Let’s face it. When so many people start complaining and raising the alarms about how badly our beloved Davis Square is doing in terms of upkeep and infrastructure, we all need to wake up and pay attention.

While the city has invested heavily in the development and promotion of various areas such as Assembly Row and Union Square – and justifiably so – the very heart of the downtown community, Davis, has quietly been suffering a slow death of a thousand cuts.

Lorraine Ruth Burlamachi, age 92, and lifelong resident of Somerville passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge. She was affectionately known as “Nannie” to all.

Born in Somerville on June 20, 1926 the daughter of the late Peter D. and Mary C. (Razzaboni) Burlamachi. She was raised and educated in Somerville graduating from Somerville High School.

— Photos by Claudia Ferro

While predictions of a big snow storm for last weekend targeted Friday into Saturday at first, it was Sunday into Monday that saw the most snowfall. Families and business owners took to their shovels and snowplows once again in hopes that this would be the last big one of the season.

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Lynne Viti, faculty emerita at Wellesley College, is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Baltimore Girls (2017) and The Glamorganshire Bible (2018) both from Finishing Line Press, and two microchapbooks, Punting (2017) and Hollyhocks (forthcoming, 2019), both from Origami Poems Project. Her work has appeared most recently in The Baltimore Sun, Gargoyles (forthcoming 2019), Constellations, Amuse-Bouche, The Paterson Review and The Little Patuxent Review. She blogs at stillinschool.wordpress.com. Find her on Twitter @LynneViti.

Arrests:
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Stephanie Delgado, of 11 Barrett Way, Onset, February 25, 11:16 a.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on charges of conspiracy and larceny under $1200.

Eddie Ware, of 38 Marlene Ave., Brockton, February 25, 11:16 a.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on charges of conspiracy, trespassing, and larceny under $1200.

Somerville Media Center will be hosting its 2019 SMC Honors Gala on Friday, March 8 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Arts At The Armory, 191 Highland Ave.

This night recognizes the best facets of community-made media shared in greater Somerville. Local TV shows, podcasts, indie films and radio shows are the heart and soul of community media and we invite our award nominees, our friends, neighbors, community partners and members to join us to celebrate community media!

The annual Somerville Maple Syrup Project  has returned for its 16th season. It began with a local maple tree tapping on January 27 on Tufts University’s campus Somerville/Medford campus. The project will culminate in the Maple Syrup Boil Down on March 16 at Groundwork Somerville’s urban farm at 138 South Street, Somerville. Each year over 1000 community members participates in the maple events.

• Vehicles must move from City lots by 6 p.m.; parking meters back in effect at 6 p.m.
• Property owners must clear sidewalks by sunset

The snow emergency is lifted effective 4 p.m. Monday. Beginning at 4 p.m., vehicles parked in city lots will have two hours to move out of the lots. Vehicles not moved from lots by 6 p.m. Monday will be ticketed and towed so that City crews can safely plow. Meters citywide will go into effect at 6 p.m. Residents may also resume parking in City and metered lots after they have been cleared. 

Please join Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 City Councilor Matthew McLaughlin, Ward 2 City Councilor J.T. Scott, Ward 3 City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, City of Somerville staff, and representatives from the GLX team for a community meeting on Wednesday, March 13, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. to discuss the upcoming Washington St. bridge closure and detour routes. The meeting will be held in the auditorium at the East Somerville Community School, 50 Cross St.