Former Mayor and current Register of Deeds, Gene Brune, is holding his Annual Breakfast this coming Sunday Morning at Anthony‚Äôs in Malden from 9am to 11am ‚Äì we‚Äôre sure that he will pack the room with many long time good friends as he has always done in years past ‚Äì this is sort of a reminder that Spring is officially here.   
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The Irish American Police Officers Association of Massachusetts will be holding its 9th Annual Awards Dinner this Friday night over at the American Legion Post 440 (Nonantum Post), 295 California Street, Newton (near the Waltham/Watertown lines). This year they are honoring five of our own Police Officers – for Life Saving Рawards go to Officer Derrick Dottin, Officer Alex Capobianco and Officer Steve St. Hillaire Рalso being honored from Somerville are Detective Mario Oliveira and Officer Neil Collins for their investigative works. We should all be proud of these and other fine Somerville Police Officers that work hard and are dedicated to their jobs. We from The Somerville News salute them all for a fine job well done Рwhen you see these fine gentlemen on the street congratulate them for their efforts. If you want tickets to the event, call Capt. Upton at 617 625-1600.

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We hear that the “Oldest Profession” has taken on a new marketing strategy…its been said that at the Mystic Projects, the so called “Ladies of the Night” are passing out business cards now complete with their photos and price list printed right on them Рguess this makes it a lot easier for the police down there to know exactly whom to stop and arrest Рwe think the world is changing very fast.
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Congratulations to Courtney Ann Ho and Thah Huu Nyuyen on their upcoming wedding this Saturday the 12th – the two are a lovely couple and we wish them all the best!
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Also congratulations to Kim Murphy for becoming the new acting principal of the Healey School! Kim’s a great person Рdedicated to the teaching profession Рwe wish her the best of luck.
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We heard that Demo Man got the contract for MaxPak site – our sources say it was a reward for all his efforts over the past four years‚Ķwhile we‚Äôre talking about this – we heard through our sources that the final price has come down again to about $54k – not 67k for the Harvard Place home that was torn down.    
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The annual S.H.S. Scholarship Foundation fundraiser is once again happening soon and if you are looking for those tickets you can make your check payable to the SHS Raffle c/o Eugene C. Brune at PO Box 440275, Somerville MA 02144 – over the years this fundraiser has grown and the proceed go to Somerville High Scholarships.
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Tyler Hart, of the famous Hart family from Spring Hill, is running “the race against Cancer” in the 112th Boston Marathon Рhe is looking for sponsors, you can go online to www.runtylerrun.com and make a donation. Tyler has been doing this now for a few years Рhe’s learned from his dedicated family the art of donating and giving back to his community Рwe wish Tyler the best.
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Registrar of Probate John Buonomo is having his annual once a year fundraiser, but this year he’s having it at a new location Рon Wednesday, April 30 at the Montvale Plaza in Stoneham. He usually has quite a large crowd and this year he is expecting even more people Рwe hear he’s up for re-election this year. He does a great job down there at the courts and some of us here have known John since he graduated from High School.
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We’ve been spotting Congressman Mike Capuano around the city a lot lately Рhe’s one guy that doesn’t lose his touch and is always out and about with people in the community.
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That Spelling Bee that we mentioned last week here in Newstalk is quickly becoming a success – we‚Äôve been told that the teams are filling up fast – but if you want to get a team together, you still can at a cost of $300.00 – which goes to the Capuano PTA.     Contact Sean at seanjfitz@comcast.net or Cristin at cdlind@yahoo.com for information. Remember the date ‚Äì Friday, April 25th at the Holiday Inn on Washington Street ‚Äì come on out, even if you don‚Äôt have a team and enjoy the evening that‚Äôs not political (if we see politics going on at this event, we will report it). It is for a good cause and should be fun.
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A very Happy Birthday wish goes out to Isabella Maria “Curatone” Chiaravalloti who has just turned 6 years old this past Sunday! Time flies and she has become a very attractive young lady, just like her mother.
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Get well to our own Bobbie Toner here at The News, who recently underwent an operation last Thursday – she is doing well resting at home and we miss her‚Ķhurry back! Also, her cousin and popular well-known local, Ricky Willette – is also home recuperating from a minor surgical procedure that he had this past weekend. Both are great people and dedicated individuals as well as very popular here in Somerville.   
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This coming Somerville Writers Festival will feature a writer who was awarded the Pulitzer this week – Junot Diaz won the ultimate literary prize for his acclaimed novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” and he teaches creative writing at MIT. We are very pleased to have him join us at our ever-popular annual event, organized by the hard working Doug Holder and Tim Gager (we are also very blessed to work with them both).
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In celebration of National Volunteer Week, the New England Regional Unit, Boston Chapter of Recording for the
Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)® will host its annual Record-A-Thon from April 28th to May 3rd, at its studio at 58 Charles Street in Cambridge. The production goal is to have volunteer/readers staff all eight recording booths at the Chapter’s studio in Cambridge for 12 hours (8:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.) during the six-day event. The event’s financial goal is $30,000. To participate in the 2008 Record-A-Thon, please contact Ron Wudarsky at (617) 577-1111 ext. 22, or rwudarsky@rfbd.org for more information.
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The 34th Annual PTA Scholarship Dinner Dance will be held on Friday, May 2 at Anthony’s in Malden. This year they’re honoring Mary Jo Rossetti, Steve Tuccelli, Joe Vilaine, Marie DiFava and the late Joe Mackey by presenting five scholarships to deserving seniors in the honoree’s names. All contributions to the program book and to the dinner/dance will be the source of the funds for the scholarships – any donations can be dropped off at any of the public schools – put “Attention PTA Dinner Dance” on the envelope.
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