A stranded feral female Muscovy duck, who had suffered through the ravages of a record cold winter, was rescued this week, thanks to some kind human intervention

By Jim Clark

Thanks to the efforts of a number of compassionate individuals, a feral female Muscovy duck that had been stranded in the wild during the record-breaking cold months of last winter was rescued and relocated to the safety of an animal sanctuary on Tuesday of this week.

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Dear Honorable Members of Somerville City Council:

It is our understanding Somerville City Council, not the former Mayor, not the Planning Department, and not the current Mayor, will be the final “decider” on the future of 90 Washington Street. With this in mind, I hope that each of you will vote against cutting down 84 mature trees, plowing under well-manicured green space, and removing a parcel of land that for 40-years has provided both resident parking and hauling access to Cobble Hill’s trash facility.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Somerville Public Schools, and Somerville’s early childhood community invite Somerville parents, children and educators to celebrate the Week of the Young Child from April 10 to 14, including the One Somerville, Every Child celebration on the Somerville High School concourse (81 Highland Avenue) from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

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.