Who among us actually likes getting a shot of any kind? There are certainly a given number of masochistic types out there who don’t mind taking a little jab in the arm or … elsewhere.

But many of us put off or completely avoid the prickly deed for as long as we can push it, until the cold and flu season completely bypasses us altogether, or we fall victim to the merciless clutches of our microbiological nemeses. And, of course, perhaps even more importantly, those all-important COVID-19 booster doses should not be put off or rejected altogether.

Eagle Feathers #263 – Mount Vernon

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Mount Vernon is an American landmark and the former estate of George Washington. The old mansion is situated on a picturesque plateau located 200 feet above and overlooking the Potomac River in Virginia. The remains of our Revolutionary War Commander and first President of the United States and his wife Martha lie in a brick tomb on these hallowed grounds.

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Book review by off the shelf correspondent Ed Meek

Tom Perrotta is one of the best satirists writing fiction today. His new book is a sequel to the very funny novel Election. The main character of both novels is Tracy Flick. In Election, she is a high school overachiever running for President of her class. She is the type of student everyone hated in high school – always knew the answer, hand up first in class, front row student and leader of half a dozen high school clubs.

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Mark Saba has been writing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for 40 years. His book publications include, most recently, Two Novellas: A Luke of All Ages / Fire and Ice, Calling the Names (poetry), and Ghost Tracks: Stories of Pittsburgh Past. His work has appeared widely in literary magazines around the U.S. and abroad. He is also a painter, and is recently retired as a medical illustrator at Yale University. Please see marksabawriter.com.

Arrests:
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 Foster Starks, of Cambridge, September 24, 4:22 p.m., arrested at Meacham Rd. on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Andwain Coleman Jr., of Cuyahoga, OH, September 24, 4:22 p.m., arrested at Meacham Rd. on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and City of Somerville staff invite you to attend the next community meeting to discuss 90 Washington Street, a 4-acre site near the East Somerville Green Line station envisioned as the home of a new Public Safety Building and a range of civic, commercial, and residential spaces. 

Mary H. Regan, R.N.
Retired Mass. General Hospital Nurse

Mary H. Regan, R.N., age 87, a longtime resident of West Somerville and Edgartown, passed away peacefully at the Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, September 24, 2022, following a brief illness.

Born in Cambridge on August 14, 1935, she was the daughter of the late James J. and Molly (Scanlon) Regan.

Members of “The Squad” at Saturday’s participating in Saturday’s event at the Somerville Theatre. — Photo courtesy of Councilor At-Large Kristen Strezo

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Dover St. location last Saturday afternoon on reports of a fight that had started outside the Somerville Theatre in Davis Sq., the site of a speaking event featuring “The Squad” (U.S. Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez).

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Host, Sarah Fishman speaks with Ward 5 City Councilor, Beatriz Gomez Mouakad on this City Council Spotligtht.

Lewis “Doc” West reviews documents with Money Management volunteer Judith Rosen, in one of their monthly meetings at his Cambridge home. The Money Management program at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services helps roughly 80 older adults maintain independence by helping with mail reading, bill paying, and financial errands.

Lewis “Doc” West has been happy to call Cambridge home since the late ‘90s. But when he started losing his vision to glaucoma, he needed to make some changes.

As a musician, the biggest was relearning how to play the guitar. More recently it was finding an apartment within walking distance of vital services. West, who is legally blind, began the process of looking for affordable housing a few years ago, and he was glad to have some assistance from a Money Management volunteer through Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES).