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by Neil W. McCabe

The power boat, belonging to Frank Santangelo, the city’s superintedent of buildings and grounds, previously berthed in a city building, is today parked in the 10 Richdale Ave. driveway of Cindy Hickey, the city’s executive director of the Council on Aging.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone’s spokeswoman said Santangelo has been reprimanded, in a manner consistent with the city’s personnel policies.

The mayor’s communications director said previous statements that referred to Santangelo using the building temporarily while his home was repaired were short-notice attempts to answer press inquiries were not definitive.

The matter is under investigation and when that inquest is complete all appropriate details will be made public, the communications director said.

A good friend of Frank Santangelo, the city’s superintentent of buildings and grounds, may have told the Farm Team Paper that his boat was being kept in a DPW garage, but they did not mention his name.

An even better friend of his has confirmed to us that it is indeed his boat.

Where is the loyalty in this city?

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by Nicole R. McEwen
 
City residents and officials greeted Paul Revere and his cavalry Monday at a Foss Park ceremony, part of the annual celebration of the Midnight Ride to warn of the approaching Redcoats.

“We’re here to educate, inform, and arouse some spirit. The Revere ride is such a thrill for us,” said Paul W. Tobin, a master sergeant in the Massachusetts Lancers, who assumed the role of Revere for this year’s ride, which ends in Lexington.

“It just gives everyone a genuine sense of patriotism,” Tobin said.

by Rebekah Metzler

The only announced challenger for the four alderman-at-large seats spoke at the April 1 contributors meeting of The Somerville News about his campaign and his platform, called The Somerville Vision.

“My goal is to talk to residents so they understand my policies,” said Domingos R. Santos Jr., the 23-year-old New England School of Law student, speaking in the back room of Davis Square’s Diesel Café.

by Christa D. Weber

When first confronted with the art of Tova Speter, one immediately senses a congruence with nature. There is something suggestive in Speter’s broad rivers of flashy color and cool shades of grey, but nothing so overt that it forces one to rush to a conclusion about meaning, technique, or perspective. Without a guiding placard, her paintings are like playful puzzles that leave viewers asking, “Why does this feel so familiar?”

“I use color to offer a glimpse into the amazing natural beauty that may otherwise remain unseen,” Speter said.

“I hope to share the idea that everything has an inherent beauty that will shine through when the time is taken to look at it from a new perspective,” she said.

by Julia C. Reischel

A diverse audience of community members, political leaders, state officials, and Tufts University students and faculty gathered April 4 to hear a panel address the Mystic River Watershed’s Superfund sites.

The goal of the event was to educate a younger generation about the events that took place in Woburn three decades ago, and also to give a wider audience an opportunity to learn more about the current state of the Wells G&H and Industriplex sites, said Forrest Graham, a Tufts student and member of Massachusetts Community Water Watch.

by Franklin W. Liu

“Artists’ Visions of Artists” was all about enigmatic Pop Artist Andy Warhol. It was the third and the last of a series of short films and videos presented by Branka Bogdanov, director of media, at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

These short films and videos provided a stimulating one hour and twenty minutes of subtext to an ongoing, major exhibition of over 50 artworks “Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists” mounted for view in ICA’s main gallery space.

by Molly M. Schoemann

Members of the Somerville Arts Council and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone hosted a Town Meeting on the Arts April 6 at the Visiting Nurses Association building at 259 Lowell St.

“We’re here to serve the city, the arts constituency, the residents,” said Gregory Jenkins, the council’s executive director.

“We also advise the mayor and aldermen on issues important to the city,” he said.

State Sen. Jarrett T. Barrios, D-Somerville, announced today he would run for Middlesex District Attorney if the current county prosecutor, Martha Coakley, leaves her post for another office.

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