The suspect in the Saturday morning robbery of Citizens Bank in Union Square has been arrested in Salem, New Hampshire. Michael Tucker, age 45, was arrested early this morning at a Red Roof Inn in Salem by agents from the FBI, Violent Crimes Task Force, U.S. Marshals Service, Somerville Police and Salem Police.

(L to R) Dr. Jennifer Rhodes-Kropf, Medical Director of HSL Medical Group at the Sloane Center; Lou Woolf; Dorothy Kelly Gay; Kitty Dukakis; Michael Dukakis; Marshall Sloane; Barbara Sloane; Barry Sloane; Linda Sloane Kay; Jonathan Kay; Len Fishman; Jennifer Silver.

By William Tauro

In recognition of a generous gift from the Sloane family and Century Bank, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held last Thursday.

The Somerville Chamber of Commerce announced today that State Treasurer Steven Grossman has been scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Chamber’s 66th Annual Dinner and Awards event Wednesday, November 7 at the Boston-Somerville Holiday Inn, 30 Washington Street, Somerville.

L to R – Adilia Pereira, Rui Domingos and Issac Machado.

The Kiwanis Club of Somerville recently installed its Officers and Directors for 2012-2013.  The new President of Kiwanis is local attorney Isaac Machada who is taking over from Patricia Ng of Century 21 Commonwealth.   The Club’s President Elect is Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union CEO Rui Domingos, and its Vice President is Adilia Pereria President of Anthony’s Function, Inc. of Somerville.

 By Terence Clarey

Steve Detar (left), 12, and Anthony Rego (right), 13, are making the most of the opportunities provided to them by the Somerville Boxing Club. Veteran referee Ed Fitzgerald (center) lends a hand at the club. – Photo by Terence Clarey

Tucked away behind the Edgerly School at 11 Otis Ave. a large banner welcomes visitors to the “Somerville Boxing Club” an organization that celebrates its one year anniversary at this location later this month. The club teaches kids to box but has a more important mission.

Somerville Police and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force are seeking to identify and locate the suspect depicted above. At about 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, October 13, the suspect shown above robbed the Union Square branch of Citizens Bank.  The suspected passed a note to the teller, demanding cash and stating that he had a gun.  The suspect fled through the rear exit of the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash.

100 year old Somerville Resident Wilbur Smith with Mayor Joseph Curtatone.

By William Tauro
Longtime Somerville resident Wilbur Smith was the recipient of a citation of congratulations by President of the Board of Aldermen Tom Taylor, the full board of aldermen and the Mayor during Thursday evening’s weekly Somerville Board of Aldermen meeting.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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It used to be known as The Florentine Garden before it became Lucy’s. It was on that stretch of Medford Street that eventually leads you to John’s Auto Sales. Lucy’s joins the ranks of places in that area that are now gone like Bradlees and Roma Bakery. Remember when the hot bread sign was flashing on the bakery? Many times we would buy a few loaves of Scali and eat a whole loaf on the way home. I digress.

Stylish design and talented voice-over artists can’t quite save ‘Frankenweenie,’ now playing at the Somerville Theatre. – Photo courtesy of Disney Enterprises

Review by Maria A. Cortes

What comes to mind when you hear about a new movie by Tim Burton? It must be something dark, and twisted, and with Johnny Depp in it. Without the latter, but – undoubtedly dark and twisted – again, as many other Burton’s movies, Frankenweenie was released to the judgment of the youngest Somerville residents last Friday at the Somerville Theatre.