Interim police chief, Deputy Chief Michael Cabral.

City solicits input for next top cop

Lee Durocher

What do you want in a new Somerville police chief? That's what city officials are asking residents in a new survey after former chief Anthony Holloway left for Florida.

The results of the survey will be included as part of the search agenda.

~Photo by William Tauro

By William Tauro

Last minute campaigning for the upcoming State Senate race. Supporters for Everett City Councilor Sal DiDomenico Michael Albano and Tom Flaherty rallied at the Cambridge-Somerville line hours before tonight's debate

A Medford man who robbed and assaulted as many as seven women on Cambridge and Somerville streets will spend the next two decades behind bars.

Vincent Primo, 41, of Medford, pled guilty on the eve of trial to all charges which include armed robbery, unarmed robbery, armed assault with intent to rob, armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, and credit card fraud over $250. A judge sentenced Primo to 16 to 20 years at MCI Cedar Junction, with 5 years probation.

~Photo by William Tauro

By William Tauro

James Graham of Bryant Manor in Somerville takes time every day to mouth-feed his two friends "Mama and Papa Goose" at the soccer field next to the Amelia Earhart Dam. Graham has been dining with his feathered friends for the past three years and is known at the field by locals as the Gooseman.

Oren Shahar, 33, of 21 Oak Avenue, Newton, was arrested and charged with drunk driving after allegedly crossing a double yellow line and plowing into an oncoming driver. Police said there were no skid marks before the impact.

~Photo by William Tauro

By William Tauro

A
busy section of the McGrath Highway bridge near Medford Street is
filled with three foot holes and missing concrete. Commuter trains pass
below and thousands of cars travel the bridge each day.

By William Tauro

Pedestrians and motorists are complaining of an overpowering natural gas odor coming from two Washington Street parking spots that reportedly fills cars parked there with an overpowering smell forcing motorists to be nauseous and pass out.

The two parking spaces located opposite 231 Washington St, next door to Ricky's flower
market  become so odorous that pedestrians walking by have complained.

Jose Perez, 35, of 65 Pinckney St., allegedly jumped out of a car and ran down Austin Street and began cutting through back yards on Pennsylvania Avenue to elude police. Joseph Galluzzo, 51, of 9 Austin St., allegedly stayed in his car and accelerated through a crowded parking lot and onto Mystic Avenue to get away.