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On Saturdays after you shop the Union Square Farmers Market,  visit the Market Lead tent for a special sticker to wear proudly as you #ShoptheSquare.  The Union Square Farmers Market is open Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Eagle Feathers #184 – The Square

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Washington Street was first called the Road to Newtowne, the original name of the City of Cambridge and the home of American’s first college, Harvard. Later, she became a much-traveled thoroughfare that was laid out through today’s Union Square.

The state legislature has taken its first step to move forward a bill that would require public notice in the event of sewage discharges into waterways. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville), Representative Linda Dean Campbell (D-Methuen), and Representative Denise Provost (D-Somerville), received a favorable vote on Wednesday from the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, the first threshold the bill must pass to become law. The bill’s advancement this early in the two-year legislative session is an indicator of strong interest among lawmakers and Committee leadership.

It’s been over ten years, and now the inevitable has come to pass. Parking meter rates in Somerville are going up by 25 cents per hour.

The city is quick to point out that the new rate of $1.25 per hour is in line with other neighboring communities, so it’s only fair.

Somerville’s Vanessa Goh #26 kicks off for the winning games against the Cali War on July 13 in the Women’s Football Alliance National Championship held on Golden, CO.

Somerville resident Vanessa Goh has recently won the Women’s Football Alliance National Championship with her team the Boston Renegades. Born in Davis, CA with a B.S. in Environmental Science from UCLA, Vanessa is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Sustainability at Harvard University Extension School.

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I had the good fortune to interview the doyenne of the Boston-area theatre scene, actress, playwright and director Paula Plum. I talked with Plum about her professional experience, and the play she is directing at the Hub Theatre Company in Boston, Steel Magnolias, playing through August 3.

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Carmellite Chamblin is a 22 years old poet residing in the Somerville area. She enjoys the small things in life such as eating, staring into the eyes of strangers on Newbury Street and rotating around the sun.

Arrests:
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Peter Campagna, of 5 Truro Rd., Mashpee, July 23, 1:01 p.m., arrested at Revolution Dr. on a warrant charge of shoplifting over $250 by concealing merchandise.

Pierre Luxama, of 40C Memorial Rd., July 24, 9:25 a.m., arrested at Jaques St. on warrant charges of open and gross lewdness and trespassing.

July 23, 1963 – July 28, 2019

Kellie A. McDaid of  Somerville  passed away on July 28, 2019.

Beloved daughter of Anthony and Margaret (Kennedy) McDaid. Loving sister of Timothy McDaid, Kathryn McDaid, Matthew McDaid and his wife Stacy. Dear aunt of Emily, Kathryn, Max, Dillon, Grace and Haleigh. Also survived by many loving cousins.

Celebrate the season at “Seize the Summer,” the August installment of the city’s SomerStreets festival, on Sunday, August 4, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. between Davis Square and Teele Square on Holland Street.