The Massachusetts Boys and Girls State Coaches Meet was held on Saturday, May 12, at Dilboy Stadium. The Meet, which was sponsored by Somerville High School, featured 188 teams and over 1700 of the best track and field athletes from all over Massachusetts.

The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization is helping to push through plans to include the proposed GLX stop for Route 16.

By Jeremy F. van der Heiden

For years now, the City of Somerville, along with representatives of several other areas in the eastern region of Massachusetts, have fought to expand the Green Line further to reach more residents. Mayor Joseph Curtatone recently announced a victory for this battle, applauding the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) decision to approve a substantial piece of funding for this transportation project.

Don’t forget the Somerville High Scholarship Foundation’s annual fundraiser this Friday evening at the Somerville High School Café over by the gym. There are lots of prizes along with the big prize of $10K on $100 tickets. You can show up Friday, May 18, at 7 p.m. and buy your ticket, especially if you feel lucky. We will be there since the roots of the foundation go way back to the beginning with The News founder Bob Publicover and present Publisher Donald Norton on the original committees.

Josh Zisson (the cyclist), Laurie Deitemeyer (the T-rider) and Ken Carlson (the motorist) get set to race from Davis Square to Kendall Square on different modes of transportation during Monday morning rush hour. – Photo by Elizabeth Sheeran

Rush Hour Race from Davis to Kendall Square

By Elizabeth Sheeran

A motorist, a cyclist and a T-rider meet up at Redbones in Davis Square.

No, that’s not the set-up for a local-flavor joke. Rather, it was the scene at the starting line of Somerville’s first-ever Rush Hour Race.

The Somerville News Person of the Week, Frank Senesi.

Meet Frank Senesi, lifelong resident of Somerville, who lives, works, and raised his family here. Frank is married to Cathy, who is also from Somerville. Both are from East Somerville on the Charlestown line. Frank recently retired as Director of Veterans Services. When he took over the job he took it to the next level.

A typical three-decker off Highland Ave.

By Amanda Rhodes

Around 25 people gathered on a beautiful Mother’s Day to find out more about an icon of New England architecture and to celebrate National Preservation Month. The Somerville Museum hosted the lecture, entitled The Menace of the Three-Decker: The History and Architecture of a New England Icon by Dr. Stuart Brorson, an electronics and systems engineer with an avid interest in architecture. He and his wife are heavily involved with the Arlington Historical Society, where they are members.

– Photos by William Tauro

“The iBall: Keeping it Surreal” fundraiser for the Center for Arts at the Armory was a huge success. The event took place at the Armory, located at 191 Highland Avenue in Somerville, on Thursday evening.

New ideas are sometimes difficult to embrace with an attitude of acceptance and an expectation of successful results. We are most comfortable with the familiar. Most at ease with the routine. Breaking old habits can sometimes be a hard thing to deal with. Such is human nature.

By Jim Clark 

Police were called to the parking lot at 111 South St. last week on reports of fighting in progress at that location.

Upon arrival, officers were informed by the reporting party that he was chasing a man who had just physically assaulted him and vandalized his car. The man reportedly said that he and a friend had chased an individual to the nearby La Hacienda Restaurant.