Jimmy Del Ponte
On The Silly Side

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Did you remember to turn your clocks ahead one hour before you went to bed on Saturday night? I didn't. My son had the guitar player from their band stay over (they were jamming until midnight), so I got up to make a Dunkie's run for doughnuts in the driving rain. The clock in the truck said 8:15am – as I pulled out of the driveway and headed onto College Ave. Soon, I saw all the wooden saw-horse roadblocks situated at the end of every street on my route. They were not in place yet, so I was okay, or so I thought – because the constituent service e-mail and phone call said that road race detours would start at 9am. I started rushing, but I was still in good shape – the streets were still open. Anyway, to me it was only 8:17am at this point. I made it to Dunkin Donuts in Magoun Square and glanced up at the clock…9:20am??? WHAT???

Michael P. Coneeny

Michael
P. Coneeny, age 28, of Cambridge was arrested today in Central Square
by Agents from the FBI Violent Crimes Task force, Somerville Police
Detectives and Cambridge Police Detectives.

He will be arraigned in Somerville District Court tomorrow.

At 10:24 pm, George Flint, 49, of 10 Morton St., was arrested and charged with having an outstanding warrant relative to a charge of larceny over $250.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the City of Somerville will launch a citywide "Mayor's Fitness Challenge" and invites all interested community members to participate in the two-month program, which will kick off with a health and wellness fair at the Somerville High School gymnasium on Saturday, March 20th from noon – 5pm.

By Doug Holder
Off The Shelf

microchondria: forty-two short stories collected by the Harvard Book Store. (Harvard Book Store http://www.harvard.com) $10.

Marc Goldfinger,( the poetry editor of Spare Change News), at a recent meeting of Somerville's Bagel Bards handed me a small anthology of short stories he was included in titled: "microchondria…" This is a collection of forty-two short stories collected by the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass. According to the introduction to the book, on Feb. 1, 2010 a call was sent out by the book store that stated they would publish a book of original short stories. There was a deadline of Feb. 17, 2010.They got a slew of submissions from around the world. They edited the book and had it printed on March 1, 2010 from their newfangled in store, print-on-demand book machine " Paige M. Gutenborg."

By Joseph A. Curtatone

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In the last year, Somerville has hosted a number of Gubernatorial and Senatorial events, celebrating some of the City's important projects ranging from the redevelopment of Assembly Square, to the Green Line Extension Project, to a Community Meeting on Healthcare Reform, among others.

Street Closures on Sunday, March 14th

On Sunday, March 14th beginning at 9:00 A.M., Police and Traffic and Parking personnel will be detouring vehicles in and around the Davis and Teele Square areas to accommodate the running of the annual Race of Ireland road race. Secondary roads in the Davis Square area may also be closed to through traffic at that time. Major roadways including Holland Street to Alewife Brook Parkway, Powerhouse Boulevard, Broadway (in the Ball Square corridor) and Cedar Street and the Community Path will be closed from 11:00 A.M. to approximately 1:00 P.M. The Davis Square area will be closed to all traffic until approximately 1:00 P.M.

~Photo by William Tauro

By William Tauro

A
man was found unconscious, stretched out on the sidewalk in front of
the Somerville Boy's and Girl's Club located at 181 Washington St. at
12:55pm this afternoon. The man was treated at the scene by Somerville
Fire Dept. EMTs and then transported to an area hospital.