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To bad the show
"Sex and the City" is in reruns, although most of us here might not
have been great fans of the show, they probably would be interested in
the recent shenanigans involving a couple of city employees. One
particular rumor going around is that a certain department head and
another city employee were having an affair on city time no less. We
heard several different stories on this, and it is clear that the
administration had to step in and put their foot down. Like we said,
the rumor mill has been churning like crazy over what took place, the
best one we heard was that that these two individuals went overboard
and obviously didn't manage to keep it a secret – that the final straw
what was supposed to be a recent out of town work-related seminar, but
no one left the hotel room.

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We heard
that The PDS chair Marty Martinez, who claimed he owned property here
in Somerville a few years back, for one of his many unsuccessful runs
for public office and who has moved many times over the past 10 years
is once again on the move, this time we heard from reliable sources he
was looking to move back to Ward 7 – he lived there before to run
against Bob Trane.

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Another rumor from
sources tells us that a certain highly visible name at the DPW was
tested recently (and tested positive) and for his punishment was
suspended for about 2 weeks, he's back to work now.

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Life
long resident, great guy from a great family, we hear will be getting
married in October. Douglas Carriger recently popped the question to
Bonnie Raboin, at the Red Sox game at Fenway Park one night with the
proposal up in lights. His family is thrilled, especially his mom, who
is seen around the city with a huge smile on her face…
Congratulations and best wishes from us here, Doug & Bonnie will
tie the knot on October 3rd down in Orleans, we wish the both of them
many long years of happiness.

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Well-known
local political pundit Fergal O'Toole is busy in Boston working hard
for several candidates for Council – but one candidate he's working
extra-hard for is Sam Yoon – who is a candidate for Mayor of Boston, so
hard that Fergal is having a cookout for him at his East Somerville
residence.

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Condolences to the Privitera
family on the recent loss of Jean Privitera, wife, mother and
grandmother. Her passing last week was very sad not only for her family
but a lot of Somerville residents who knew her over the years, she was
a nice lady.

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Condolences also to the
Carroll Family of the famous Roofers here in Somerville, for the loss
of David Carroll, he was a nice guy and well known, he will be missed.

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Middlesex
Superior Court Clerk Magistrate Michael A. Sullivan, Esq. is having his
annual fundraiser Wednesday September 9th at the Sheraton Commander in
Cambridge. Mike is a nice guy who has a lot of family and friends here
in Somerville.

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Somerville Lions Club is
hosting a last race night at Wonderland Park in Revere this Thursday
August 20th, dinner at the clubhouse $35 pp – contact King Lion Billy
Tauro at 617-293-2016.

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Also on the 20th
(Thursday), Corey Norton will be returning to England to start school
and in October he will be moving to Dover, Maryland. His sister Kaitlin
will be living here in Somerville with her father, our own Jamie
Norton, and attending Somerville High in this, her sophomore year.

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Summer
campaigning is in full swing at least in Ward 4 and Ward 5; all the
candidates are out there knocking on doors already working hard.
Including campaigning on a Sunday in the later hours of the night no
less. We heard from several residents that were not happy about being
bothered on a Sunday night, sometimes you lose more than you gain when
you do things as an inexperienced political wannabe.

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