The 5th annual Somerville Mayor’s Fitness Challenge kicks off the week of March 29, and Mayor Joseph A. Continue reading Fitness Challenge Kicks Off 3/29, Participants Sought for 10-Member Mayor’s Team – community note →

Tufts unable to meet timetable on redevelopment of former school; Process to Proceed to Consideration of Continue reading CITY ENDS NEGOTIATIONS WITH TUFTS ON POWDER HOUSE SCHOOL REDEVELOPMENT →

The deadline to apply for statutory, residential or Community Preservation Continue reading Somerville homeowners can apply for a variety of property tax exemptions, but the deadline is coming up soon. →

Find out about the pre-kindergarten options through Somerville Public Schoolsduring next week’s open houses.

Parents can visit the Argenziano School, Capuano Early Childhood Learning Center, West Somerville Neighborhood School, on March 18, 19, and 20, from 9 to 11 a.m. to learn more about what each school offers.

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Please share this post widely so more people see this information. A 2- Continue reading AFFORDABLE HOME BUYING OPPORTUNITY →

The Union Square Post Office is up for sale. It might become a condo Continue reading SNN reports on is Public Art Being Privatized? →

Race includes children’s “Fun Run,” 5K adult race & walk, refreshments, music, activities for kids; Party to be held following races at Casey’s Grill.
Continue reading 5th ANNUAL SHAPE UP SOMERVILLE / RECREATION 5K ROAD RACE TO BE HELD SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 2014 →

Local women, organization to be honored for service to women in Somerville

Continue reading WOMEN’S COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE 25th ANNIVERSARY MARCH 19 →

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Proposed legislation would increase exemption on principal residences to 35 percent, City to explore additional

Continue reading LARGEST RESIDENTIAL TAX BREAK IN STATE PROPOSED BY MAYOR →

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During Community Budgeting meetings and online you gave us 180* ideas for the investments you want to see in Continue reading 180 reasons Somerville is awesome →

“There live not three good men unindicted in the ‘Ville; and one of them is a tool.”

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Somerville, MA – At tonight’s School Committee meeting, Superintendent Tony Pierantozzi announced his resignation for the purpose of Continue reading Somerville School Superintendent Announces 2015 Retirement →

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The City of Somerville Health Department and Animal Control announced today that the City will host Continue reading REMINDER: City ‘s Annual Rabies Clinic 4/6 →

Click to access FY14-BudgetMaster.pdf

On Friday 3/14, Joao Baptista (SHS Junior) leaped 6’2.25″ to secure 8th place at the New Balance Indoor National Scholastic Track Championship Meet-Emerging Elite Division- held at the Armory Track in NYC. Later-Joao appeared to clear 6’4.25″ by plenty but somehow the bar fell off and was declared a miss. Also competing was Marcelo Brociner, who ran 1:59.45 in the Emerging Elite 800 meter race, placing 25th overall in a meet with runners from all across the U.S and 4 provinces of Canada.

Help the City re-live Paul Revere’s historic ride from Boston through Somerville and onto Lexington and Continue reading Volunteers Needed for Patriot’s Day Colonial Fair →

SOMERVILLE POLICE BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY AWARD
is presented for outstanding dedication and effort for the month of December 2013 to Officer Leo Martini

Officer Leo Martini has been an exemplary employee of the Somerville Police Department for the last 26 years.

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Kakles Arrest

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Martinez Arrest

The victim came into the police station to report an assault.
Victim stated she had been assaulted by her boyfriend Henry Martinez.The Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories →

SPD Arrest log March 7 thru March 17

Date of Arrest Location Street # Location of Arrest Name DOB Address Charges Warrant Charges
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The Middlesex County D.A.’s Office and the Somerville Police urge residents to read the following scam alert. Please also share and “like” this Continue reading SCAM ALERT →

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The St Clement Anchormen (24-1) fended off the Quaboag Cougars (23-2) 45-42 and captured the MIAA Division 4 State title in a nail bitter at Holy Cross Continue reading St Clement Boys Basketball Win Div 4 State Title →

