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Playwright Inez Hedges and Director Avriel Hillman seemed to be joined at the hip when they met me at the Diesel Cafe at Davis Square in Somerville. It seems that the duo has great chemistry – sharing knowing smiles and quick laughter.

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Marc Goldfinger has been published by the Ibbetson Street Press, The Aurorean, Pegasus, The Boston Poet, the Crooked River Press, Earth First! Journal, The New Renaissance, User’s News, Poiesis, The Porter Gulch Review, Rubber-Side-Down and many others. Goldfinger is also a member of the Liberation Poetry Collective and is included in the Liberation Anthology put out by the Trilingual Press. He is the poetry editor at Spare Change News.

February 12, 1937 – April 29, 2019

Anna E. Moran, of Somerville April 29, 2019. Beloved Daughter of the late George and Sarah Moran. Sister of Daniel Moran and the late George Moran Jr.

Funeral procession from the George L. Doherty Funeral Home, 855 Broadway (Powder House Sq.) Somerville, Wednesday morning June 5, at 10:30, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Joseph Church (Union Sq.) Somerville, at 11:00. Relatives and friends invited. Calling hours Wednesday morning at the Funeral Home, 8:30 – 10:30am. Interment Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Arlington.

Arrests:
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Marcus Cole, of 21 Logan St., Roxbury, May 28, 5:01 p.m., arrested at McGrath Hwy. on charges of drug possession to distribute, alcohol from open container, receiving stolen property over $1200, miscellaneous statutory violation, failure to wear a seatbelt, and motor vehicle lights violation.

With the annual Historic Preservation Month (May) events behind us, the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC) announced this week a revised schedule for spring events that were postponed due to inclement weather, as well as a revised schedule for Docent Tours of the Prospect Hill Tower, the Old Power House, and the Milk Row Cemetery. Rescheduled events will be held as follows:

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Dear Editor:

Over the past year, it’s been heartening to finally see some broad public concern in this country about the myriad environmental crises we face. The mass die-off of bees and other pollinators across the US — and the threat that die-off poses to our ability to grow some of our most critical crops — should be considered one of the most important of these problems, and one that requires an urgent response from beacon hill and our federal government.

Are you a local artist? Join City of Somerville staff for a forum for local artists as part of SomerVision2040 on Thursday, June 13 beginning at 6:00 p.m. We’ll discuss your concerns and ideas about how the city can better support our arts and creative economy. The forum will be held at the Lowell St. VNA, 259 Lowell St. (park on Lowell St.).

Purple ribbons are the symbol of elder abuse awareness. SCES and the Cambridge Council on Aging will distribute them in June, as part of Elder Abuse Awareness Month.

By Norah Al-Wetaid and Susan Pacheco

Older adults are disproportionately underserved when it comes to mental health issues, and this often contributes to elder abuse or neglect.

The good news is that resources are available to help. But both of these common issues typically fly under the radar, making awareness a key barrier.

Farmers To You will host a seed share and plant swap on Wednesday, June 5, and Thursday, June 6, at their regular weekly pickup sites in celebration of National Gardening Week.

Join these festive gatherings to get to learn about growing food in your own backyard or in pots on your front step.

Seeds from High Mowing Seed Company will be provided to all who attend, and participants are encouraged to dig up plants from their home garden and bring them to the event to swap.

Somerville Media Center and Let’s Talk About Race have announced a symposium entitled White Supremacy: Where Do We Go From Here?

The public invited to a free public symposium that will address the role of white males in dismantling white supremacy in America and beyond.