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We reported that
Ward 7 Alderman Bob Trane was amongst the missing, well he's been found
and is not doing well – he's been very ill these past few weeks and
hasn't left the house except to go to the doctors for all sorts of
tests…we wish him well, and a speedy recovery – if you want to wish
him well, please email him at roberttrane@aol.com or look for him on
Facebook.

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We hear that Alderman at Large
Dennis Sullivan and his bride to be Melissa will be buying a home in
the Ten Hills shortly after their Wedding this coming Sunday. We heard
that Dennis received the endorsement of the PDSers – all 15 of them (or
less) and that he was so excited about it. We also heard he was the
only Alderman at Large to attend Rebekah's event last week. Does that
mean that the PDSers and SCC members are targeting one of the other
three Aldermen at Large for defeat with their own home-grown candidate
Morales?

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Recently a well-known member
of our community, Kevin Fantasia, passed away after a long bout with
MS. Kevin was the son of former State Rep. Mary Fantasia – also known
as the "Lady of the House" back in the day. Kevin owned a well-known
popular bar on Somerville Avenue – many people here in the city liked
Kevin and will miss him. Kevin served on the SHA Board of Directors for
many years – our sincerest condolences to his family for their loss, he
was a good guy.

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Congratulations to
Somerville Police Detective Mario Oliveira, who organized and worked
hard to get off the ground the 1st Annual Police Golf Tournament to
raise funds and support Massachusetts C.O.P.S. kids program. Held last
Friday on the 25th at the Hill View Country Club in North Reading – it
was a huge success and raised several thousands of dollars in
donations. Det. Mario is a very popular guy around Somerville, well
known and very well respected; he's a good guy always doing good deeds,
he deserves a huge "Thank You" for his hard work.

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The
Somerville Chamber of Commerce's monthly After Business Hours get
together will be held on the 1st (Thursday) at Machu Picchu, 307
Somerville Ave, in Union Square. All businesses and co-workers are
encouraged to attend; it's a great networking function so remember to
bring your business cards. This months host is After Hours Chair
Michelle Mulvena of Moschella & Winston. Members and non-members
are welcomed to rsvp by Sept. 30th to smackey@somervillechamber.org or
call Steve Mackey of the Chamber at 617-776-4100.

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Our
own good long time friend and former Publisher Bob Publicover is doing
well with his treatments over at Beth Israel hospital – he is
remarkable having AIDS for over 30 years now and has managed to pull
through all the ups and downs and comes back stronger each time…Bob
is celebrating his 60th birthday (yesterday the 29th). Give him a shout
out at his email bobpublicover@aol.com and say hi or he's on Facebook
regularly with his own updates. Bob has been involved in a lot of
charities here in Somerville, given his time and money over the years,
a true Somervillian all these 60 years. He's very special friend to
many here.

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Our own Jamie Norton – Ward 4
School Committeeman – had his fundraiser this past Monday night at the
popular "On The Hill Tavern" in Magoun Square, owned by Bob Antonelli.
A huge crowd of over 100 supporters, friends and elected officials
showed up to give their support. Ward 4 Alderman Walter Pero and Mayor
Joe Curtatone did the introductions and hosted the event for Jamie and
a great time has had by all who came to show their support.

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Our
condolences to Gay Koty – and her family – who lost her sister Dottie
Lou Burroso this past weekend. Dottie was one of the nicest people,
always with a smile and always telling it like it is – she was a great
friend and funny lady to all her friends and family. Her passing ends
the long time suffering she endured and she will be missed – may she
rest in peace.

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Welcome aboard this week
to Tom Nash – who comes to the paper full-time – taking on a lot of the
responsibility as the Assistant Editor. Tom will work hard on the News
portion of the paper and also collaborate with Editor Jamie Norton in
developing the Cambridge edition of the newspaper. Tom has been writing
for our paper over a year now and has been covering, amongst other
topics, the Board of Alderman issues – he also lives here in the city,
continuing the trend we have set in being the real community newspaper
in the city. Anyone else notice no Farm Team papers at all in any of
their boxes? Check out the stores on Wednesday and see how many of
their papers aren't sold.

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Speaking of The
News, it is time for the third annual "Thank You" party where we thank
all the advertisers, writers and contributors over the past year. The
Precinct in Union Square will be hosting The Somerville News Thank You
Party on Wednesday, October 14th from 6 pm to 8 pm. Everyone is welcome
to attend and meet the Publishers and the Editorial Staff of the paper
and of course Cam will be there as well – she writes the Ms. Olio
portion – and we already know ahead of time that people want to meet
her.

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Last Saturday at the College Avenue
Congregational Church, the members of the Board of Aldermen all
volunteered to display their cooking skills and help raise money for
the church. We hear all the Aldermen were there at 3 pm prepping the
food and cooking it – but late straggler Alderwoman Rebekah showed up
after 5 pm with a pan of lasagna already made and cooked. Guess she
didn't want to put her cooking skills on display in front of the other
board members – more transparency at work. Well, over a 100 people
showed up and everyone was pleased with the food we hear.

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The
Ward 5 School Committee race is heating up – Anna Lavanga, candidate
for School Committee, has been out there nightly walking the ward very
quietly, one resident of Ward 5 told Newstalk she was at their door
twice in the past 4 weeks.

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