Local band Ring Pop! Will be among the artists performing at Warehouse XI this coming Saturday in support of LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts.

By Iris Martinez

On Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m., Broken String Booking and Get to the Gig Boston will have a lineup of four bands at Warehouse XI in Somerville. The event features punk, pop punk, and emo bands 5Ever, Cinema Stare, Another One Down!, and Ring Pop!.

The 2026 Maple Boil Down takes place this Saturday, March 7, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Weather date: Saturday, March 14), at the Somerville Community Center, 22 Vinal Ave. Each February, a team of volunteers taps a swath of maple trees on the Tufts campus, collecting gallons of sap over a number of weeks. At the Maple Boil Down, they’ll boil it down into real 100% hyper-local maple syrup. Youth and adults alike will have a chance to learn about tree anatomy and physiology and experience the process of making fresh maple syrup first-hand. Read more about the Somerville Maple Syrup Project at www.thegrowingcenter.org/maplesyrupproject.

Hala Jadallah, a long-time Palestinian Somerville resident, shares the increasing support she’s witnessed for Palestine in her city. — Photos by Matt Abban

On Thursday, February 26, at 6 p.m. during the holy month of Ramadan, dozens of Somerville community members launched the People’s Ordinance for Palestine at a rally and letter delivery action at Somerville City Hall. Community members gathered to urge Somerville elected officials to introduce and pass an ordinance that would boycott companies that contract with the state of Israel. Members of the crowd entered singing a Palestinian lullaby and holding signs that read, “We voted. Now you enact,” to remind the councilors that the majority of Somerville voters in the November 2025 election voted to instruct elected city leaders to boycott companies complicit in Israel’s apartheid, genocide, and occupation of Palestine.

U.S. vs. Soviet Union match, Winter Olympics 1980. — Photo courtesy of Henry Zbyszynski

Hughes is a famous name in Hockey. Jack Hughes, a member of the United States team, scored the game-winning goal in overtime against Canada in the 2026 Winter Olympics for the U.S. to win Gold.

Boys Indoor Track & Field (Record 7-0), Girls Indoor Track & Field (Record 7-0)

For the first time since the year 2018, with record team depth and roster numbers, both teams (Girls & Boys) captured the league championship in the same season with undefeated season records and GBL Championships Meet (All-League) victories, marking 50 total league championships combined (Indoor and Spring) since 1987.  Eva Meli/Field Events, Thano Frantzis/Track & Field, Annabelle Schneider/Track, and Marissa Luxama/Track & Field – are nominated for GBL Athlete of the Year (AOY).

Eagle Feathers #349 – Somerville: For Hire

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Not too long ago, many newspapers agreed that Boston’s answer to James Bond was Spenser.  Spenser was a character born out of the brilliant and prolific mind of the late author, Robert B. Parker, who generated dozens of Spenser mystery novels and created the Jesse Stone Series (starring Tom Selleck). The Spenser stories were then developed into the well-known 1980’s television series, Spencer: For Hire.

The Annual Maple Boil Down has become a widely popular tradition here in the city, and the preceding collection of maple sap is currently underway.

As part of this project, a team of volunteers taps a swath of maple trees on the Tufts campus, collecting dozens of gallons of sap over a number of weeks.

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Recently, I caught up with Somerville poet and novelist Ilan Mochari to talk to him about his new book of poetry Playthings.

Poet Richard Hoffman writes of the collection:

“Ilan Mochari’s voice in Playthings is exquisite in its range, its responsiveness, its singing. These are poems to be savored and read many times. Whether he is writing about trees native to Mexico, spiders native to his bathroom, or memories native to boyhood, his engagement with the world delivers poems that praise and lament, remember and contemplate. Several are small masterpieces: Playthings, Fiancé, Fiancée, and Weekday, City are jewels. What a treasure. What a pleasure.”

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Poet Jason Youngclaus writes: “When I returned to the Boston area after living in NYC for 15 years, I moved into the heart of East Somerville. As you do when you move into an area, you look for ‘spots’ that become routine. One morning, I was walking along Washington Street, hungry, and I spied this tiny lunch-car diner. I went in and immediately felt at home.  I ended up frequenting the joint and getting to know the regulars, the people that worked there, and as a result, started learning about the history of the diner as an establishment once named Buddy’s Truck Stop. But then, suddenly, Buddy’s had to close because of dire plumbing issues.