minor charring on 20 Jay St.
The cause appears to be from combustibles stored to close to a wood burning stove.  The all out was declared at 2:24 p.m.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz, and the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all interested community members to an informational community meeting to discuss upcoming renovations to Kenney Park (located at the corner of Highland Ave. and Grove St.). 

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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Did you wake up with a splitting headache Tuesday, January 1, 2013? I didn’t, but that’s not the way it used to be.

How has the whole New Year’s Eve celebration thing changed? Well I can only speak for myself and some of my Somerville friends. I can remember playing in the band at the Dilboy Post in Davis Square and going home with a ton of leftover Chinese food including gallon jugs full of duck sauce. I recall a certain New Year’s Eve at The Embassy Lounge on Somerville Ave. that ended with the Police Department’s van escorting some patrons to jail. But that was the old days when we were younger.

On January 1, 2013 Mary Jo Rossetti, a seven-term member of the Somerville School Committee, became President of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC). She was elected to the position at the Association’s annual meeting held in Hyannis on November 9, 2012.

– Photos by William Tauro

By William Tauro

A motor vehicle flipped over leaving its driver trapped upside down after colliding with a parked unmarked Somerville police cruiser.

Part 3:  Political history
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By William C. Shelton

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Cannabis politics extend back to Europeans’ arrival in the Americas. Cannabis was indispensable to the imposition of their will by sea power. Eighty tons of hemp sales and rope drove Columbus’s three ships.

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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Music is an incredibly important part of the fabric of this city. It’s more than just entertainment; it’s part of our culture and our way of life here in Somerville. In recent years, we’ve increased music education in our public schools, allocating more resources to what we view as an important tool for boosting academic success from a young age. And that’s just one reason why we’ve supported the international El Sistema program and why we’re piloting it in our own East Somerville Community School.

– Photo by Wiliam Tauro

By William Tauro

Newly elected South Middlesex County Register of Deeds Maria Curtatone was officially sworn into office early Wednesday morning by former Registrar Gene Brune.