.25¢ www.TheSomervilleNews.com Vol. 41 No. 35 • SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 Somerville’s only independent community newspaper
[email protected] Inside: Our ‘View’ on the Primary Commentary Primary Election Day is this Thursday, Sep- tember 6, and although not much else is hap- pening until the November election, we here in Somerville have two very important races to get out and VOTE on, whichever candidate you choose to support. First of all, State Representative Denise Provost has a Democratic challenger and his Register of Deeds name is Harry Kortikere. Not much to see here. candidates Q&A Harry might be a nice guy, but from all we can page 5 see he's new to the city and he's basically running an online media campaign on Facebook and oth- er places. Some of us live in the district and haven't seen him, but we have seen Denise. He might be a good guy but we don't know anyone who knows him, never mind us know- ing him. Granted, that's not very important, but we think a State Representative should know their constituents. We read his answers recently and we think maybe his starting off at the State Representative level might be over- reaching it. He's only been here in Somerville a Be sure to get out there and vote on Primary Election Day,Thursday,September 6. couple of years. Continued on page 8 A Yarnstorm of colors New initiatives will begin in pages 12-13 Somerville Public Schools By Cathleen Twardzik It's time to get ready for another school year, so get your new school supplies together, and strap on your backpack.