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An article I wrote some years ago that appeared in the all-poetry edition of Spare Change News:

Jeff Robinson, founder of The Jeff Robinson Trio, holds court every Sunday Night at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, Ma. In the basement of the Cambridge Common restaurant, he performs a sort of wedding ceremony. This is a musical and lyrical ceremony in which poetry and jazz are paired and they make a perfect match. With Robinson on sax, Blake Newman on bass, and Jerome Deupree on drums, Robinson infuses the poetry of such local poets as Marc Goldfinger, Carla Schwartz, and Joyce Cuhna, with the Be and the Bop of Jazz.

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Wyn Cooper has published five books of poems, most recently Mars Poetica. His work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Slate, and more than 100 other magazines, as well as in 25 anthologies of contemporary poetry. His poems have been turned into songs by Sheryl Crow, David Broza, and Madison Smartt Bell. He has taught at Bennington College, Marlboro College, the University of Utah, and at The Frost Place, and has given readings throughout the United States as well as in Europe and South America. He is a former editor of Quarterly West, and the recipient of a fellowship from the Ucross Foundation. He worked for two years at the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute, a think tank run by the Poetry Foundation, and now lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he works as a freelance editor.

Arrests:
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Jillian Bourque, of 19 Adams Ave., Saugus, June 18, 8:15 a.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on charges of larceny under $1200 and conspiracy.

Casey Fitzgerald, of 6 Redmond Ave., N. Reading, June 18, 8:15 a.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on charges of larceny under $1200 and conspiracy.

There will be a Public Hearing before the Board of Aldermen’s Committee on Finance on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 6:00 PM, in the Aldermen’s Chambers, 2^nd Floor, City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, on the Order of Finance Committee Chairman Alderman William White, Jr., for public input on the proposed FY 2019 budget.

The public is invited to attend and be heard.

Join the Somerville Arts Council and ArtsUnion in the Union Square Plaza on Saturday, June 30 for a nighttime artisan and flea market featuring live music by local artists from 5 to 10 p.m. The event will include three musical acts and over 35 vendors featuring fantastic vintage and artisan wares under the stars in the heart of Union Square. There will also be a beer garden sponsored by Brass Union.

Somerville Local First is proud to present SomerWellness Fair 2018 being held in the historic main room of the Arts at the Armory (191 Highland Avenue, Somerville) on Wednesday June 27th, 2018 from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m.

The inaugural round of John O’Neill Scholarships was recently awarded to Evelyn Hartenstein (second from left) and Brittney Gedeon (second from right). Also in the photo are SCES Board President Susann Wilkinson (left) and SCES Clinical Director Annie Fowler (right). SCES photo

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) has awarded a pair of John O’Neill Scholarships to help support the higher education of local students this fall.

The following students will receive $1,000 to support their pursuit of higher education:

By Jim Clark

On Thursday, June 21, at approximately 11:10 p.m., the first of many panicked neighbors, parents, and children began flooding 911 operators with calls of a large group assailants attacking a Somerville student on the normally quiet Munroe St.

On this, the last day of School for Somerville Students, Maria Curtatone – Middlesex County Register of Deeds, sister of Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone, and proud mother of two children – decided to open her home to the community’s children for a last day of school celebration on Munroe St. Reliable “on scene” sources report that approximately 50 Somerville students were invited to this party.

EPA and MassDEP are active on this project and working to assist us as we continue with our assessment, and we took several important steps forward last week.

Each agency sent a representative to the site last week for a joint walk-about to inform their requirements for further testing. The visit was important progress. With EPA and MassDEP guidance, our Licensed Site Professional, Weston & Sampson, is finalizing a plan for the next phase of required testing.