By George P.  Hassett

A Malden man was arrested Aug. 11 after he allegedly stole $590 worth of electric wire from Home Depot and tried to fight responding security officers.

Paul Murray, 34, of 55 Hunting St., Malden, was arrested and charged with possession of a class E drug, larceny over $250 and a warrant charge.

Arrests

Keith LaPorta, 23, of 199 Pearl St., Aug. 10, 12:34 p.m., arrested on Prospect Street on warrant charges.

Emanuel Lausana, 27, of 5 River Rd., Aug. 10, 2:23 p.m., arrested on Ash Avenue and charged with resisting arrest and possession of a dangerous weapon.

Passing the casino’s buck, sinking the bottle bill, and throwaway living: The high cost of not redeeming more bottles

By Kathleen Willis Morton

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At the end of the last senatorial session the Bottle Bill wiped-out in the Ways and Means Committee sunk under the weight of a controversial Casino Bill, which was a recycled issue from a year ago, where they both crashed and got rag-dolled in the whitewash.

Now we’re all taking a greater gamble that the world’s oceans will stay safe, fishable, and recreational against increasing research that has many thinking the odds are they won’t.

By Mike Rubin

After a strong push to end the regular season, the Somerville Alibrandi’s continued to place their run for another Yawkey League Championship into high gear.

Following a strong 7-0 win over the Revere Rockies in the opener of the best of three series last Thursday, the Alibrandis rolled to a strong 6-0 shutout win on Friday. With a commanding 2-0 series lead as of press time the Alibrandis are leaving no stone unturned.

By George P. Hassett

A Cambridge man was arrested Aug. 11 after he allegedly stole cash and credit cards from a patron at Diesel Cafe in Davis Square.

John McLean, 50, allegedly stole a woman’s hand bag and staggered out of the cafe, police said.

By Ashley Troutman

Photo taken at the Race Track in Death Valley

Catch a glimpse of Israel, Austria, California, and more at the SCAT gallery in Union Square. Somerville photographer, Scott Dicks’ exhibit of large-scale photos Expanse, will be on display for the rest of the month.

Dicks is a street photographer, and uses a digital dark room and wide-angle lenses. “I’ve always been a fan of using the physical zoom, your legs,” Dicks said.

By Mike Rubin

With the official Rugby World Cup commencing this week, the USA squad is certainly thriving in the experiences of preparation.

Over a week into the residency in England, Somerville native Jamie Burke is using this time, not only to bond with her teammates, but also to spend some quality time in the weight room, while fine tuning her conditioning.

By Mike Rubin

For the Somerville Alibrandis Yawkey League squad, the regular season couldn’t have ended on a higher note. Finishing the regular season with an impressive five game winning streak, the Alibrandis compiled an impressive 25-7-1 mark, while recording 51 points en route to a second place in the Bill Stewart Division. The Alibrandis couldn’t overtake the Malden Bulldogs, who earned the regular season title, with 52 points (26-7).

By George P.  Hassett

Somerville police found 16 grams of cocaine hidden in the hair spray canister of a 63-year-old Somerville man they say was selling cocaine from his apartment on lower Broadway.

Drug unit cops developed information that Samuel Bernard, 63, of 188 Broadway, was selling cocaine in East Somerville, police said.

By George P. Hassett

A Somerville real estate broker was arrested at her Peabody home Monday and charged with embezzling $7,200 from a client trying to buy an Everett home.

Kandy Farkhanda Shah, of 13 Abby Ellen Lane, Peabody, was arrested on a Somerville warrant Monday and charged with broker embezzlement, larceny over $250 by false pretense and larceny over $250.