Mayor Curtatone is looking forward to what he believes will be a great boon to Somerville as the Assembly Square development takes shape.

By Andrew Firestone

Mayor Joseph Curtatone has devoted much of his time during his administration to the many tasks of zoning and preparing the urban wasteland Assembly Square for its makeover. Now, he says, the time has come for the vision of the 45-acre plot to become reality.

First, we hear that Alderman Maryann Heuston is running for Registrar of Deeds then we hear she’s not and then we hear that she is definitely in the race for the seat held by Eugene Brune. She will be running along with local attorney and sister to the Mayor, Maria Curtatone. It’s for Southern Middlesex County Registrar of Deeds, which, in case you didn’t know, Middlesex County is the only county in the U.S. that has two Registrar of Deeds. Eugene Brune has served over 20 years as Registrar and leaves big shoes to fill, being such a popular guy. Either of these two women could do it.

Lisa Heysion, the Outreach Director at the Council on Aging, has lofty goals when it comes to senior citizens’ health and mental well-being. – Photo by Harry Kane

By Harry Kane

The Senior Olympics are coming to Somerville.  The Council on Aging is providing some incentive to sign up for the exercise classes and partake in the competition. Senior citizens who participate in eighteen separate exercise classes will win a bronze metal. After thirty classes the center will bestow participants with silver medals. With the successful completion of forty exercise classes members will receive gold medals.

By Jim Clark 

Police responded to a series of calls last Saturday evening from a woman who wanted her son removed from her home, according to reports.

Responding officers first visited the woman’s home around 10 p.m. and were reportedly advised by her that her son was on the lease, and that she wanted them to order him out of the apartment. The officers advised her that it was a civil matter and that, due to him being on the lease, he was a lawful resident of the apartment, according to reports. The son, who at the time was in the shower, reportedly agreed to leave as soon as he finished washing. Police then cleared the scene.

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On December 21, 2011, in response to the Somerville News’ story, “Charter school question rages,” a reader call “Joe” posted this comment on the newspaper’s blog:

 “It’s interesting that our state delegation has finally had their eyes opened and realized that the laws and regulations they saddle us with often have consequences which they failed to foresee. Perhaps this will color some of their decisions going forward…”

Brunelle’s In A Silent Way is one of many paintings currently on exhibition at The Arts at the Armory Gallery.

By Cathleen Twardzik

Ron Brunelle, a long time Somerville resident, will show his recent paintings at the Arts at the Armory Gallery.  The exhibit, which is entitled, Ron Brunelle – Recent Paintings, will run from January 2 to January 29 at the Armory, located at 191 Highland Ave in Somerville.

Although there was no “official” scoring, the girls track team finished first at the GBL Freshman-Sophmore Meet held last Thursday in the field house.

Scoring for the Highlanders were: Taija Clark-1st place High Jump; Delmi Hernandez-1st place -1000; Natisha Lewis-2nd place-shot put; Miranda Desaulniers-3rd place; Bianca Desert-3rd place -shot put; Catherine Nakato-3rd place-300; Laxmi Spearing-3rd place 600; Shianne Harrington-4th-Dash; Emily-Kate Obrien-4th-1000; Nichole Lewis-4th-shot put; Cheyanna Grant-Jackson-5th-dash; Celia Conte-5th- 1000; Emily Mei-6th-600; Jennifer Leone-6th-shot put; and the 2nd place relay yeam of Miranda Desaulniers, Catherine Nakatao, Delmi Hernandez and Shianne Harrington.

Visa, MasterCard, Discover now accepted both online and at Traffic & Parking windows.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Director of Traffic and Parking Matthew Dias announce that major credit cards, Visa, MasterCard and Discover, are now accepted at Traffic and Parking for all transactions in an effort to improve customer service and respond to customer feedback.

James Caroline started out mainly as a Slam poet getting his feet wet at the famed Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Mass. when it was under the reign of Michael Brown. Since then he has become as respected on the stage as the page. And in fact the poetry is much more important to him than the performance.

Ah!  Ain’t love grand? Without the flame of love and its inevitable ash–what would life be like?  Poet Jesse Morgan asks: “What is this thing called loved…?” The answer my friend is in the stars…
Jesse Morgan is a literary enthusiast and amateur poet. He received his undergraduate degree in political science from Brown University in 2010. He currently lives in Stow, Massachusetts.