by James C. Martin

A Somerville man joined scores of Assyrian Christians Feb. 19 marching in protest in front of the United Nations in New York City.

“The Assyrians have been second-class citizens in Iraq ever since the seventh century, and this election was a chance for change,” Nels Mishael Naby Frye, a 23-year-old resident of Milton Street.

The fashion designer, who has made her nest in Davis Square, and who has expanded both her boutique and her spring line, celebrated her success with a March 10 open house and fashion show.

The opportunity to grow the store happened just at the right time, said Cibeline Sariano, the owner and driving creative force behind her self-named line and 85 Holland St. store.

[Davis Square comic Jimmy Tingle, whose theater Jimmy Tingle’s Off-Broadway is the home of The Somerville News Writers Festival, will contribute a regular column in the Style editions of the paper. Tingle’s Web site is: jimmytingle.com.]

My First Road Trip

by Jimmy Tingle

As a stand up comic I have worked "the road" on and off for 25 years including shows in Europe, Canada, Australia, South America and just about every state in America.   

Now I’m  back  where I first started performing – on the Red Line-  with a  theater in  Davis Square  and a column  for The Somerville News. Who says life is not fair?

Growing up in Cambridge, my first road trip was not to a comedy club in another state, it was to the subway station of another planet: Harvard Square, Cambridge, at the time the last stop on the Red Line.

This was before the Red Line extension turned Davis Square, Somerville into "the Paris of the West" according to People magazine. Last week after one of my shows, I visited the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower in between stops at Red Bones, Johnny D’s and The Burren.

A Ball Square lawyer, whose practice includes criminal defense and immigration law, announced today that he is a candidate for alderman-at-large in Newton.

"Mine will be a difficult, but winnable race," said Benjamin Arnhold-Weisbach, whose office is at 694 Broadway.

"I will need the support, help and advice from my friends and family to make this happen. Together, we can bring people together to make a positive change," he said.

More information is availble at the campaign’s Web site: votebenweisbuch.com.

The Somerville News Style edition marks the beginning of the paper’s weekly publication schedule.

The new edition will focus on the arts and happenings around Somerville, and of course, break news as our readers have come to expect for more than 35 years.

For marketing opportunities and advertising rates, call (617) 666-4010 or e-mail: somervillenews@aol.com.

Thank you, Somerville! Your support made this possible. We won’t let you down.

Read the review of "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf" in today’s edition of The Somerville News Style.

A 23-year-old, in his second year of law school, and who is skeptical of the mayor’s proposal to make the chief of police an appointed position, announced today that he is a candidate for one of the four at-large aldermen seats.

The purpose of the civil service is to protect competent government workers from undo political pressure, said Domigos R. Santos Jr., who moved to the city from Medford in June.

State Sen. Charles E. Shannon, D-Somerville, announced today  the 2004 World Series Trophy, won by the Red Sox in last year’s historic Fall Classic, will visit Somerville April 12, as part of a tour sponsored by the Massachusetts Lottery at Somerville High School’s Brune Field House from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Developing…

by Neil W. McCabe

Lt. Gov. Kerry M. Healy joined Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone for at a March 2 press conference to announce the $64 million sale of several key Assembly Square development parcels to Federal Realty Investment Trust of Rockville, Md.

“This is a landmark deal for Somerville and a major step forward in the city’s economic growth effort,” the mayor said. 

Volunteer models from Somerville and around

the Boston-area will showcase fashion from
cultures around the world at the Langham Hotel
at 250 Franklin St. tonight.

The show starts at 6:30 p.m. More information is available at 617.817.2995

News Photos by Brian Geraghty