Photos by Al Nevaras

By William Tauro

Somerville firefighters arrived on location midday on Monday to an active scene of a house fire located in Somerville at 84 Lowell Street.
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“Ozzy” went missing on 07/25/20 next to the Somerville Courthouse on Middlesex Ave/McGrath Hwy. Continue reading Somerville Animal Control Updates: MISSING DOG →

SOMERVILLE –East Somerville Main Street’s new Pick-up Market is taking place now through August!

Order from local businesses including Deano’s Pasta, Tex Mex Eats’ tamales and salsa, Wild Fox Pierogis, chocolates, cookies, granola and more! Continue reading Support Local Businesses and Shop Safe at East Somerville’s Pick-up Market →

By Bob Katzen

The House 38-121, rejected an amendment that would ban the use of tear gas by law enforcement officers in Massachusetts. Continue reading TEAR GAS USE AMENDMENT REJECTED →

By Bob Katzen

The House 93-66, approved a bill making changes in the state’s policing system. The measure creates a Police Officer Standards and Accreditation Committee (POSAC)—an independent state entity composed of law enforcement professionals, community members and racial justice advocates—to standardize the certification, training and decertification of police officers for misconduct including bias, conviction of a felony, submission of false timesheets and use of excessive force. Continue reading STATE APPROVES CHANGES IN POLICING →

By Bob Katzen

The House 44-115, rejected an amendment to a section of the bill which provides for the de-certification of a police officer for, among other offenses, “unprofessional police conduct.” Continue reading STATE DEFINES UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT →

By Bob Katzen

The House 83-76, approved an amendment to a section of the bill which sets the rules under which a judge can issue a “no-knock warrant” that does not require a law enforcement officer to knock and announce his or her presence and purpose before forcibly entering a residence. Continue reading NO-KNOCK WARRANT AMENDMENT APPROVED →

By Bob Katzen

The House 43-115, rejected an amendment that would strike a section of the bill that allows an attack on a person by a police dog to be the basis of an inquiry into an officer that can lead to his or her decertification. Continue reading POLICE DOG AMENDMENT REJECTED →

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 40-0, approved and sent to the House a bill that would allow first responders to transport stroke patients to the facilities best equipped to treat them, rather than the closest, as currently required. Continue reading STROKE PATIENTS BILL APPROVED →