Mina Morales

Somerville residents show ‘coraje’ for tenant facing eviction. — Photos by Mina Rose Morales By Mina Rose Morales On a cold, windy St. Patrick’s Day, Somerville residents rallied in Union Square on Tuesday to support Gary Rogers, a week before his eviction trial begins on Monday, March 30. “The people united will never be defeated,” chanted Maria Lora, a community organizer with the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS), an organization helping residents fight poverty.

Finding love can be challenging. The search sometimes leads people to love someone for their potential rather than the actual human being they are. They may attach themselves to an ideal image of a person that isn’t real, and along the way, end up confused, hurt, frustrated, and disappointed. But while finding real love can be tough, it’s not impossible. To understand the difference between an illusion and the real deal, identify whether you truly know the person.

Patricia Elizabeth Bartevian is famous in Boston because of her age and her antique/ consignment shop, the Bartevian, adjacent to Emerson College on Boylston Street. Even at the age of 102, she spends every Monday-Saturday in her antique shop but comes home to Newton every night. Her family’s origin story, like many, begins with immigration, coming across the Atlantic Ocean and through states, but ends in Newton, where her family found a place to call home.