By William Tauro

Members of the popular new TV hit series about the Wahlberg family were in Somerville this past Saturday afternoon and got a personalized guided tour of the multi-billion-dollar project down at Assembly Square by Continue reading Two Wahlberg Restaurants in Somerville Just Might be the “New Kids on The Block” →

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Reminder: Somerville Public Schools & Offices will be OPEN on Monday, March 17th.
Continue reading Connections: A Newsletter from the Somerville Public Schools – March 14, 2014 →

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This past Thursday, President Rui Domingos and the Somerville Kiwanis Club hosted their Annual ST Patrick’s Day Luncheon at the Somerville Holiday Inn.

A packed room full of visiting Kiwanis clubs from many cities and towns as

Continue reading The Somerville Kiwanis Divisional Interclub Annual ST Patrick’s Day Luncheon →

Attached is the agenda for tonight’s Board of Aldermen meeting at 7PM. Continue reading Tonight’s Somerville BOA Agendas →

“Greater Somerville hosts Joseph Patrick Lynch and KyAnn Anderson extend a hearty ” Cead mile failte ” to Sunday’s Somerville Ras na hEireann Saint Patrick’s Day road race participants, spectators and friends.

All our best.”

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Setting Sun. This is the sun setting over Milk Row Cemetery, Somerville Ave.
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By William Tauro

On Wednesday evening, Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian held a fund raiser in Waltham with a standing room only crowd.

A large Somerville presence of supporters was noticed in the crowd.

Since being appointed in January, 2011, Peter J. Koutoujian has made it his goal to bring the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office into a modern era of effective and efficient public safety, while saving taxpayer dollars.

Photo: Supporter Mrs Viola, Middlesex County Clerk of Courts Michael Sullivan who is also a candidate for Middlsex County District Attorney and Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian

By William Tauro

Even with his busy campaign schedule, Middlesex County Clerk of Courts Michael Sullivan who is also a candidate for Middlsex County District Attorney was in attendance at this months Cambridge Lions Club meeting at the Portugala Restaurant in Cambridge.

Sullivan has been a Cambridge Lions Member since its formation in 2010.

Sullivan along with other members of the Cambridge and Somerville Lions Clubs have once again volunteered for this years Somerville/ Cambridge Elders Fair as volunteers to do eye exams and take vital signs of Somerville and Cambridge elders within the Lion’s Eye Mobile, a mobile eye examination lab owned by the Lions thus coming spring in Somerville.

Happy Birthday to our good friends, movie actress Jennifer Gjulameti, fiancée of Aurther Wahlberg and Happy Birthday to Paul Wahlberg, the star of the Wahlberg brother’s new hit series “Wahlburgers” who both by the way took a liking to Somerville and we hear are hoping to open a “WahlBurger Restaurant” at Assembly Square in the very near future as well as film the weekly hit series here in the Ville!

Stay tuned as we bring you more on this story in The Somerville News Weekly and Boston News Group/METRO BUZZ!

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The City of Somerville Office of Assessors reminds all residential Continue reading Reminder: Residential, CPA and Statutory Tax Exemptions Filing Deadline April 1 – community note →

March 7, 2014 – For Immediate Release
Somerville, MA – Individuals from the Walnut Street Center Day program have Continue reading Walnut Street Center teams up with Verizon to help victims of domestic violence. →

OPENING OF THE MEETING
1. Roll Call Call of the Roll.

CITATIONS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. Public 129 registered voters requesting a public hearing before Communication this Board on divesting the city’s pension fund from the
fossil fuel industry.
ORDERS, ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND MOTIONS OF MEMBERS UNFINISHED BUSINESS
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE MAYOR
COMMUNICATIONS OF CITY OFFICERS NEW BUSINESS
SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS
LATE ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT

Attached is the agenda for Thursday night’s Board of Aldermen meeting, scheduled for 7 PM. This meeting will be preceded by a Special Meeting of the Board, at 6 PM. I’ve attached that agenda as well.

