By George P. Hassett

A Cambridge man was charged with selling cocaine and heroin in East Somerville April 13 after he parked his Cadillac in a handicapped spot, police said.

Drug unit detectives allegedly watched as Tawan Dottin, 28, pulled into a handicap parking space at 167 Broadway outside Kentucky Fried Chicken and met Francis Palazzi, 47, and Tracy Dattilio, 32, of 103 Lowell Rd., North Reading.

Come May 13th and 14th, 2011 the Mass. Poetry Festival will arrive at its new home in Salem, Mass. This should be of great interest to Somerville poets, and all others, as there will be a plethora of readings, workshops, musical events, book fairs, etc… to satiate the hungriest Somerville Bard. I talked with the founder of the festival Mike Ansara, and his right hand woman, the accomplished poet and organizer January O’Neil on my Somerville Community Access TV show “Poet to Poet Writer to Writer.”

A fellow poet and faculty member at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston sent me a poem, and I decided to share it with you.  It is a cautionary tale for all you TYPE A types. Cynthia Duda, a native Tennessean, has lived and worked in the Boston area since 1976.  Her work has appeared in The Atlanta Review, Poetpourri, and The Comstock Review among others.

By William Tauro

The Elderfair Health and Wellness fair was back in full swing this year. The event took place on Tuesday at the Healey Elementary School in Somerville.  Hundreds of Somerville and Cambridge elders arrived and enjoyed a fun filled day of medical and elder service exhibits, health information gathering, entertainment and a hardy lunch.

Arrests:
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Stephen Remick, 51, of 410 Highland Ave., April 11, 12:55 a.m., arrested at 0 Davis Square on a warrant charge.

Carolina Ortega-Vijil, 35, of 86 Wheatland St., April 11, 2:03 p.m., arrested on Broadway and charged with assault and battery.

Larry Mynatt, 54, of 922 Broadway, April 12, 4:30 p.m., arrested at 85 Washington St. on a warrant charge.

Nathan Moore, 27, of 70 Adamson St., Allston, April 13, 6:41 a.m., arrested at 48 Fellsway West and charged with failure to file a state parole or pardon.

– Photos by Donald Norton and Max W Lauf

Somerville residents in grades 7 – 12 sought for summer performance group; auditions to be held Monday, May 16th
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On The Silly Side by Jimmy Del Ponte

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Long before there were lines to get into those restaurants in Ball Square, they were lining up to get into a Davis Square eatery called Kay and Chips. Anyone who is over the age of 40 probably has a memory of this historical restaurant. It was opened every day of the year except Christmas and Thanksgiving but the weekends was when things really started moving and shaking.

By William C. Shelton

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Any investment involves some level of risk. Aldermen should carefully consider whether the Assembly Square District Improvement Financing proposal before them this evening is a gamble.

Before Adolf Hitler ordered Erwin Rommel’s assassination, the great general had made a distinction between a risk and a gamble. With a risk, if you lose you can still recover, and return to your original position with acceptable losses.