Gene Brune steps into a new leadership role as President of the Somerville Lions.

By William Tauro

Former Somerville Mayor and current Middlesex Registrar of Deeds Gene Brune was installed this past Friday night as the next President of the Somerville Lions Club. The installation took place at the Somerville Lions Club House located in Somerville on Washington Street above the Ralph and Jenny Senior Center. With a large crowd of family, friends, Lions Club members and co-workers in attendance, Gene vowed to do his very best as president for the Lions charities and for a successful term.

The Somerville Rotary Club recently had the pleasure of hearing about the work Rotary is doing in Pakistan to both combat literacy and polio.  Rachel William is the local Rotary district literacy coordinator and goes to Pakistan twice a year. She brought with her two Pakistanis who she works with on these projects.  Rotary has been the leader in eradicating polio in the world with just three countries – Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria – still having cases of polio.

Joe Torra

Time Being: An Improvisation by Joe Torra (Quale Press, 2012.  http://www.quale.com/  $16)

The banal lives astride the profound. Life lives astride death. The comic dwells amidst the tragic. Joe Torra in his long poem/journal/improvisation titled Time Being takes it all in, in this stream of consciousness work that takes place in Somerville and the surrounding environs between Dec 2006 to Dec. 2007.

Have you ever had a landlord from hell? Well poet B.Z. Niditch sure has…B.Z. NIDITCH is a poet, playwright, fiction writer and teacher. His work is widely published in journals and magazines throughout the world, including: Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry and Art; The Literary Review;  Denver Quarterly;  Hawaii Review,; Le Guepard (France);  Kadmos (France);  Prism International;  Jejune (Czech Republic); Leopold Bloom (Budapest);  Antioch Review; and Prairie Schooner, among others.

The Somerville Police Department is seeking to identify the suspect depicted in this photo. The suspect robbed the Quick Stop at 219 Highland Ave on June 18 at 10:00 p.m. The same subject is a suspect in a similar convenience store robbery at Stop and Save Gas station on June 23. If you have any helpful information to offer please contact Somerville Police at 617 625-1212.

New Blog and Facebook Page Help City Growers Share Ideas About The Urban Agriculture

Demonstration Garden at City Hall’s Front Door Shows Off Potential for Urban Food Production; Online, a “Somerville Urban Ag” Blog Keeps Readers Tuned in to the Latest in Grow-it-Yourself Efforts at City Hall and Beyond; SLUG (Somerville Loves Urban Gardening) Debuts on Facebook

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the new container garden installed on the steps of Somerville City Hall has been yielding a steady – and tasty – harvest of fresh produce.  The project was created this past spring to promote the city’s urban agriculture initiative and to serve as visible reminder to city hall visitors and workers alike of the ways that urban gardening can improve the diet and the overall health of Somerville residents. All of the demonstration garden’s plants – which include cabbage, lettuce, beans, swiss chard, tomatoes, eggplants, peas, herbs and edible flowers – were donated by McCue’s Garden Center of Woburn, MA, and have been tended by volunteers from various City departments.  Harvesting began in late May as the first cold weather crops were ready for picking.  The garden is sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) with assistance from the City’s Department of Public Works.

Arrests:
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Isaih Moore, 24, of 100 Jackson Pl., Cambridge, June 18, 11:26 a.m., arrested at Prospect St. on a charge of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended license.

Kenneth Molloy, 30, of 46 Beal Ct., Rockland, June 18, 3:27 p.m., arrested at Morrison Ave. on warrant charges of drug possession to distribute, possession of a class B drug, felony daytime breaking & entering, receiving stolen property, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, destruction of property over $250, larceny over $250, conspiracy, no inspection sticker, use of a motor vehicle without authority, and conspiracy to violate drug law.

Weekly movie viewings (weather permitting) in parks throughout the city – lineup Includes ‘Twilight’ – ‘Arthur’ – ‘The Muppets‘ and more!
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Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 7 Alderman Robert Trane invite all interested residents and stakeholders to a community meeting on Wednesday, June 27, to discuss final design plans for the North Street Playground.

‘Threshold’ is a unique performance art experience, exploring themes of life and love. – Photo by Scott Chasteen, Photographer of The Boston Circus Guild

By Cathleen Twardzik

The Boston Circus Guild (BCG), a Somerville-based organization, will hold its most ambitious production yet on June 28 and 29 from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Arts At The Armory performance hall. Threshold will combine dance, music and circus arts.

“This show isn’t your traditional cavalcade of circus talents,” said Chuck Lechien, Jr., Creative Director of The Boston Circus Guild.  He is known as The Rev. Handsome Chuck. “It will employ these kind of expressions in order to look at how we connect and explore our lives and loves with other people.”