For your information, this meeting will stream live on the internet, and will be stored online, in a searchable format, at the City of Somerville’s Board of Aldermen’s meeting portal,http://somervillecityma.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx.

The draft Minutes of this meeting—a compilation of all of the actions the Board took—will be posted at the same location as soon as they’re ready, usually by the following Monday or Tuesday. The minutes of the BOA’s other meetings since 2010 are saved here as well.

Continue reading City of Somerville, Massachusetts Matters of Business of the Board of Aldermen SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA March 13, 2014, 6:00 PM Aldermanic Chambers (Regular and Special Meetings) →

State Representative Harold Naughton will travel to Somerville to co-host a Gun Violence Listening Tour with Mayor Continue reading REMINDER: Rep. Harold Naughton, Gun Violence Listening Tour in Somerville →

Ash Center Announces Appointment of Somerville, MA Mayor Joseph Curtatone as Senior Fellow

Continue reading Somerville Mayor Curtatone Named Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Senior Fellow →

Watching the trauma that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts inflicts on the family of Justina Pellitier Continue reading Democrats yet to release Justina after 13 months of DCF captivity By Neil W. McCabe →

Happy birthday to the following Cillens! Debi Lydon Mitrano, Mark Lawhorne, Donald Coutoumas, Donald B. Gay, Michael Emond, Robert Rotola, nancy Ross Aylward, Stacy DeMaria and Pete Haley

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Your daughter kicked my dog…and other various fabrications.

Continue reading Reality Bites by James A. Norton →

MICHAEL NEWTON ANDERSON

On March 7, 2014, at 5:39 pm, police responded to 15 Elm St for a motor vehicle accident. The reporting party, reported she was involved in a minor Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories →

RODRIGUEZ, ERIN BLADIMIR RODRIGUEZ

On March 5, 2014 members of the Somerville Police Department were conducting a routine narcotic Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories →

With formation of Police Chief Selection Committee, nationwide search commences in February. Community input will be solicited as part of transparent process.

SOMERVILLE – The City of Somerville Continue reading SOMERVILLE POLICE CHIEF SELECTION PROCESS UNDERWAY →

Denise Taylor, Director of Communications: 617-625-6600 x2620
Steven DeCarlo, Director of City Cable: 617-625-6600 x2617
Joe Constantine, City Cable Producer: 617-625-6600 x2611

*Programs and broadcast times can change due to event addition or cancellation.
Continue reading EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS – SOMERVILLE CITY CABLE: CABLE CONNECTION City TV (13/22) & Educational Channel 15 (15) →

In this weekly culinary column, I will be focusing on one dish – giving the reader a quick history of the dish, the classical Continue reading Cooking with Jonathan By Jonathan Jolicoeur →

Volume 39 -Report No. 10
March 3-7, 2014
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Photo:Eamonn Joyce of Medford #33.

By Dina Caloggero

The St Clement Boys Basketball Team stunned St Mary’s of Lynn 62 to 57 capturing the Division 4 North Title at Emmanuel College on 3/7. With the win, Continue reading St Clement Boys Basketball to Boston Garden Finals →

By Dina Caloggero

Jessica Popken, a junior at Saint Clement in Medford, scored her 1000 point in basketball on February

Continue reading Jessica Popken of St Clement scores 1000th point →

“Happy Birthday Nancy Ross Aylward”

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Photo: Ward 2 Somerville Alderman Maryann Heuston, City of Somerville’s (BAJS) associate member Rick Willette and Movie Actor Aurther Wahlberg

The Benevolent Asian Jade Society (BAJS) of New England held its Annual Continue reading Somerville Presence at The Benevolent Asian Jade Society Annual Banquet →

News & Notes

Celebrating National School Breakfast Week
This week the Winter Hill Community Innovation School (WHCIS) celebrated Continue reading CONNECTIONS: A Newsletter from the Somerville Public Schools →

Happy to announce that the next “Guns & Hoses” Hockey game (Somervile PD vs. Somerville Fire) is slated to go down on March 29th. Starts at 5pm at the Veterans Memorial Rink
(570 Somerville Avenue).

