WEEK IN REVIEW: Breaking Ground on Community Path, Tearing Down McGrath

City Breaks Ground on New Stretch of Community Path
Somerville broke ground Monday on the first new section of Community Path to be constructed in 18 years. The pedestrian and bike path, which begins in Davis Square and connects to the Minuteman Bikeway in Cambridge, will be extended about one quarter of a mile from its current end point at Cedar Street to Lowell Street. Work should be complete at the end of this fall, according to Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone.

A study conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation recommends tearing down the McGrath Highway's McCarthy Overpass and replacing it with a street-level boulevard.

After allegedly being targeted by anti-lesbian comments, newly appointed Ward 5 Alderman Courtney O'Keefe, who is openly gay, wants to move on. The comments, which O'Keefe said she heard about through friends, prompted Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone to issue an open letter Tuesday denouncing "all anti-gay slurs and insults."

Ten Displaced in Monday Fire
The American Red Cross of Eastern Massachusetts assisted two families who were displaced by a fire at 50B Memorial Rd. Monday evening. The fire broke out in a second-floor bedroom shortly before 6:30 p.m.

Jim Boyd, a veteran Boston anchorman andmember of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, graduated from high school in 1958. Fifty-five years later, on May 19, he'll graduate from college, with a bachelor's degree in sociology from Tufts University.