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Here's
a good one, seems that the residents of Brickbottom are possibly going
to try and throw a monkey wrench into Somerville getting the Green Line
here in the 'Ville. We heard from sources down there that a lot of the
residents are not happy over the T's proposal to build their
Maintenance Facility right there in their back yard. Some were heard to
say that they should picket Governor Patrick's home in Milton, after
all they want him to be reminded that they helped him get elected. We
hear they already tried to corner the Mayor and Alderman Heuston and
give them the same line. We're not sure, it's all but definitely a
vocal group down at Brickbottom that is making noise. First of all, the
tracks have always been there next to the Brickbottom buildings – the
buildings used to be known as the A&P warehouse back 30-40 years
ago.

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The Somerville Police were busy last
week ticketing and towing the many cars still left on the streets
buried under the most recent snowstorms. Just so you know, if you are
parked on a city street and you don't remove the snow, you risk
receiving a ticket for "Snow Birding" – so if you don't go out and
remove the snow from your car right away you will get a ticket and
possibility several tickets and then a tow…could be a costly mistake,
but definitely a great revenue stream for the city isn't it?

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Special
thanks from us to our friend and guest contributor Will Pierce – he
attended the Presidential Inauguration and brought back great stories
and amazing pictures. We are lucky to have such talent pitching in here.

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Shootings,
stabbings, drug dealer arrests – there's been a lot of activity by the
Somerville Police Department these days. We hope that with upcoming
budget issues, we will continue to enjoy the level of security our
local police officers are giving us on a daily basis without cutbacks
and layoffs.

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Our hearts and prayers are
with Alderman Tom Taylor, who is currently in the hospital recovering
from surgery this past Friday. The popular Ward 3 Alderman is probably
taking it all in stride, we wish him nothing but the best – to him and
his lovely family.

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Some more celebrities
sightings here in the Ville, we have it on reliable sources that Ben
Affleck has been seen having breakfast at the Neighborhood Restaurant
in Union Square not once, but a few times, the Neighborhood was one of
the "Best of Somerville 2008" readers choices.

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You
know that new "Condo Conversion Ordinance" that the Alderwoman from
Ward 6 has been trying to get on track here? We can't wait until it
finally gets before the Board of Aldermen and hear the reasoning behind
pushing this through – especially now in this economy – again, how many
permits for conversion have there been? We bet the votes on the Board
of Alderman might not be there right now.

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The
first live "Somerville News Talk Show" will be this Thursday the 29th
at 8pm with host Joe Lynch – the number to call in is 617-628-9876.

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Condolences
go out to the family of Bridget Pacheco who passed away this past week
– many of us here in the 'Ville are pretty familiar with her brother
George Landers – Bridget was a very nice person and will be missed.

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Welcome
to a new business that is opening its doors here – Broadway Babies:
"Childcare for your Little Star" is opening next week at 88 Broadway in
East Somerville. It's a new bilingual childcare facility determined to
bring out the star in your child through creative curriculum and
interactive play. Breakfast and afternoon snacks will be provided.
They're now accepting enrollment of children between the ages of
6-weeks up to 2.9 years old. Opening on February 5th with a
registration fee of $50.00 being waived if you register your child at
the open house, vouchers are accepted, call 617-440-7374 for more
information.

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