Coming this summer to a cinema near you!

Click on the link below to see the trailer!

A special St. Patrick’s Day corn beef dinner with all the fixings will be served provided by the Olde Magoun Saloon. A salad and lentil soup will be available for our vegetarian friends.

RSVP & REQUIRED by Thursday, March 13th. Contact Maureen at 617-625-6600 Ext. 2300.

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THE SOMERVILLE COUNCIL ON AGING & CULINARY ARTS

Are Hosting a Luncheon

Continue reading Check out these cool events going on at THE SOMERVILLE COUNCIL ON AGING →

On Tuesday, March 4th, Massachusetts, Department of Housing and Community Development Continue reading Somerville Community Corporation Wins State Community Investment Tax Credit Awards For 2014 and 2015 →

Photos of the “Somerville Hawk” from the deck of 63 Marion Street in Somerville by Richard Fiscarota!

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By William Tauro

USA Bronze Olympian Medal Winner Steve Langton didn’t forget his roots here in the Somerville with a surprise visit with his dad Steve Langton co-owner of Russell Disposal.

Brakeman, Steve Langton and pilot Steven Holcolm won the bronze medal in the 2 man bobsled in Sochi.

Continue reading USA Bronze Olympian Medal Winner With Somerville Roots →

By William Tauro

The mural that is affixed to the wall of Continue reading Soon to be a Forgotten Mural After Somerville’s Union Square Post Office Closing Date Approaches →

In his budget proposal, President Barack Obama recommended $100 million for the Green Line Extension, Continue reading Good news on the Green Line Extension →

The following was submitted by The Center for Teen Empowerment Inc.:
Over 200 will attend Teen Continue reading City to honor Mayor Curtatone, celebrate Teen Empowerment →

Grand Opening Season kicks off this May- so don’t miss this amazing opportunity to work (and play!) at Continue reading Assembly Row Job Fair- THIS WEEKEND! →

** DATE CHANGE: Meeting will be held Wednesday, March 19. **
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 1 Alderman Matthew McLaughlin invite you to the third public meeting for the design of Symphony Park, located on the corner of Pearl and Florence Streets in East Somerville. Based on community input, the park is being designed as a neighborhood pocket park containing amenities for all age groups and abilities. The meeting will take place in the Community Room at Bryant Manor (75 Myrtle Street) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19. For more information and to view slideshows from the first two meetings, visit the City’s website at: http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/ospcd/parks-and-open-space/symphony-park

If you have additional comments or questions, please contact Luisa Oliveira at 617-625-6600 ext. 2529, or e-mail Loliveira@somervillema.gov.

Two local authors – Terry Kitchen and Rob Siegel – will be reading from their new books on Thursday, March 6, Continue reading Loud music and fast cars are coming to the Somerville Public Library this week, in book form of course! →

Paul has been hosting running events in the City of Somerville since 1992, first

Continue reading The Somerville News Weekly Favorite Person of the Week Paul Collyer of B.A. Event Promotions →

By William Tauro

Somerville Police Detectives and uniform officers search and retain a motor vehicle and its operator in front of 14 Broadway across from the Mount Vernon restaurant.

This is the second search and retain operation within the past hour.

Occurrence time: Wednesday afternoon 5:15 PM

By William Tauro

Somerville Police Department Narcotics detectives, plainclothes and uniformed officers detained a motor vehicle and its occupants in front 133 Pearl Street in Somerville.

The motor vehicle is allegedly registered out of Boston and it is being searched for alleged narcotics.

