All-Stars named in the Catholic Central league
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Athletes in St. Clement winter sports earned all star and MVP honors in the Catholic Central league.

Senior hockey goalie Sean Simas won the league MVP award despite losing his starting defenseman along with five other seniors from last season. “I knew we were going to be young so I would have to face a ton of shots, but I was up for challenge,” said Simas. The team finished tied for last in the league posting a 1-6-1 record, but despite that, he earned MVP getting three of five votes from other coach’s in the league. Simas is the first player in the school’s history to receive a hockey league MVP award.

Join Ward 5 Alderman, Sean O’Donovan in a celebration of St. Patrick’s Day tonight at the Arts At The Armory!

Featuring the Old Brigade Irish Band and light refreshments.

7 p.m. to 11 p.m.  at Arts At The Armory, 191 Highland Ave

By Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone

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Much as I hate to sound like an infomercial, you have only three weekends left to take part in the social event of the season. I’m talking about the Winter Farmer’s Market that’s been running at the Center for the Arts at the Armory on Highland Avenue every Saturday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

When we first planned the market, we figured local interest would be high, but it’s exceeded our wildest expectations. We have had lines of people trying to get into the Armory and vendors selling out of product on a consistent basis. The Facebook page for the Winter Farmer’s Market has 1,894 followers. Another 255 follow its Twitter feed.

The authors of Citizen Somerville: Growing up with the Winter Hill Gang will be at the Somerville Public Library Saturday at 2 p.m. to sign books and speak with the public about the hot-selling crime saga.

Can’t get enough true crime stories? The authors of Citizen Somerville: Growing up with the Winter Hill Gang will be at the Somerville Public Library Saturday at 2 p.m. to sign books and speak with the public about the hot-selling saga.

Bobby Martini and Elayne Keratsis wrote the best selling book that everyone is talking about. In the early 1960’s a bloody war broke out between two powerful Irish Mob families in Winter Hill.  Over 60 men were murdered, including the leader of the Winter Hill Gang, James “Buddy” McLean.  Leadership of one of the most influential non-Italian crime organizations in the United States was inherited by his childhood friend, Howard T. “Howie” Winter.

By George P. Hassett

The owner of a Somerville auto body shop enhanced the damage to as many as 80 vehicles to collect inflated insurance claims, according to a State Police auto theft task force.

By George P. Hassett

A Somerville man was busted for buying a $70 bag of cocaine from a drug dealer on Summer Street March 3, police said.

Police said Raymond Noiles, 29, of Boston, delivered cocaine to Kaveney’s Summer Street home, police said.

By Andrew Firestone

A union contractor hired by KSS Realty to work on the MaxPak site changed her story when interviewed by Somerville Police March 9.

Jill Miller of Lowell Demolition Firm RSG claimed that Tom McIntyre, of the Bricklayers Union, had spit on her as she tried to enter the MaxPak site. She told the Somerville News that she had personally seen McIntyre spit on her.

Jonathan Richman

By Charlie Lynch

Jonathan Richman played Thursday night to a crowd of all ages at the Somerville Theater.

Richman has been a prolific cult figure since he first began recording music in the mid-1970s with the Boston punk outfit, The Modern Lovers. In his long and ever-evolving career he has been dubbed “The Godfather of Punk,” has frequented “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” and played the Greek chorus in the Farrelly Brothers’ “There’s Something About Mary.”
The seated venue proved to be a fitting setting for his intimate performance style.  There was no opening act. The stage was empty, but for Jonathan, his guitar, and percussionist Tommy Larkins, playing a sparse drum set. The focus was on the music and Richman’s powerful charisma, which held the audience through the performance.

By Ashley Troutman

Everyone has a story, and several Somerville residents are going to share theirs on stage, in front of a live audience on Thursday night. Long-time Somerville residents and newcomers to the city will participate in Tales from Somerville: A Community Storytelling Slam March 10 at PA’s Lounge, and attendants will vote for best story.