The Somerville District Court Probation Department and the Massachusetts Probation Service will join Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision agencies from across the nation and Canada in observing Probation, Parole, and Community Supervision Week from July 17 to 23. The agency celebrates its 170th anniversary, along with its unique status as the first Probation agency in the nation, with the theme “Building New Pathways to Enhance Public Safety.”

Somerville poet Kirk Etherton writes the LYRICAL: “I witnessed this little “scene” one morning last year in Union Square. (I had just parked my car, but waited to get out because there was some interesting jazz piece playing on Harvard’s radio station.) For some reason  it made a real impression on me, and I wrote this poem later that day.”

Co-sponsored by the City of Somerville’s Recreation Department, the Gosder Cherilus Foundation announced that former Somerville High School football star and NFL Offensive Tackle Gosder Cherilus of the Detroit Lions will host his annual NFL Football Camp at Dilboy Stadium on Wednesday, July 13^th from 9 a.m. – noon for all Somerville youth ages 7-14.  While the camp had originally been scheduled for the duration of the week, an NFL agreement earlier this week has led to the final day of camp on Wednesday.  The camp is free of charge, and will include skills demonstrations by Cherilus and SHS-teammate and Harvard University Football alum Wainwright Wint, as well as appearances by NFL players, and current and former Boston College Football players.  An autograph session will be held at the conclusion of camp on Wednesday.

While I was intensely reading a book at the Sherman Café in Union Square, Somerville artist Jodi Colella startled me when she simply stated,(behind my back) “Hello.” She laughed as she brings the same intensity and focus to her own work as I did to my book. And a big part of this work according to the Somerville artist’s mission statement is to transform ordinary material into “unexpected expressions.”

After nine months of testing an extremely popular zero-sort recycling pilot program in Ward 5, the City of Somerville has reached an agreement in principle with Casella Recycling LLC to take the program citywide this fall.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone will submit a 10-year recycling removal contract with Casella to the Board of Aldermen. Pending approval of the contract, Casella will purchase 64-gallon, wheeled recycling bins for all residences by the City recycling program, and distribute them this fall in advance of the official switchover to the zero-sort program.

Arrests:
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Ashley Walsh, 23, July 5, 8:25 a.m., arrested at 199 Pearl St. on a warrant charge of larceny.

Stephen Kindell, 41, of 633 Shamut Ave., Boston, July 7, 7:30 a.m., arrested at 22 Mt. Pleasant St. on charges of abuse prevention order violation and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Police are looking for a man who is suspected of stealing an expensive bike from a Pitman Street residence on July 5. Anyone who knows the identity of this subject (see pictures included here) is urged to contact Somerville Police detectives at 617 625-1600, ext. 7220 or you can text an anonymous tip to Tip411 and include the words 617SPD in the message box.

New page features information about recycling, energy efficiency and City parks
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Continuing its plunge into the social media realm, the City of Somerville has created a Green Somerville page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GreenSomerville. It will provide a forum for community members to stay current on the City’s environmental initiatives and to provide feedback to the City about those programs.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article first ran in the September 10, 2008 edition of The Somerville News.

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I love Somerville…why do I love Somerville? There are tons of reasons. One reason is that I know where most of the streets are – I also know a lot of short cuts, especially during rush hour. Here are a few more reasons – you run into people you know everywhere you go! Up at Old Orchard Beach, I hear: “hey Jimmy, what’s up?”  I actually saw a guy who grew up on my street at Disney World about 15 years ago. If you are from Somerville, I’m sure it happens to you too.

Andre Rolim.

The SHS Outdoor Awards, presented at Dilboy Stadium on  June 27, honored the outstanding acheivements of these boys who were awarded the following:

Medals:

2011 Max Effort Awards/Athlete of the week – Tyler Holmes, Jean Lamisere, Tom Barry, Andryc Evich, Anand Singh, Kevin Wint, Pedro Rolim, Danny Huang, and Ryan Baugh.