— Photos by Kristina Sabatino

Somerville Girls Varsity Basketball lost the MIAA tournament playoff game they played against Danvers High Monday night in Danvers, eliminating the team from the tournament. The final score was 54-36.

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Review by Dennis Daly

Masked by its modest size and critically unconsidered, at least until now, because of the small number of available copies, Pearl, Lawrence Kessenich’s new chapbook, spellbinds the reader both as a commentary on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and, in its own right, as a compilation of compelling and elegant poetry.

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Actor, writer and comedian, George J. MacDonald has been a working professional in the entertainment industry for a number of years. Stage plays that MacDonald has written include Waiting For Whitey, At The Funny Factory, In A Better Place and Whistling Past The Graveyard. Screenplays include Both Guns Blazing, Still In The Picture and The Spider Sequence. Some of his film credits are Monument Ave., Celtic Pride, Bluff and When Stand-up Stood Out. Television credits include MAD-TV, The Michael Richards Show and A&E’s Comedy On The Road. In 2005, George made his directorial debut with Why Work?, a sketch comedy show that played in The Edinburgh Fringe Festival. MacDonald is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Actors Equity Association and The Dramatists Guild of America.

Arrests:
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Kelly Carey, of 933 Quincy Shore Dr., Quincy, February 19, 6:08 p.m., arrested at Mystic Ave. on a warrant charge of conspiracy to violate drug law.

Michael Zampitella, of 11 Garden St., Cambridge, February 20, 3:47 p.m., arrested at Elm St. on charges of violation of city ordinance possession of a dangerous weapon and shoplifting by concealing merchandise, and on warrant charges of larceny over $250, use of a motor vehicle without authority, larceny from a building, destruction of property over $250, shoplifting by asportation, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, felony nighttime breaking and entering, and shoplifting over $100 by concealing merchandise.

All interested residents are invited to join the Office of Capital Projects and Planning, the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, Ward 3 Alderman Ben Ewen-Campen and Alderman at Large Mary Jo Rossetti for a public meeting on Monday, February 26, to discuss upcoming tree removal as part of the construction process for the new Somerville High School.

The Somerville Democratic City Committee will be holding its city wide reorganization meeting on February 27, 7:00 p.m. at the Somerville High School Library, 81 Highland Avenue. Also speaking at this meeting will be the candidate for Secretary of State, Josh Zakim. For more information about this committee and to RSVP for this meeting, please visit http://www.somdems.org

Aging Life Care Manager Carolynn Nagao-Marco.

By Carolynn Nagao-Marcotte

Differences of opinion often come with the territory when dealing with relatives. But family disagreements about care can be a huge problem when there’s a crisis and a loved one’s best interests are at stake.

Unfortunately, this is a fairly common situation. But a bit of preparation and a collaborative approach can make a world of difference.

Please join Ward 2 Alderman JT Scott, Ward 3 Alderman Ben Ewen-Campen, and the City’s Capital Projects & Planning Department for a community meeting on Wednesday, March 14, to discuss upcoming construction on Somerville Ave. as part of the Somerville Ave. Utility and Streetscape Improvements Project. The meeting will be held in the Academy Room of the Public Safety Building, 220 Washington St., beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Beyond Boston – Regional News Show presents: Understanding Net Neutrality and the Future of Our Internet: A Panel Discussion & Q and A

Thursday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m. at Malden Senior Center

It is no surprise that a free, open, and accessible internet is vital to our modern democracy. To ensure such protections, net neutrality rules were created to make sure all internet traffic is treated equally and enables freedom of the press, expression, and speech in the digital age. Despite the clear importance of net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to eliminate net neutrality and change the way Americans access the internet.

Somerville workers to protest billionaire-driven effort to use Supreme Court to further rig the system; #WeRise actions at workplaces call for more good, union jobs in our community

Union members in Somerville will be joined by community leaders and activists at Somerville City Hall on Feb. 26. The action will happen on the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the Janus vs. AFSCME case, a lawsuit driven by anti-worker CEOs and billionaires to divide working people and limit our power in numbers.