By Herman Schwartz-O’Brien

According to a report by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the recently recovered remains of a U.S. Marine from Somerville killed in World War II came home for burial.

By Donald Norton

This past Tuesday, the Somerville Rotary Club inducted its newest member, Lisa Ramos, who recently became the new Manager of Century Bank in Somerville on the Fellsway. Pictured with Lisa is the club’s President Kevin Su and Past President Paul Kaufman.

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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.