On April 2, the Elizabeth Peabody House was transformed into a pizza party.

Peabody house organized pizza contest, fundraiser

By Carrie Stanziola

Normally, the Elizabeth Peabody House serves as a daycare and emergency food service pantry to Somerville’s neediest families. On April 2, it was transformed into a pizza party, where, for $10 at the door, citizens of Somerville could sample the wares of local pizza parlors, all for a good cause.

By George P. Hassett

A North Street man who tried to shoplift a bottle of rum punched a liquor store owner in the face when  the store owner tried to stop him from leaving, police said.

Steeve Milice, 19, was arrested at 115 Alewife Brook Parkway Saturday and charged with assault and battery, possession of a dangerous weapon and shoplifting.

Whenever I teach poetry workshops I tell poets to walk and keep a little memo book in their back pocket because you never know what you may see or hear. Poet Lawrence Kessenich takes a walk and comes up with a nifty little piece.

Harris Gardner, founder of the Festival and Boston Poet Laureate Sam Cornish.

For the past 10 years I have read and hosted for the Boston National Poetry Month Festival founded by Harris Gardner. And like every year there will be a number of Somerville-based poets included.  Union Square denizen and yours truly Doug Holder, Harris Gardner (a new resident of our burg), Ifeanyi Menkiti (owner of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop), Timothy Gager ( Co-founder of The Somerville News Writers Festival), and Gloria Mindock (founder of the Cervena Barva Press) will all be reading from their work.

Arrests:
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Katrina Brown, 41, of 111 Babson St., March 28, 2:29 a.m., arrested at 567 McGrath Highwayand charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Jamie Nucci, 38, of 170 Newbury St., Peabody, March 28, 10:12 a.m., arrested at 220 Washington St. and charged with failure to register as a sex offender.

Keisha Lubin, 25, of 1366 Broadway, March 28, 12:06 p.m., arrested at home on a warrant charge.

Saint Clement School announced today that Head Coach and Athletic Director Shawn Thornton and senior forward Christy Novembre from Cambridge, MA earn honors at this years HOT SHOTS dinner celebration on Wednesday, March 30 at the New Balance Outlet in Brighton, MA.  The ceremony sponsored by New Balance Outlet, Sal’s Pizza and The Boston Herald began with honoring each athlete and coach who was selected by Danny Ventura, Boston Herald High School Sports Writer and his staff.

The Shape Up Somerville road race, initially scheduled for Sunday, April 10^th, has been postponed. The race will be rescheduled for Sunday, June 5^th, when the City anticipates hosting its first SomerStreets event of the season on East Broadway. Additional information will be available in coming weeks, however the race will still offer a children’s “Fun Run,” as well as adult walking and running courses. For more information on upcoming events, including the 2^nd annual Mayor’s Fitness Challenge, please visit the City’s website, www.somervillema.gov.

Board of Aldermen declares week of April 4-11 “National Public Health Week in Somerville”; Somerville Health Department to celebrate with events, seminars

Signing on to celebrate National Public Health Week (NPHW), Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Board of Aldermen declared the week of April 4 – 11, 2011 as “National Public Health Week in Somerville” during the regular meeting of the BOA on Thursday evening. The City of Somerville and Somerville Health Department will celebrate the week’s theme, “Safety is No Accident: Live Injury Free,” with a series of events, discussions and seminars throughout the week. Since 1995, NPHW has been sponsored by the American Public Health Association, and is designed to highlight issues that are important to improving the public’s health.

On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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A friend of mine came up with the idea of doing a spoof on the many “Real Housewives” shows on TV. I am working on that idea for my cable show, “Seriously Somerville.”  In the meantime I asked my friends to give me some good examples of typical Somerville housewives, old school version, of course.
Here are a few good ones.