Finalists will participate in public interviews between March 27 and April 4

At a special meeting on Wednesday, March 22, the Somerville School Committee’s Superintendent Search Screening and Interview Team announced that it has narrowed the pool of 27 applicants down to five finalists for the next Superintendent of the Somerville Public Schools:

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to La Quinta Hotel in the early morning hours of Monday this week on a report of a check-condition.

Upon arrival, the officers spoke with the reporting party, who stated that he had seen a car with a Florida registration speeding through the hotel parking lot as well as revving the engine.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Since I’ve been retired, I’ve been watching too much TV. I remember when I was working, I used to think that the perfect life would be to have nothing to do and just watch TV all day. Well, I do other things now but I have to admit the TV is a big part of my life. It always has been. I asked our readers to share their thoughts on what they feel was the best TV show ever. Each comment is in quotes.

Deputy Chief Bob McCarthy oversees suppression efforts. — Photos courtesy of SFD

Earlier tonight companies operated at a Working Fire at the Winter Hill Yacht Club located at 500 Artisan Way in Assembly Row. The fire was a fully involved cabin cruiser style vessel. The fire was contained to the single vessel thanks to an aggressive attack from the dock using hand lines and by our marine unit partners from the water. The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

— Somerville Fire Dept.

CROWLEY, John M. of Venice, FL, formerly of Somerville, MA, died peacefully on November 17, 2022.  A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at the Epiphany Cathedral in Venice, Florida and he was interred at the Sarasota National Veterans Cemetery.  He was the beloved son of the late Cornelius and Bridget (O’Brien) Crowley of Somerville.  Loving brother of Francis Crowley of Easthampton, Eleanor Healey and her husband Richard of West Roxbury, Margaret Crowley-Rousseau and her late husband Richard of Marshfield, Kevin Crowley of Somerville and the late Cornelius Crowley, Jr.  Also survived by loving nieces, nephew and grandnephews. 

By Fernando Cervantes Jr.

Last Thursday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley held a Coffee with the Congresswoman event at Somerville High School. The event was co-hosted by Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, where Pressley answered questions from constituents and gave updates on her work in Congress.

Former City Councilor Bob McWatters, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Gabriel, Mayor Katjanna Ballantyne, and Sally O’Brien’s owner Liam Mannion.

Liam Mannion, proprietor of Sally O’Brien’s, and former City Councilor Bob McWatters, hosted a St. Patrick’s Day celebration at Sally O’Brien’s, 335 Somerville Ave., last Friday. Many local residents and elected officials stopped by for this annual celebration which, seems to be growing more popular each year. It was a night of great food, spirits and Irish music.

Visit the Somerville Museum on Wednesday, March 22, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for a celebration of World Water Day and the closing of the Waterlines: Stories of Urban Ebb and Flow exhibition by Community Curator Arlinda Shtuni. This experience invites you to consider water in its many forms and evocations–rebirth and renewal, reflection and purification, longing and loss. Poets Dara Barrois/Dixon, Beth Ayer and Dan Chelotti will share a selection of their new and well-loved poems. The evening will conclude with a water meditation lead by one of the participating artists in the exhibit, Faith Johnson. For more information visit www.somervillemuseum.org/waterlines

By Erica Voolich

Tuesday, March 14 was Pi Day (3.14). What better excuse is there to have a celebration of math with middle schoolers than π? On the Eve of Pi Day, over 100 students, teachers, and high school Math Club members celebrated π at Somerville High School by eating pizza while spending an afternoon taking part in a math contest and then estimating, creating, answering questions, and ending with Table Talk pies for everyone.