By Mike Rubin

Accomplishing one of their finest seasons in the program’s history, the Somerville High School boys soccer team is looking to duplicate last year’s success.

Following a 10-4-4 campaign along with a Greater Boston League title, the Highlanders advanced to the Eastern Mass Division 1 North semifinals before losing to Lincoln-Sudbury.

Win would make 11 titles

By Mike Rubin

With three consecutive wins, the Somerville Alibrandis are on the verge of clinching their  eleventh Yawkey League title in the franchises’ 21 year history.

Alibrandis goes for the title Tuesday in Malden, after The Somerville News goes to print.

After suffering a 4-1 defeat to the West Roxbury Bluefish in the opening games of the Yawkey League Championships, the Alibrandis stormed back with a vengeance, recording three one run victories (3-2) (2-1) and 3-2 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead.

Somerville poet Ben Berman writes The Somerville News:

“I thought, in honor of your Bagel Bards, I’d send along this poem.  I’d been reading some ghazals and was interested in how unity and disunity can be in conversation with one another in a poem. I thought it might be interesting to try to a write poem where the form and theme were connected throughout, but the subject matter and attitude varied.  The poem started with the “rhyme” of comedy and committee and developed forward and backward from there.”

By George P. Hassett

A Revere man running from an unpaid cab fare entered a stranger’s home on Michigan Avenue Sunday and hid inside a closet, police said.

Richard Doucette, 23, told a cab driver who had driven him from Quincy, he was going to get money but never returned, police said.

By Mike Rubin

After qualifying for the tournament for the past two seasons, the Somerville High School girls soccer team is aiming for another successful campaign.

Following a 10-7-1 regular season mark, the Highlanders faced a tough match-up in Westford Academy, suffering a tough 9-0 defeat in the tournament’s first round.

Leading the way for the Highlanders will be senior captain Cassie Marsden, a central defender.

Other key returning players for the Highlanders include the senior core of midfielders Tayla Plett, Marrara Goncalves along with Fatima Flores and Jessica Lopes. Another key defender for the Highlanders will be Eimy Bonilla.

By George P. Hassett

A 60-year-old homeless man was arrested Friday in Somerville after he allegedly masturbated in a clothing aisle at A.J. Wright.

Jorge Fuentes was allegedly staring at a young black female and masturbating when store security called police. Police said Fuentes was recorded committing lewd acts on store surveillance video cameras.

A Somerville father was knocked out by a water hose at the scene of a Fisk Avenue fire last night. ~Photo by Bobbie Toner

By George P. Hassett

A 49-year-old Somerville father was knocked unconscious by a street cleaning sign at the scene of a two alarm fire last night.

Baljit Singh, of 38 Fisk Ave., was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital after a water hose split in half and broke a street sign, a chain link fence and a street cleaning sign at the scene of the fire at 12 Fisk Ave at 11:29 p.m.

City Hall spokesman Michael Meehan said the head of the fire hose snapped off. Sing, a father of two, suffered head trauma. “Our hope is that it turns out to be nothing more than a concussion,” Meehan said.

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Arrests
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Leah Fulton, 19, of 176 Handcock St., Everett, Aug. 31, 9:49 p.m., arrested and charged with shoplifting.

Stephen Picard, 41, of 2B Oakland Ave., Lynn, Aug. 31, 10:56 p.m., arrested on warrant charges.

Darci Tauro, 33, of 1139 Broadway, Sept. 1, 7:28 p.m., arrested and charged with witness intimidation and trespass.

Travis Perkins, 31, of 95 Walmit Hill Rd., Shapleigh, Maine, Sept. 1, 10:03 p.m., arrested on warrant charges.

By George P. Hassett

Police broke up an afternoon gang fight on Broadway Sept. 2 that involved a belt buckle, a knife and a metal table leg.

Yonny Posada, 30, of Everett, allegedly ran across the street at Oscar Ramirez, 18, of 50 Marshall St., throwing gang signs and calling him names. Posada had his belt wrapped around his hand and tried to hit Ramirez who moved out of the way, police said.