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Our featured poet this week is Somerville’s Ed Meek. Ed is a poet and fiction writer. His latest short story collection is titled Luck.

Construction for phase one of the Winter Hill Schoolyard project is scheduled to begin on the Thurston St. level on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The first phase involves transferring the asphalt court on the lower level into a turf playing field. This field responds to the needs of the school’s Physical Education program and recess use and creates additional community capacity for small fields as called for in the City’s Athletic Fields Master Planning Staff Report from June 2016.

Arrests:
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Rachel Devine, of 34 Bay State Ave., June 13, 11:42 a.m., arrested at home on warrant charges of larceny from a person, armed assault to rob, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Kerby Cetoute, of 70 Boylston St., Malden, June 13, 12:19 p.m., arrested at McGrath Hwy. on a charge of shoplifting by concealing merchandise and on warrant charges of assault and malicious damage to a motor vehicle.

With the recent passing of Union Square Zoning, the redevelopment transition in the Union Square neighborhood is taking off. A neighborhood council is forming to influence the transformation and help shape the future of Union Square, and neighborhood residents and business owners are invited to participate.

Please join Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston, the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development, MassDOT and Beacon St. Reconstruction Project staff on Monday, June 26, for a community meeting to discuss the ongoing roadway reconstruction. Alderman Heuston and project staff will provide important updates, including information on current construction, information about the protected bicycle track, impacts to and mitigation for residents and businesses, and an updated project timeline. Due to unforeseen utility work, the project may be delayed, and we encourage community members to join us at the meeting to learn more about what to expect in the coming months.

Colleen Morrissey is a Resource Specialist in the Aging Information Center at SCES.

By Colleen Morrissey

Meals on Wheels is one of the best-known supports for older adults in America. The program operates in nearly every community nationwide, providing nutritious food in part through funding from the Older Americans Act. Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services (SCES) offers the program to people age 60 and older, and also to younger people with disabilities who live in elderly/disabled housing.

Family Fun Day set for June 24, Fireworks June 29 both at Trum Field.

Summertime in Somerville officially kicks off with the annual Family Fun Day in on Saturday, June 24, from noon to 4 p.m. at Trum Field (rain date June 25). “Summertime in Somerville” events run from June until September with a variety of free events open to people of all ages. Following Family Fun Day, the City will host its annual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration at Trum Field on Thursday, June 29 (rain date July 6), beginning with live entertainment at 6:30 p.m. 

By Tom Bannister

The How To Fix The World Festival brings together art and activism to consider ways we can improve our communities and the larger world. The free event will be presented by the Somerville Arts Council in the city’s Union Square from noon to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 18 (rain date, July 8).

~Photos by Claudia Ferro

Ms. Fothergill’s 4th grade class at East Somerville Community School recently wrote poems and decorated t-shirts to honor the memory of late teen poet and peace activist, Mattie J.T. Stepanek. To learn more about Mattie J. T Stepanek go online to http://www.mattieonline.com/