This story is still developing….
Occurrence time: Wednesday afternoon 4:30 PM

We have some exciting news for you that is most certainly press worthy. We Continue reading Somerville Community Corp wins $80k and $125k tax credit award! →

DATE CHANGE: GUN VIOLENCE LISTENING TOUR WITH REPRESETNATIVE HAROLD NAUGHTON AND SOMERVILLE MAYOR JOSEPH CURTATONE Continue reading Harold Naughton, Gun Violence Listening Tour in Somerville →

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 1 Alderman Matthew McLaughlin invite you to the third public meeting for the design of Symphony Park, located on the corner of Pearl and Florence Streets in East Somerville. Based on community input, the park is being designed as a neighborhood pocket park containing amenities for all age groups and abilities. The meeting will take place in the Community Room at Bryant Manor (75 Myrtle Street) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12. For more information and to view slideshows from the first two meetings, visit the City’s website at: http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/ospcd/parks-and-open-space/symphony-park

If you have additional comments or questions, please contact Luisa Oliveira at 617-625-6600 ext. 2529, or e-mail Loliveira@somervillema.gov.

Over 200 will attend Teen Empowerment’s Celebration of Hope and Caring on March 12, 2014 at the Center for the Arts at the Armory at 6:30 p.m. The event, chaired by Somerville Aldermen Jack Connolly and Mary Jo Rossetti, honors Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the City of Somerville for their dedication to improving youth development outcomes. It also marks Teen Empowerment’s tenth anniversary of working in Somerville. The Celebration will include performances by youth, a silent auction and interactive activities for the diverse crowd, and hopes to raise $60,000. 

“Although many of the at-risk youth we’ve worked with over the last ten years in Somerville have dealt with significant struggles, they have overcome these to create safe spaces for their peers to come together toward positive change and to go on to accomplish great successes in their own lives,” said Teen Empowerment Executive Director Stanley Pollack. “We are celebrating their work as well as the good work of Mayor Curtatone and the City, which has led to dramatic positive change for the youth population in Somerville.” Teen Empowerment was invited to start working in Somerville by Mayor Curtatone in 2004. Since that time, TE has employed over 100 youth who have planned and implemented initiatives to involve thousands of their peers, ranging from youth-police dialogue sessions to youth social events to the annual Somerville Youth Peace Conferences. 

A recent study of TE’s work in Soemrville by UMASS Boston’s Dr. Russel Schutt found evidence that TE’s efforts were responsible for a 50% decrease in the level of juvenile crime in Somerville’s highest crime neighborhoods and that compared to their peers, youth who worked at TE leave the program with higher levels of employability and greatly improved self-esteem and are more civically engaged, and these impacts are sustained over time. 

 The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. (TE) empowers youth and adults as agents of positive individual, institutional, and social change. Each year, TE youth conduct over 150 initiatives involving some 6,000 youth and adults in Boston and Somerville, MA and in Rochester, NY.  

During its 22 year history, Teen Empowerment has brokered a lasting gang peace treaty, conducted police-youth reconciliation projects, worked to promote tolerance and understanding in Boston schools, and trained well over 2,000 youth to work as community organizers. TE’s work has touched the lives of more than 30,000 youth and adults. For more information, visit www.teenempowerment.org.

“We have been working closely with the Obama Administration and I am pleased to report that the Green Line q Continue reading Rep. Mike Capuano Statement on Inclusion of the Green Line Extension in the President’s FY 2015 Budget →

Bibim, a family-owned restaurant featuring unique, modern
Korean cuisine, is hosting a community meeting:
Continue reading COMMUNITY MEETING Bibim Restaurant is coming to Davis Square! →

The City of Somerville will host its 14th annual rabies clinic for cats and dogs Continue reading annual rabies clinic for cats and dogs →

Denise Taylor, Director of Communications: 617-625-6600 x2620
Steven DeCarlo, Director of City Cable: Continue reading EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS – SOMERVILLE CITY CABLE: CABLE CONNECTION City TV (13/22) & Educational Channel 15 (15) →

I remember so well walking around Somerville and Cambridge listening to my progressive friends tell me about Continue reading Obama-led Democrats forfeit House, bracing to lose Senate by Neil W. McCabe →

Seasons change, people change…or do they?

