L-R: President Paul Upton presents the Legion of Honor citation to Past President Bob Costello.

The Kiwanis Club of Somerville was proud to honor three special members at their Legion of Honor luncheon on Thursday, June 21. The Legion of Honor recognizes individuals who have been Kiwanis members for 25 years and every five years thereafter. These members have each dedicated hundreds of volunteer hours supporting Kiwanis programs and projects that benefit local children, seniors and other organizations that make our community a better place to live.

The documentary “Runnin’” provides an unfiltered view of the opioid crisis and the toll it has taken in the lives of many Somerville victims. — Photo courtesy of STAT

By Ian Erlichman

A scrappy looking man, with a weathered face and ice blue eye, sits in a collapsible chair in a furniture-less warehouse. His name is Marky Pantanella, and he was an opioid addict. Like many of his kind, now with a shrunken circle of childhood friends. “I feel like I’m the last man standing,” he remarked to the camera. Pantanella is featured in a film called Runnin’, directed by his childhood friend, and STAT journalist, Alex Hogan.

Guests flocked to the 20th annual Taste of Somerville food festival held in Nathan Tufts Park on June 20. — Photos by Shira Laucharoen

By Shira Laucharoen 

Andalusian gazpacho topped with black olives and breadcrumbs. Black raspberry and chocolate ice cream in burnt marshmallow fluff cones, decorated with a rim of Fruity Pebbles or bacon.

The official kick-off of the construction phase of the Green Line Extension project took place at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday at Union Square in Somerville.

The event coincided with the $225M release of funding for the project by the federal government.

Erica Voolich congratulates (back)Samuel Saron, Desmond Feldman, Benjamin Novik, Nicolas Ragusa, (front) Saja El-Saudi, Lizbeth Figueroa, Mekhribon Otajonova, Mei Mei Collins on winning Somerville Math Fund renewable scholarships for outstanding work in math & science.

The Somerville Mathematics Fund is pleased to announce the winners of their renewable mathematics scholarships for 2018. The Math Fund was founded to celebrate and encourage math achievement and these students deserve to be celebrated for their work in math and science while in high school. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals and a few organizations, this year we were able to award a record 8 scholarships, totaling $32,000 over four years.

Eagle Feathers #156 – Camouflage

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

He was an eminent American sculptor, draftsman, painter and craftsman. Emilius R. Ciampa was a ten-year old Italian immigrant when he arrived at Boston’s North End in 1906.

By Herman Schwartz-O’Brien

According to a report by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the recently recovered remains of a U.S. Marine from Somerville killed in World War II came home for burial.

By Donald Norton

This past Tuesday, the Somerville Rotary Club inducted its newest member, Lisa Ramos, who recently became the new Manager of Century Bank in Somerville on the Fellsway. Pictured with Lisa is the club’s President Kevin Su and Past President Paul Kaufman.