The Alibrandis’ momentum momentarily stalled in games against the South Boston Saints and the East Boston Nights last week. The team looks to improve their record at home before taking on the Stoneham Sabers this coming weekend. – Photo by Benjamin Klein

By Benjamin Klein

After starting the season 3-1, the Somerville Alibrandis have recently dropped two of their last three games but still remain in second place in the Ted Williams division.

The Alibrandis started the second week of the season in impressive fashion, crushing the first-place Malden Bulldogs, 8-0. Somerville would waste no time in getting the scoring going as they plated four runs in the first inning. They would add two more runs in the second inning off of solo home runs by Mike Maguire and Ted Dziuba. The Alibrandis would add insurance runs in the fifth and sixth innings, which was more than enough for starting pitcher Bryant Guilmette.

Many residents would rather see the McGrath Highway overpass demolished than repaired. – Photo by Elizabeth Sheeran

Residents question state’s plans for McGrath

By Elizabeth Sheeran

It’s an unsightly concrete colossus that divides the city between East and West, and is despised by the locals. For Somerville residents, the Route 28 McCarthy Overpass might as well be the Berlin Wall. And it can’t come down soon enough.

By Francisco White

The 3rd Annual Carnaval@SomerStreets and FossFest celebration, held on Sunday, June 3, was the first of five SomerStreets events for this year. SomerStreets takes place one Sunday each month from June through October. Programming is provided by the City of Somerville, FossFest, East Somerville Main Streets, The Somerville Arts Council, and other collaborators in the community.

This Thursday evening, June 7, between 5-7p.m., the Somerville Chamber of Commerce monthly “Business After Hours” will be held at Orleans Restaurant, 65 Holland Street, Davis Square. Bring your business cards. It’s a great way to network and meet fellow business leaders here in Somerville. The event this month is sponsored by East Cambridge Savings Bank.

Eagle Feathers #2 -Eyes on Bette Davis

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Over the years, the Somerville Theatre has showcased the likes of Bruce Springsteen, U2, Frankie Fontaine, Kate Smith and Leonard Nimoy. While you may be aware that these various icons of the entertainment industry performed at the theatre (some of them more than once), you may not know that one of the biggest Hollywood legends ever to grace the silver screen actually lived just a few blocks away on College Avenue. During World War II, the great Bette Davis was the single highest-paid working female in America. She was voted the second-greatest actress of all time according to the American Film Institute. Her rank was trumped by Katherine Hepburn, whose grandfather, incidentally, started the Union Glass Company on Webster Avenue (Somerville’s largest employer during the 1850’s). While you probably won’t find Davis’ movies in your local Redbox, since they hardly qualify as “new releases,” you can buy or rent many of her 100+ motion pictures online. Many of them, such as All About Eve and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, are considered by critics and audiences alike to be the greatest films ever made. She also gave the name “Oscar” to the statuette awarded at the Academy Awards.

Another year passes and we pause at this time to congratulate and honor the hard working students who achieved their goal of successfully completing their courses of studies at their respective high schools and colleges.

Class Day 2012 brought generations of SHS students past and present together in celebration of Senior class achievements.

By Emmanuel Vincent

It was a memorable day for the Senior Class of 2012 this past Friday as they took part in the annual Class Day. The event is a long-standing tradition at the school. The graduating class of 1962 was in attendance as each year the 50th anniversary class is invited. Parents, friends, and family were in attendance to show their support of their loved ones who have reached a significant milestone in their life.

The Somerville News Person of the Week - June 6

Meet Peggy Zullo, a lifelong resident and sort of a local celebrity. Peggy is a nice lady, and very active here in Somerville. She was married to her best friend for 36 years, Frank, who passed away several years back. Frank Zullo and her ran a small local real estate office on Highland Avenue.

Book Shop at Ball Square.

Gil Barbosa doesn’t look like a stereotypical bookseller. He is a burly man, with a plethora of tattoos on both of his muscled arms. His hands look like they have clashed with metal rather than a rarefied page in a brittle tome. Yet this former head of a towing business handles his new charges with great delicacy. Since June, 2011 he has been the proprietor of the Book Shop at Ball Square. And although he is not getting rich, he is getting by, not a small accomplishment in the indie book biz.