By Mario Sousa

Suffolk Construction has recently accepted Emily Sabatino and Jennifer Cremone as interns for the renovation of the new high school.

These two Somerville High School seniors from the Residential Carpentry program will be pursuing their career interests in Construction Management through this internship for the remainder of the year.

Eagle Feathers #145 – Somerville – Her Story

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Through the years, much has been said about the heroic men who touched or stirred the hills of Somerville.

It’s a frustrating situation. The mere fact that one has to dig out after a whopper of a snowstorm is bad enough, but when it just keeps coming – oh, the misery!

Compound that misery with the unfortunate realization that city or privately contracted snow plows have piled the stuff right back onto your freshly scraped clean sidewalk – it’s enough to send you right up the wall.

(L to R) Attorney Phil Privitera and Yves-R. Maignan, the 71st Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Master for Massachusetts.

On December 8, 2017, Somerville attorney Philip Privitera was named an Honorary Lifetime brother of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall African Grand Lodge #459 at its 226th Annual Communication in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Founded on July 3, 1776, the Most Worshipful African Grand Lodge #459 changed its name officially to the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge in 1847 out of respect for its founding father, abolitionist, and first Grand Master, Prince Hall.  There are now approximately 5,000 lodges and 47 Grand Lodges who trace their origins to the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, jurisdiction Massachusetts.

Review by Julia Carlson

Lee Varon’s book, Affairs Run in the Family, is an exploration of and testament to the fragile feelings of the author’s memories of her Southern upbringing and relationship with her grandmother. When the husband of the grandfather’s mistress attempted to murder him, her grandmother’s life was forever changed. And then, there were also the events of the civil rights era, which played out during the author’s childhood and left a deep impression on her. Those complex feelings are explored as the author attempts to reconcile these events and their consequences to her grandparents, family, and herself. In Court, Varon describes her grandmother at the trial of her husband’s aggressor:

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And now for a little prose/poetry – flash fiction – or whatever you want to call it. Michael C. Keith is the author/coauthor of 30 book volumes and dozens of articles on the subject of radio and broadcast studies. In addition to his non-fiction titles, Keith has published over a dozen creative works, including an acclaimed memoir, The Next Better Place, a young adult novel, Life is Falling Sideways, and several short story collections; most recently Slow Train and Perspective Drifts Like a Log on a River. Mad Hat Press will publish his next story collection, Let Us Now Speak of Extinction. His fiction has been nominated for several awards, among them the Pen/O.Henry Award, the Pushcart Prize, the National Indie Excellence Award, and the International Book Award. He is professor emeritus at Boston College.

Arrests:
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Kion Thomas, of 118 Devon St., Dorchester, January 15, 6:01 p.m., arrested at Bonair St. on a charge of attempt to commit a crime.

Donese Ball, of 889 Harrison Ave., Boston, January 15, 7:30 p.m., arrested at Broadway on a warrant charge of assault and battery.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone & Alderman Ben Ewan-Campen invite you to a 4th community meeting to discuss the renovation of Prospect Hill Park.

SCES board of directors recently elected new officers: (seated, from left) Vice President Liz Aguilo, President Susann Wilkinson, Clerk Leslie Hergert, and Treasurer Roma Mayur.
Also in the photo are board members, from left, Lois Simon, Susan Pacheco, Henry Parker, Jan Mattimoe, Neal A. Winston, Edna Stamp, Ellen Ellis Pearline Hines Mel Simms, Lily Owyang. Not pictured: Kathryn Erat, Laura Ramsay, and Anna Rebelo.

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) is a non-profit agency that supports the independence and well-being of older people in Somerville and Cambridge.

The agency operates under a local volunteer board of directors, which recently elected new officers for 2018. The new officers are: