A Wednesday morning accident sent one person to the hospital. The accident occurred late morning on Broadway.

– Photos by Donald Norton

– Photos by Harry Kane

New President of Tufts University,Anthony P. Monaco, a noted neuroscientist, delivered the keynote address during the Somerville Chamber of Commerce 65th Annual Dinner on Wednesday, November 9, at the Holiday Inn.

A grateful City of Somerville paid its respects to the many generations of veterans who did their duty with pride and conviction throughout the years. – Photo by Andrew Firestone

By Andrew Firestone

A well-attended and heartfelt Veteran’s Day Ceremony took place in Somerville last Friday, November 11, where city and state officials joined the veterans of Somerville to celebrate and remember their sacrifices.

Congratulations to our fans Danny and Suzanne (Wiley) Maganzini of Magoun Square who recently gave birth to their first child, a beautiful daughter named Daniela. What a lucky little girl she is to have parents like Suzanne and Danny. They are a great couple. It looks like Danny will need to increase his landscaping business from now on, won’t he?

Theresa Mickelwait, Brad Connelly, James Marques, and James Scheffler.

A decade of homecomings from Iraq and Afghanistan

By Elizabeth Sheeran

Somerville’s George Dilboy VFW Post was filled to capacity on Veterans Day, when Veterans Council member Bob Hickey spoke of “a new generation of veterans.” In a room full of heroes, Hickey talked of the heroes of today: the hundreds from Somerville who have served since 9/11 in Iraq and Afghanistan and sometimes both. The ones who haven’t even begun to think of themselves as heroes.

Meeting of the mayors. Joseph Curtatone of Somerville with Rahm Emanuel of Chicago.

By Andrew Firestone

In a city in need of federal funds, sensible economic development policy and creative ideas for fostering businesses, leadership sometimes needs good ideas and conversation to find the way forward.

By Harry Kane

For the  long bemoaned Green Line Extension street trolley project, there shone a light at the end of the tunnel. According to a new proposal, unveiled Monday, November 14, a new locked-in-end-date for the completion of two green line stations has been scheduled, as part of the “phasing plan” by the state transportation department.

Arrests:
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Grigory Genkin, 29, of 19 Oxford St., November 7, 9:04 a.m., arrested at home on warrant charges of drug violation near a school or park, methamphetamine distribution, and conspiracy to violate drug law.

Francis Murray, 41, of 50 Draper St., Dorchester, November 7, 9:49 a.m., arrested at 26 Central St. on a charge of abuse prevention order violation.

Alan Ball has worked 25 years as a medical journalist. He moved from NYC to Somerville in 1978. Since then he has worked with school kids by organizing after school creative writing groups at the A.D. Healey School, and formed the student newspaper. He founded the print and online magazine Happening Now! everywhere– run by a collective of young writers that produces an online and print magazine of literature and art that is read worldwide. I talked with Ball on my Somerville Community Access TV Show ” Poet to Poet: Writer to Writer.”

Spare Change News poetry editor Marc D. Goldfinger sent me this poem for the LYRICAL.