Somerville’s Denise Levertov: The Poet of Glover Circle

On April 6, 2022, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times

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Mark Pawlak, a former Somerville resident, had an informal apprenticeship with the late poet Denise Levertov (1923 to 1997). Levertov, a noted lyrical and political poet held court at her home at Glover Circle, right outside Davis Square.

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Lyrical Somerville – April 6

On April 6, 2022, in Community/Arts, Latest News, by The Somerville Times

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Kaileigh Grieb is a freshman at Endicott College studying communications and journalism in the hope of becoming a journalist. She found a passion for writing late in high school and it’s only grown since then. In her free time, she can be found writing poems, short stories, and other genres of literature.

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Somerville Police respond to shots fired on Memorial Rd.

On April 5, 2022, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times

At around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday evening Somerville Police received a report of shots fired in the area of 10a Memorial Rd. in Somerville.

Upon arrival, police found that multiple shots had been fired. Two bullets were found to have entered the first-floor window of the building

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Somerville Police Crime Log March 27 – April 3

On April 5, 2022, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times

Arrests:
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Michael Guevarez, of Lawrence, March 31, 5:11 p.m., arrested at Broadway on a warrant charge of fugitive from justice on court warrant.

 

Somerville resident Garrett Tingle Jr. and his father are running the Boston Marathon for the Heather Abbott Foundation.

Heather was affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and unfortunately had to have one of her legs amputated as a result after many surgeries to try and save it. Heather launched HAF to help other amputees and has an 11-person running team (Team Limb-it Less) ready to run and raise funds to provide protheses for those in need.

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Sav-Mor Liquors opens in Assembly Row

On April 4, 2022, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times


— Photos by Bobbie Toner

On Friday, April 1, family owned and operated, Sav-Mor Liquors celebrated the opening of their new location, 325 Canal Street, Assembly Row. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Councilors-at-Large Jake Wilson and Kristen Strezo, Somerville Chamber of Commerce President, Stephen Mackey were on hand to help generations of the Weiner family celebrate their grand opening.

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Reimagine Union Square

On April 4, 2022, in Latest News, by The Somerville Times


Community Meeting – March 21, 2022

 

Team SCES walking to support Meals on Wheels

On April 3, 2022, in Community/Arts, Latest News, by The Somerville Times

A group of Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) staffers are walking this spring to support food security locally and statewide.

Team SCES is participating in the 2022 Project Bread Walk for Hunger to raise funds for SCES Meals on Wheels and Project Bread’s hunger relief efforts across the Commonwealth.

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The City of Somerville seeks three artists to serve on the newly created Somerville Armory Master Plan Committee. After acquiring the Armory building at 191 Highland Avenue last year, the city has initiated a master planning process to support the space as a City-owned arts resource. The Committee will guide municipal consultants and staff in developing the Somerville Armory Master Plan in preparation for transitioning the property into a public community arts center. 

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By Doug Holder

The View From Somerville  Edited by Lloyd Schwartz  Cervena Barva Press, Somerville, MA. http://www.cervenabarvapress.com

At a recent poetry reading Somerville Poet Laureate Lloyd Schwartz handed me a poetry anthology. Not just any poetry anthology, but this collection is by Somerville High School students. Schwartz got a grant from the Academy of American Poets, funded by the Mellon Foundation. He has used some of this grant money to encourage and publish young poets. Schwartz writes in his introduction:

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