Ryan Anthony Perez

A Somerville man has been indicted on charges alleging that he took video of women inside a YMCA locker room without their knowledge, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public today.

Collaboration between Cambridge, Everett, and Somerville police departments will use predictive policing to prevent cross-jurisdictional violent crime.

The City of Cambridge was one of sixteen national sites awarded a competitive Smart Policing Initiative grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. This grant will enable the Cambridge, Everett, and Somerville police departments and their research partner, Justice & Security Strategies, Inc. to engage in an innovative approach – using predictive policing analytics – to prevent cross-jurisdictional violent crime.

By Harry Kane

A fire burned through a Jaques Street home Monday evening causing residents and next-door neighbors to flee to the streets.  

Join the Somerville Arts Council, CASPAR Inc. and the Somerville Chamber of Commerce for a special event book signing and Q&A session featuring nationally acclaimed local photographer, Bill Brett, in honor of his latest book, Boston Inspirational Women. Brett’s latest achievement is a father-daughter collaboration with Kerry Brett, who compiled more than 125 black-and-white portraits of women with Boston ties for the book.  With words by Carol Beggy and a foreword by Karen Kaplan, the book documents women who are influential and inspirational in their city and beyond.  The book signing will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 5 p.m. -7 p.m. at Foundry on Elm in Davis Square.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte 

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Back in the late 60’s and through the 70’s and into the early 80’s, there was one favorite spot for Somerville kids to hang out at. It was The Mystic Lakes in Medford. Of course, back then we called it Meffa. Okay, so we still call it Meffa but it’s all in fun. We know what they call us.

In an unlikely and tragic event of a NY Giants Victory, Curtatone agrees to wear a Giants jersey to the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen – If the Patriots triumph, Somerville, NJ, Mayor Brian Gallagher will wear Patriots jersey in locally lelevised public meeting.

Fresh from recent victories in the WFNX FM “My Song is Better than Your Song” Battle of the Mayors, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has accepted a Superbowl challenge from Somerville, NJ Mayor Brian Gallagher.  Gallagher has offered to wear a New England Patriots jersey at one of his city’s official public meetings “if the Patriots could somehow win this game,” said Somerville, NJ Administrator Kevin Sluka.  In return, Mayor Curtatone is expected to wear a New York Giants jersey if New York prevails in Sunday’s NFL championship game.

Enjoy “An Evening of Italian Opera and Song” Friday, February 17, at the Museum of Modern Renaissance, 115 College Ave., Somerville.

Key education stakeholders are pursuing the idea of establishing an innovation school in the City of Somerville.

Representatives from the Somerville School Committee, the administration, and the Somerville Teachers Association met recently to map out a plan for exploring the option, which provides educators with a unique opportunity to create in-district or charter-like schools while keeping school funding within the district. The Achievement Gap law, passed in 2010, provides the framework for establishing an Innovation School within a public school district.

By William C. Shelton

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The Republican primary elections are giving us a preview of the hateful name-calling that will characterize the general election. Name-calling is as old as civilization. But over the last quarter century, political “leaders” have made it the most potent weapon in what has become electoral warfare.