City staff will be tabling at the corner of Broadway and Cross Street to share information and answering questions about upcoming bus and crosswalk improvements on East Broadway. Stop by on March 30 anytime between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. to talk to city staff. Learn more about the project and other in-person and virtual engagement opportunities at somervillema.gov/eastbroadway. Then on April 11, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., city staff will be tabling at the corner of Everett Avenue and Cross Street (near East Somerville Community School) to share information and answering questions about upcoming bus and crosswalk improvements on East Broadway.

Spring has finally arrived, and with it comes the inevitable regular street sweeping activities throughout the city.

As inconvenient and annoying it may be to comply with schedule, it is an inescapable fact of life for us all and we must make the adjustment accordingly.

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Recently I caught up with poet Adam Scheffler. He is the author of two books of poetry, the latest being Heartworm, which won the 2021 Moon City Press Prize, and A Dog’s Life, which won the 2016 Jacar Press Book Contest. He grew up in Berkeley, California, received his MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and his PhD in English from Harvard. He teaches in the Harvard College Writing Program. He is a member of the New England Poetry Club.

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Vivian Shipley’s 13th poetry book is Hindsight: 2020 (LaLit Press, Southeastern Louisiana University, 2022). Previous books won Word Press Prize, CT Center for the Book Poetry Prize, Paterson Poetry Prize, New England Poetry Club’s Sheila Motton Award and CT Press Club Award. Individual poems have won Poetry Society of America’s Lucille Medwick Prize, Robert Frost Foundation Prize, William Faulkner Prize and USC’s Ann Stanford Poetry Prize. Shipley is the Connecticut State University Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Her website is Vivianshipley.net

Event will honor women’s historic achievements and provide shared space, networking opportunities, and remarks from advocates

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Somernova, the Somerville Commission for Women, the Human Rights Commission and the City of Somerville’s Department of Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) invite the Somerville community to join the City’s second annual Women’s History Month celebration. The event will take place on March 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 29 Properzi Way, Somerville, MA 02143.

Arrests:
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Robert Ortiz, March 20, 5:03 a.m., arrested at Cummings St. on a charge of possession of a class B drug, and on warrant charges of possession of a class B drug and carrying a dangerous weapon.

Christopher Morrisey, of South Boston, March 23, 8:52 p.m., arrested at Middlesex Ave. on a warrant charge of shoplifting by concealing merchandise.

Travel through Doug’s 40 year journey in poetry, journalism, and teaching.