GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS MONDAY, October 15, the 288th day of 2018 with 77 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 6:56 and sunset is @ 6:03. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury & Saturn. The evening stars are Neptune, Uranus & Venus.

ON THIS DAY IN: 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte began his exile on the remote island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean. Continue reading GOOD MORNING – TODAY IS by John Dwyer

Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Angel COLON (Firearm Carry w/o License, Firearm Poss Large Capacity, RSP…)

On Tuesday, October 9, 2018, I was assigned to E-2.  At approximately 6:42 AM, I along with E-3, Officer Scrugli were dispatched to the Star Market located at 275 Beacon Street for a weapons call.

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Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Clifton MOORE (A&B DW, VCO Poss DW)

On October 9th, 2018, I, Officer James Torres, was in full-uniform, while assigned to marked unit East 2, during the day shift. At approximately 8:19 AM, Officers were dispatched to the area of 22x Somerville Avenue, for a report of a man who hit a woman in the head with a baseball bat.

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Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Daniel ALMEIDA (Carry Dangerous Weapon, Unlicensed Op of MV)

The following is a brief summary to incident #18060654.

On 10/11/2018, I was working in plain clothes, operating an unmarked Police vehicle, assigned to the Somerville Police Drug Control Unit. At 5:36 PM observations were made by me of Daniel Almeida sitting in the driver’s seat of his truck (Ma Reg xxxx) on the corner of Perkins and Mount Vernon Street. Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Daniel ALMEIDA (Carry Dangerous Weapon, Unlicensed Op of MV)

Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Brian ZIMMERMAN (OUI Drugs)

On Saturday October 13 2018, I was working my assigned cruiser West 5 with my Field Training Officer Ducasse. As we were parked facing westbound on Elm St. approximately 100 feet away from Linden Ave, officer Ducasse observed a black SUV go into the opposite lane at an high rate of speed, cross the double yellow line and take a sharp right onto Linden Ave. Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Brian ZIMMERMAN (OUI Drugs)

Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Nihad RUSTOM (OUI Liquor, Negligent MV OP)

On Sunday, October 14, 2018, I was assigned to marked unit East-4 and on routine patrol. At approximately 7:43 PM, I was dispatched to Broadway and Main Street for a report of a motor vehicle accident. Dispatch informed me that witnesses on the scene believed one operator may be intoxicated. Officers Fusco (East-3) Nevin, D. Lambert (West-6) Schneider and Ribeiro (East-1) responded as well.

Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Nihad RUSTOM (OUI Liquor, Negligent MV OP)

Somerville News Weekly’s Special Person of the Week Director of Communications and Community Denise Taylor

Meet this week’s “Special Person of the Week:Denise Taylor

Denise is good at what she does continuously keeping the residents of Somerville well informed and up to speed of what’s going on in and around Somerville.

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Somerville Speakup Line:Aldermen Should Team Up With Homeowners on Housing Problem Instead of Hurting Them

Dear Billy T and Somerville Speakup Line,

The aldermen and their bright ideas and proposals they want to place on people’s private property makes being a small landlord untenable. They and everyone in the city is screaming housing crisis, yet no one is engaging property owners about adding on units of housing.  There are plenty of homeowners in RB zones that could add a unit of housing, that could be created quickly and cheaply.

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