The convoy of over two hundred police cruisers met at the Burlington Mall and throughout the route from Massachusetts to Virginia.Left to right: Jason Costa, Lt. Dan Cotter, Randy Isaacs, Alan Monaco, Sgt.,Scott Whalen, Deputy Chief Mike Cabral, Robert Pasqualino, Captain Paul Trant,and Eric Ubeda.

Several weeks ago the Somerville Police Department learned about the dying wish being made from six-year-old Nathan Norman, who is fighting brain cancer, and is from Rustburg, Virginia.

Eagle Feathers #16 –New Year – New Beginnings

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Next week, New Year’s Day, 2013 arrives. As we complete the 13th year of the new millennium and begin the next, a flag with 13 stripes representing the 13 original colonies will be raised in Somerville. The annual re-enactment commemorates January 1, 1776, where the first American flag was raised on Prospect Hill.

A new year brings us thoughts of recommencement, fresh starts, and evaluating what we have experienced and accomplished in the recent past.

It is a time for both reflection and consideration of what must be done in the year ahead of us. It’s a great opportunity for advancing our general well being, should we choose to embrace the spirit it embodies.

Arrests:
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Robert Kneeland, 61, of 78 Boston Ave., December 17, 4:51 p.m., arrested at 80 Boston Ave. on charges of assault and battery and witness intimidation.

A juvenile, December 18, 10:00 a.m., arrested at 91 Highland Ave. on a charge of witness intimidation.

I was a founding member of the Wilderness House Literary Retreat started by Steve Glines in Littleton, Mass. Although the retreat lasted only a few years I got to interview and write about a lot of interesting folks. Here is one of them.

Will Sayre aka Billy Carlos.

Our poet this week is Will Sayre aka Billy Carlos. He writes The News:

“I am a New England artist, born in Cambridge, MA. I spend my time writing, drawing, cooking, thinking, and playing music. Through my art I attempt to illuminate the limitations of boundaries imposed by upbringing and each person’s interpretation of their ultimately subjective life, as well as to demonstrate the connections we all share through similarly perceived experiences.”

A Christmas Poem

Author unknown

I have a list of folks I know, all written in a book

And every year when Christmas comes, I go and take a look,

And that is when I realize that these names are a part

Not of the book they are written in, but really of my heart.

On The Silly Side
By Jimmy Del Ponte

My sister and brother and me and my dad

Found the very best Christmas tree we ever had

It was so full and thick, and it was very heavy

It came home on the roof of Dad’s ’53 Chevy

I was worried that the tree may come loose tied up there

So I checked it, when we stopped for the train in the square

By Russell Allison

There isn’t greater fun in the cycle of life than reaping the benefits of handing down the mythology of Santa Claus to your kids and living vicariously through their excitement and joy and remembering your own when you were their age. There is no generation gap at this time of year, only a different perspective depending on whether you are young or old.