Somerville resident and accomplished poet, Terez Dutton will serve two year term.
Continue reading NICOLE TEREZ DUTTON NAMED SOMERVILLE’S FIRST POET LAUREATE →

Boston, MA – The sixth of eight Commonwealth Conversations tours crossing the state comes to metro Boston on March 4. Continue reading Senators Bring Commonwealth Conversations Tour to Boston Metro Area →

The public is invited to ward-by-ward meetings scheduled by the ward aldermen and City planning staff on the proposed zoning code overhaul submitted to the Board of Aldermen. Each meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. The schedule for the meetings is as follows:
Continue reading Ward Meetings on Proposed Zoning Code Overhaul →

*Programs and broadcast times can change due to event addition or cancellation.

CITY TV 13/22
Wednesday, February 25
9:00am:​Connecting Communities – Housing
9:30am:​SomerViva em Portugues
Continue reading EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS – SOMERVILLE CITY CABLE: CABLE CONNECTION_ City TV (13/22) & Educational Channel 15 (15) →

Mayor Joseph Curtatone of Somerville, Massachusetts, said that the future of the Bay State depends on the reliability and expansion of the Massachusetts Bay Transit System.

http://www.necn.com/news/politics/NECN_021715_broadside_mbta_6pm_NECN-292292631.html

By William Tauro

This past Monday, Mayor Joseph Curtatone and the good folks at Tony C’s at Assembly Square teamed up and hosted a belated Valentines luncheon for the Somerville Seniors via Somerville’s Council of Aging.

Continue reading Mayor Curtatone’s Belated Valentine’s Celebration for Our Seniors at Tony C’s →

Italo Barbosa Arrest

On Sunday, February 22, 2015, I, Officer Paul Beckford, was on duty for the Somerville Police Department in marked cruiser east 1 (E1). Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Unlicensed Driver →

Taurean Pearson Arrest

On Saturday, February 21, 2015, I Officer Cabral was assigned to marked unit 882 (East-2). At approximately 6:31 PM, I was dispatched to the Target store located at 180 Somerville Avenue on a reported shoplifter along with Officer Guillen (East-3). When I arrived on scene, I was met by LP1 and LP2 both who are with the store’s Loss Prevention unit.
Continue reading Real Life Somerville Police Stories: Shoplifting at Target →

The Somerville Lions Club would like to thank the Somerville Home Depo and Woody’s Liquor for stepping up to the plate with their generous donations for the upcoming Lions Club “Wheelbarrow Full of Cheer Raffle!”
Continue reading Local Somerville Businesses Stepping Up To The Plate for Charity →

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Continue reading Somerville Police Arrest Log Week 2/16/15 – 2/23/15 →

Photo 1. This is what Trum Field looks like under all that snow.
Continue reading Pictures of The Week Series by Skip Murray →

Email: mmclaughlin@somervillema.gov

Many Villens celebrating their birthdays here in the Ville this week! Happy Birthday to Katelyn Shannon, Terri Medeiros, Paul Williams, Jamie Love, John Zafiris Jr, Ross Scabin, Rod Kreimeyer, Donald Arbeene, David Mangan, Debra Darden, Bobby Travers, Sean Fitzgerald and Dana Iacopucci.
Continue reading The Somerville News Weekly Favorite Birthday Photos of the Week →

February 18th

Talked about the T with Joe Battenfeld yesterday. Major point here is generations of chronic underfunding put the T behind both in terms of growing to meet its demand and in replacing its dated equipment. Any fix for the MBTA that doesn’t address both those issues isn’t a fix.
Continue reading Mayor Joe Curtatone on MBTA Crisis →

By William Tauro

The City of Somerville has hired a local company, Above Summit to take aerial photos to survey municipal buildings for excessive snow buildup using remote drone flying robots.
Continue reading Somerville Using Drones to Check Municipal Building’s Rooftops →