The City of Somerville will host its annual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Trum Field tonight, Wednesday, June 30. Live entertainment at Trum Field will begin at 6:30 p.m. with DJ Brother Cleve playing pop, soul, funk, and other classic tunes followed by Booty Vortex taking the stage at 8:00 p.m. Fireworks will begin at approximately 9:15 p.m. While fireworks attendees are not required to wear masks, anyone who is not fully vaccinated is advised to wear one whenever they are in a crowd. To ensure public safety and pedestrian access to events, traffic and parking restrictions will be in place. For more information, please call 311 (or 617-666-3311), or visit www.somervillema.gov.

Fuji at Assembly is one of the four local restaurants that will be participating in the Taste of Somerville passport addition.

By Bella Levavi

Food festivals can be fun for all in attendance, but while restaurants are extremely short staffed this summer it is unreasonable to bring restaurants to the street for Taste of Somerville and Cambridge. Welcome to: Taste of Somerville passport addition.

By Joe Creason

The Urban Design Commission met on June 22 to review and discuss plans for upcoming developments and projects within the city.

A high-rise development is being constructed right off of the bustling thoroughfare at 15 McGrath Highway. Plans for this development, managed by real estate firm Leggat McCall Properties, have been reviewed by the commission before and adjustments were made with the intention of bringing a smooth transition as well as a pedestrian feel to the highway-attached development.

Thirty-fourth Middlesex District State Rep. Christine Barber.

On June 23, Representative Christine P. Barber of Somerville and Medford testified in support of her bill H.3456, the Work and Family Mobility Act — alongside other lead bill sponsors Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D-Pittsfield) Senators Brendan Crighton (D- Lynn) and Adam Gomez (D-Springfield), and dozens of advocates for the bill.

Eagle Feathers #231 – The Governors

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

History tells us that the first European venture which explored Somerville soil in 1621 was a nine-man patrol of Plymouth soldiers, three Native American scouts, and Captain Myles Standish, the Pilgrims’ protector. Under Governor William Bradford, Standish was Plymouth Colony’s military leader and its first Lieutenant Governor.

The Fourth of July holds a special significance in the hearts of truly patriotic Americans. Not only is it a time to celebrate the birth of our nation, but it also happens to fall at the best time of year to make good times happen, summer.

Who among us doesn’t enjoy the occasion? Who can resist the warm glow of good fellowship between friends, neighbors and families as the “birthday” of our nation comes around?

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Review by Dennis Daly

Petitions are like prayers, only they are addressed with more certitude. Humanity seems no more capable of reforming itself in the name of itself or its favorite deity than a distracted Almighty, who has clearly moved on to newer and more interesting subjects. Nevertheless, the very act of petition engenders sympathetic audiences of listeners and possibilities.

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Megha Sood is a Pushcart-nominated poet, editor, and blogger from Jersey City, New Jersey. She is an Associate Poetry Editor at journals MookyChick (UK), Life and Legends (USA), and a Partner in the Literary project “Life in Quarantine” with CESTA, Stanford University, USA. Her works are featured in journals, including Poetry Society of New York, American Writers Review, Kissing Dynamite, Rising Phoenix Review, and many more. Blogs at https://meghasworldsite.wordpress.com/ and tweets at @meghasood16.

Arrests:
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Jimmy Zhang, of Salem, NH, June 24, 8:21 a.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on a charge of shoplifting by asportation.

Chris Hicks, of Saugus, June 25, 1:36 p.m., arrested at Temple St. on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a person over 60 or disabled, assault and battery, and furnishing a false ID, and on warrant charges of assault and battery on a corrections officer, indecent exposure, assault. and assault and battery.

A heat advisory for the Boston metro region remains in effect through Wednesday evening, June 30, and community members are urged to take precautions. Temperatures of 98-99 degrees are forecast through Wednesday but will feel like 100 to 103 degrees. The National Weather Service warns that due to the high heat and humidity that heat-related illness is possible.