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Sure, I’ve had some nice finds, but I get envious when I read about these people…
The lady who bought a ring at a flea market in England for 10 pounds. She wore it for a few decades not knowing it was a 26 carat nearly flawless diamond. Once she found out, she sold it for $848,000.
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Are you a Somerville resident with 15 minutes to spare? The City of Somerville would appreciate your response to a shared mobility survey that will help us plan for future transportation needs. The survey, which takes about 15 minutes to complete, asks questions about your current modes of transportation as well as options you might consider in the future, like autonomous vehicles. We’re hoping to get at least 1,000 responses by Friday, January 18, so City transportation planners and our research and development partners at Audi have enough data to understand Somerville’s current and future transportation needs. After completing the survey you can enter a drawing for one of several $100 gift cards. You can find the survey at somervillema.gov/sharedmobility.
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By Jim Clark
Police officers were dispatched to a Broadway location last Wednesday on a matter unrelated to the following events.
As the officers arrived on the scene, they observed a vehicle parked at an odd angle, with the front end angled in. The car’s engine was running and the headlights were on. The spot that the vehicle was parked had a sign posted as a police vehicle only spot, as it was in front of the East Somerville Police Substation.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
I can still remember the smell of the silver spray paint we used when making those macaroni Christmas wreaths in Hobby Class. It was an afternoon arts and crafts group that met at The Brown School on Willow Ave in the early 1960’s. We also made those wreaths and other Christmas decorations in school.
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~Photos by Claudia Ferro
The East Somerville Community School Winter Concert took place on Tuesday, December 11, in the school auditorium.
Students got a chance to show off their musical skills to parents, friends, and fellow students.
No fooling, come April 1, 2019, sales of e-cigarettes and menthol to anyone under the age of 21 will be forbidden, due to new restrictions imposed by the Somerville Board of Health.
By Jim Clark
The Somerville Board of Health voted to restrict the sales of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e-cigarettes) and menthol cigarettes in Somerville on December 13.
Citing concerns on the health impacts of youth, the new regulations will forbid such products from being sold in retail outlets accessible to those under 21 years of age, starting on April 1, 2019. Both menthol and e-cigarette sales will be restricted to 21+ adult-only tobacco retail stores. According to the Board of Health, Somerville is the first municipality in the Commonwealth to pass such regulations.
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19-year-old Ricci Michael Ricci was sentenced to 7 to 14 years for the 2017 killing of Somerville Police officer Louis Remigio.
Michael Ricci, a Burlington man who was racing his car on the highway when he struck and killed 30-year Somerville Police officer Louis Remigio, was sentenced to as much as 14 years in prison on Monday.
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The publishers, staff and all associated with The Somerville Times wish everyone a very Happy Holiday, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah, as well as a prosperous and healthy New Year in 2019.
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The Somerville Times staff is taking a small holiday vacation beginning this week, with the next issue coming out on January 2, 2019. Anything that comes in and is Somerville related through our vacation period will be posted online to our website. We want to thank all our readers and fans for your support this past year. We are very proud of our paper. It’s what a real local paper should be, local stories that are about Somerville. We leave the big city stuff up to The Herald, Weekly Dig and Gatehouse and – oh yes – The Globe. Again, thank you! Don’t forget, you can go online to our website and register online for a free subscription of the entire paper. In just a short period of time we have had several hundred already sign up. When something breaks in the city, you’ll get it on the online subscription.
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Somerville Firefighters Local 76 Deputy Chief Mike Avery and firefighter Barry Hamilton made a special delivery of patches from Somerville Fire and Somerville Police, as well as Cambridge FD, Arlington FD and Stoneham FD to Philadelphia, PA, Engine 33 to help fulfill the Christmas wishes of Evan Potter, the son of a fallen Philadelphia firefighter and Marine veteran Michael Potter.
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Data Download with Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
(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)
By Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone
As the City prepares to launch SomerVision 2040 and update the goals set in SomerVision 2030, a community-written 20-year comprehensive plan, we also wanted to share the latest update on the progress made on the original SomerVision goals. All numbers are current as of December 1, 2018.
6,848 new jobs created: That’s just shy of 23% of the SomerVision goal of adding 30,000 new jobs to the local economy. Another 735 jobs are expected to be added in 2019, which would bring us to 25% of the goal.
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