Eagle Feathers #134 –Weaving the Web

By Bob (Monty) Doherty

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Somerville’s fifth birthday, March 3, 1847. Thirty years later, after moving to America, he became the recipient of the United States Patent #174465. This is often considered the most valuable patent ever granted. It acknowledged him as the inventor of the telephone and father of its industry.

When you’re putting together your summer BBQ guest list don’t forget Mayor Joe Curtatone. This summer he’s hoping a few residents will invite him over to talk about city issues, policies, or whatever else is on their minds as part of the Mayor In My Backyard (MIMBY) program. (If you don’t have a backyard, that’s OK. Living rooms, kitchen tables, porches, and patios are all great too.)

Paradise Lost: A Movement Collective hosts the More Than Moves Festival 2017 this Thursday at the Rockwell Theater in Davis Square.

By Taylor McMahon

Back for its second annual community showcase, Paradise Lost: A Movement Collective and other Boston-based artists will perform at the More Than Moves Festival 2017 on Thursday, July 27, 8:00 p.m., at the Rockwell Theater in Somerville. All proceeds from the event will benefit Transition House, Cambridge’s domestic violence agency for community education, outreach, and intervention.

The Somerville High School Girls Basketball Board congratulates the new Somerville High School Varsity Coach, Sheila Freitas-Haley, and wishes her luck in the 2017-18 season.

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Many a Somervillian will be heading to the Cape this summer. I will be heading to that enclave of artists and writers, Provincetown, on the tip of Cape Cod. Christopher Busa, the founder of the magazine Provincetown Arts sent me the latest edition. So I decided to write an appreciation of it.

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Somerville Bagel Bard and Brookline Poet Laureate Zvi A. Sesling sent us this poem about the late poet Harry Weldon Kees. Kees was an American poet, painter, literary critic, novelist, playwright, jazz pianist, short story writer, and filmmaker.

Arrests:
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Ralph Milord, of 80 Metropolitan Ave., Hyde Park, July 18, 11:15 a.m., arrested at Assembly Row on charges of violation of city ordinance possession of a dangerous weapon, shoplifting by asportation, and carrying a dangerous weapon.

Manuel Escobar, of 45 Addison St., Chelsea, July 20, 6:30 p.m., arrested at Central St. on warrant charges of operation of a motor vehicle with a suspended registration and uninsured motor vehicle.

Hanoria (O’Connor) Sullivan  of  Somerville, originally from County Kerry, Town of Killorglin, Ireland, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her home on July 20, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Joseph J. Sullivan. Loving mother of Dennis and his wife Melissa, Daniel, Maureen, Joseph and the late Jeremiah Sullivan. Sister of Mary Travers and her husband Robert, Bridie Woulfe and her husband William and Johnny O’Connor and his wife Mary. Mother-in-law of Shelia Sullivan. Loving and caring Grandmother of Jaclyn Rose, Mark and Jay Sullivan. Also survived by her beautiful cat Nia. Special thanks to Una McPartlin.

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services Resource Specialist, Colleen Morrissey.

By Colleen Morrissey

Providing dementia care can be a challenge, but at Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) we help caregivers identify services that help maximize independence and quality of life for both themselves and the people they care for.

UPDATE: Beginning on Saturday, July 29 (weather permitting), both Prospect St. and Webster Ave. will be converted to accommodate two-way vehicle and bicycle traffic. Currently, Webster Ave. is one-way from Somerville Ave. to the intersection with Prospect St., while Prospect St. is one-way from Webster Ave./Concord St. into Union Square. The switchover is the culmination of a multi-year “Union Square Early Action” planning project, for which construction officially began in spring 2017.