I doubt anyone who has followed my Continue reading Reality Bites by James A. Norton →

In this weekly culinary column, I will be focusing on one dish – giving the reader Continue reading Cooking with Jonathan By Jonathan Jolicoeur →

Please join us at the next:
Business After Hours
5:00 – 7:00 P.M., Thursday, March 6, 2014
Olde Magoun’s Saloon, 518 Medford Street, Magoun Square

sponsored by Thalia Tringo Real Estate
Free appetizers, excellent networking. Bring your business cards for drawing.
RSVP with name(s) and affiliation(s) of you and your guests to smackey@somervillechamber.org
Thanks,
Stephen
Stephen V. Mackey, President/CEO
Somerville Chamber of Commerce
2 Alpine Street, P.O. Box 440343
Somerville, MA 02144
617-776-4100
smackey@somervillechamber.org
http://www.somervillechamber.org

East Somerville by Design Open House

This Monday, March 3rd there will be an open house from 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. at the East Somerville Community School. It’s a great Continue reading This Week in East Somerville →

Joe Lynch, too many choices?

We (the royal we) like photo #3.

Brooks-Crump arrest

Th On the above date and time, while assigned to the Somerville Police PD Narcotics/Vice Unit, working in an Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories Narcotics Hidden in Freezer →

Silveira and Flynn arrest

While conducting the drug surveillance observations were focused by drug investigators on an individual identified Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories →

Pursuant to City Charter Section 8, there will be a Public Hearing before the Board of Aldermen on Thursday, March Continue reading CITY OF SOMERVILLE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK BOARD OF ALDERMEN →

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Nicole Genard SHS ’12 and a Sophomore at Northeastern University,

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Happy Birthday to: Eddie Nuzzo, Michelle Sinclair, Judy Baldasaro, Matt Derany, Lucille Adams, Shelly Foster, Stephen Burgess,Ana Zappala and Billy Giordano!

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“Everybody in the Ville Loves Donna Amenta”

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Billy “Radio” Giordano “Happy 50th Birthday”

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The Somerville Arts Council and the Inside-OUT Gallery is looking for submissions of intriguing conceptual Continue reading Somerville Arts Council and the Inside-OUT Gallery Call to Artists for July Window →

The brain child of Mayor Joe Curtatone, who played trumpet in the Somerville Continue reading The Somerville Arts Council announces the Joe’s Jazz and Blues Festival call for talent →

Join us today, Sat. March 1, 3-6pm, for the Fire & Ice Festival from the Somerville Arts Council with fire spinners, ice sculpting, and family-fun activities on Union Square plaza and restaurant specials indoors. Professional fire spinners A Different Spin, First Night ice sculptor Brilliant Ice Sculpture, Donald Chapelle, Black Magic Coffee, the Frozen Hoagies food truck and ice bowling and more for the kids round out the fun. More info atwww.somervilleartscouncil.org.

Even our trees and signs bond together in the Ville!

Somerville, The All-American City!

This photo was taken at the Jeanne Jugan Residence on Highland Avenue.
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Dear Somerville News Weekly Editor,

I am writing you about with deep concern that New Washington Street in Somerville is once again turning into a storage area for trucks and tractor-trailers.

Truckers leave their rigs abandoned overnight over, the weekend , and sometimes all week long and are abusing our traffic and parking laws and ordinances in the city.

If they want to do business in the city of Somerville, they should pay taxes like me, pay for employee parking like me, they should pay rent like me and they should get licensed to operate their business like me!

The sad part is most of these trucks aren’t either registered properly and/or come from out of Somerville. Just read the writing on the sides “Chelsea?”

Please publish this in your paper so that the mayor’s office, Somerville Police and Traffic officials read it and hopefully will see this and do something about it.

Ps: If you notice below, I’m afraid to leave my last name just in case retaliation because I can’t afford to get my windows broken.

Thank you,

Bob, a concerned Somerville business owner