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It
appears that the "Farm Team" ace reporter (so called) almost got
herself handed a big fat motor vehicle moving violation ticket last
week at the Somerville High Graduation ceremony at Dilboy Field.
Apparently one of the State Troopers doing the detail at the graduation
stopped the reporter in a "Do Not Enter/Off Limits/Restricted" area and
told her to leave…but not until she snapped the trooper's photo and
throwing it on their blog criticizing him for doing his job, then
calling him "grouchy." Well it only proves that nobody is above the
law, not even the Farm Team – especially after that.

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Speaking
of the Farm Team, just when people got used to another person not
familiar with the lay of the land in Somerville, she gets promoted –
and we wish her the best. A new Editor is coming to town and Gatehouse
continues to be the brand known as the "Farm Team" paper. We wish Kat
Powers good luck up there in the corporate world and her replacement
good luck here in Somerville – and hope that she doesn't rely on the
Assistant Editor too much – she's still learning how to spell
correctly. The two staffers over there better get Visitor Permit
Parking passes, tickets can be expensive here in Somerville.

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Happy
Birthday to our own Cam Toner, who celebrated her birthday on Tuesday,
she's a great lady and is the "go to" person at The News when we need
something. Cam not only runs the office over at College Avenue, but is
Ms. Olio as well – every week she gets calls from many here in
Somerville asking where she gets this stuff. She is closed-lipped to us
as well. Happy Birthday Cam, we love you!

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Our
own Somerville Holiday Inn recently hosted a benefit for the Mass Badge
Association's fund-raiser to support Cancer Research and Autism
Language Program for the Children's Hospital, which was a complete
success – lots of money was raised for a great cause, and the Holiday
Inn participated and donated many of the prizes to help raise money.
Great job – and awesome work – thanks to all those that worked hard for
this. The Holiday Inn is a great place to host functions with the large
and beautiful function rooms and all that parking, never mind the nice
swimming pool!

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Another Happy Birthday to
one of the famous Tauro brothers, David Tauro is 48 today. He is a
nice, plain, down to earth guy who is liked by everyone – we here at
Newstalk wish him the best and many more birthdays to come.

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The
Somerville Lion's are looking for some new members here in the business
community, contact King Lion Billy Tauro for more information 617
293-2016 (he is now getting a reputation of being our quick on the
scene news reporter for the paper). Check out the Lions online at their
own web site www.somervillelionsclub.com

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The
ever popular Senator Anthony Galluccio's birthday is Wednesday, June
24th (tonight) – they're having a party for him at the Charles River
Yacht Club – located at 99 Memorial Drive. Anthony is a great guy, too
bad he doesn't cover the entire City of Somerville – He's a Senator who
reminds us of our dear departed friend Charlie Shannon – a person you
could call, talk to and relate to. Happy Birthday Anthony!

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Congratulations
to Somerville Police Officers Mike Kiley and Sean Sylvester, who last
week were, along with six Cambridge Officers, awarded a citation for
"Dedication of Duty" by the Cambridge City Council. Via a joint effort
by the Somerville and Cambridge Police Departments, their surveillance
enabled them to observe a suspect put a knife to a victim's throat
which let to the arrest in Porter Square! Both Mike and Sean are great
guys and we also congratulate them for a job well done.

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What's
going on up at Medford and Walnuts Streets at the body shop there?
Apparently we heard that the neighbors are complaining that they
constantly park smashed up vehicles all over the streets waiting for
repair to be done. We hear that Alderman at Large Bruce Desmond is
looking into it and is considering not renewing their license; Alderman
Bob Trane is backing him up. Didn't this place have problem about year
or so ago with illegals working there?

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Last
week we spoke about former Mayor Kelly Gay snubbing her former
supporters at a function…well apparently she wasn't too pleased and
made a call bitching and complaining to one of the Newstalkers. Then
"Mr. Nasty" – her husband – called and said he wanted a retraction and
that it wasn't true. No retraction here – how do you retract the truth
– simple as that? They need to both get over the loss, and look in the
mirror for the reason why she lost to the better candidate – our own
Mayor Joe. It was funny, she even questioned "loyalty" and said some of
us don't know the meaning. Well, no retraction and there never will be
for the truth – if it's a lie, then make our day and sue us – we look
forward to it. Thank you to all those former Mayor Kelly Gay's
supporters who called us to thank us for saying the truth – how they
both snub and treat people. Loyalty is a two way street, which most
would know, apparently the Gay's think it's a one way street!

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What's
with all the bats nesting over on Shore Drive – our ace reporter Billy
Tauro was there to snap pictures and was virtually attacked by hundreds
of bats dive bombing him and his car. But as Billy has proven lately,
he's there – first on the scene and he gets stuff reported – and the
Farm Team still races to catch up.