By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the Dunkin’ Donuts location on Somerville Ave. last Thursday on reports of an unwanted vehicle in their parking lot.

Upon arrival, the officers found a motor home parked sideways taking up four spots in the parking lot with the left front tire off the rim.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

I can’t explain how sad, mad and melancholy I was when I heard that they tore down the Somerville High School Auditorium (the news was circulating on social media) No! The historic auditorium where so many of us spent time at concerts, plays, lectures, and school assemblies? The auditorium where the great big S hovered over the stage? Some say it’s gone, some say it survived. At this writing I’m still unsure.

Representatives from Somerville’s Climate Forward Ambassador program recently held their kickoff webinar event to inform the public about climate change issues.

By Max Eidelman

Somerville’s Climate Forward Ambassador program hosted its first of four scheduled webinars last Thursday. Hannah Payne and Oliver Sellers-Garcia of the city’s Office of Sustainability and Environment led the webinar, which ended with a Q&A session.

By Joe Creason

On Thursday, February 4, the Somerville City Council held its Legislative Matters Committee meeting.  The primary focus of the meeting was to discuss specific provisions within a surveillance technology ordinance passed by the City Council last year. The ordinance, which was drafted to create a policy around the acquisition and use of surveillance technology by various city departments, had revisions added by councilors looking to ensure more oversight of the city’s security.

Happy Valentine’s Day to all our readers and fans. We hope everyone has a great day with their significant other or with close family and friends. Enjoy the day!

(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries and letters to the Editor of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)

As has been previously covered in this paper, the city is currently in the process of redesigning Highland Avenue as part of the Spring Hill sewer separation project. The new design fails to include adequate, safe bicycle infrastructure. Instead, it will feature only sharrows, requiring people on bicycles to mix in with motor traffic. This is simply insufficient to create an environment where people of all ages and abilities can bicycle. It is also inconsistent with the City of Somerville’s stated goals for transportation and climate change.

Eagle Feathers #223 – Border Crossing

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

The City of Somerville has much more in common with the Town of Arlington than the bordering Alewife Brook and their ongoing athletic rivalries. In 1842, when Somerville broke away from Charlestown, a large section of her land was seeded to Arlington making them geographic blood brothers. Vaguely measured, this area ran from Broadway to the Mystic River and west to Arlington’s Morningside border with Winchester.

The Somerville Math Fund has been supporting the city’s mathematics teachers by awarding grants out of appreciation for their hard work and dedication.

By Erica Voolich

Many teachers have great ideas on how to make their classrooms a better place for their students to learn math. The teachers’ ideas frequently outrun the budget schools have for supplies and their own ability to subsidize their classroom. The Somerville Mathematics Fund tries to fill this need through the generosity of their donors.

Valentine’s Day is coming around once again, an occasion that many hold dear and cherish. For some, in fact, it is one of their favorite days of the year.

Sure, many people think it’s a corny tradition. Just another gimmick to ramp up sales of candies, cards, wine and what-not. For others, it’s a special time that provides an opportunity to express their deepest affections to the one – or many – who mean so much to them.

Arrests:
*

Damion Kirksey, February 4, 2:29 p.m., arrested at Somerville Ave. on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest.

Candall Smith, February 4, 2:29 p.m., arrested at Somerville Ave. on charges of animal cruelty, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, trespassing and resisting arrest, and on a warrant charge of receiving a stolen motor vehicle.