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You heard it here, Somerville's own Gargoyle's Restaurant executive Chef Jason Santos will be on the hit series "Hell's Kitchen" on June 1 with world famous Chef Ramsey himself. If you know Ramsey he can be extremely critical or extremely nice, be sure to tune in and find out how they treat Jason.

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Somerville may be eying a new playground layout for adults to get fit. It's a craze that's catching on across the country, a park for adults with playground quality exercise equipment. Most of these parks come complete with rowing treadmills and skiing machines.

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Happy Anniversary to Rosie and Charles Goumas of Mansfield Street who will be celebrating their joyous day in Somerville, among family and friends.

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Somerville welcomes our good friends Anna and Ivo Bartolomucci of the Palestrina Italy Lion's Club to Somerville. The couple is here in Somerville to visit their sister city club, The Somerville Lion's. Welcome to Somerville guys. Speaking of the Lions Club our own Billy Tauro was installed for a second term this past Saturday as King Lion and President. They don't want to let him go, he brings excitement and he's been huge in membership department as well.

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Attention local businesses, don't forget to call City Hall if you have a job for one of our local kids for the summer, in today's economy it's tough out there but helping a local youth with summer employment is always a good thing.

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Wow, seems like there's a local Somerville police officer out there who has no idea of loyalty and what it means. Apparently, the News was good for him when he was in need but now it's a different story altogether. Must be the Generation Y thing, or is it Generation X? Loyalty to some is only a word, for others it's defined by deeds. Just thinking out loud.

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Big budget fall, again millions of dollars short this year, maybe some jobs will be lost….but did you see what the one city union in Quincy did this past week, they delayed their pay raises for another year saving Quincy about $2 million. That's selfless.

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The Taste of Somerville is coming on Tuesday June 8 at the Holiday Inn at 5:30 p.m. The city's best restaurants will be there, so you can see and taste their foods. This event is sponsored by the Chamber and over the years has been a huge success. We know we're going – and we're bringing a big appetite.

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Senator Pat, the Queen of the Progressives, has a challenger and yes he's a Republican and from Medford. David Carnevale will be on the ballot for November 3, and already Queen Pat has tried to paint him as a Tea Party person which is fine. He doesn't care about Queen Pat's ugly mudslinging. Like so many of the left wingers, Pat wants you to think badly about people who are moderate and not as leftist as the Progressives. David has a Web site, www.votedavid2010.com, check it out and read all about him and make up your own mind. We're happy he is in the race; hopefully it will finally bring some real debate on the issues up. Not just name calling from Queen Pat. And if you think David Carnevale does not have a chance, just remember one thing, when Senator Charlie Shannon first ran he was a Republican and he ran against a far left wing incumbent and defeated him. In the months ahead we will bring both sides of the issue and you decide if it's time to remove entrenched Beacon Hill incumbents from office or continue with business as usual at the State House. We're excited about the November 3 election ourselves — we see change coming.

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Somerville Community Access Television's (SCATV) youth media program, Next Generation Producers, in collaboration with Somerville High School and Home, Inc., will hold the Fourth Annual Somerville Youth Film Festival on June 9 at 7:00pm at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square. The Somerville Youth Film Festival is free and open to the public.

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Distrigas of Massachusetts awarded local Somerville High School student, Loya Yu, first place in the State Science Fair, part of their local scholarship program and annual competition. Yu received a $500 scholarship for her academic success and outstanding work in the field of Science and is the only Somerville winner in the group of 15 local student winners.

Yu was honored at an Awards Dinner at Harvard's Museum of Natural History, joined by fellow winning students from surrounding areas including Everett, Malden and Lexington. The Distrigas scholarship program and annual science fair competition has been supporting local students like Yu, who demonstrate initiative, creativity and a commitment to science for over 30 years.

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More than 375 of Somerville's youngest learners start Kindergarten in the Somerville Public Schools on September 13th. On June 2nd new Kindergarten students and their families are invited to Kindergarten transition day where they will meet their new teachers, see their classroom, and learn about the types of learning and play can expect in school. Look forward to more "getting school ready" tips on the Somerville schools website over the summer.

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Mystery lovers can find stimulating conversation at the Somerville Public Library. Stop by a meeting of the mystery book discussion group at the Central Library (79 Highland Avenue). The group reads and discusses all sorts of mysteries and chooses books by consensus. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, June 2nd at 7:00 p.m. to discuss Enquiry by Dick Francis. This book discussion group is free, and new members are welcome.The library hopes to see you there