City buildings will be closed Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. There will be no street sweeping on Monday 9/7 and all trash, recycling, and yard waste collection services will be ...

The City of Somerville is seeking six new volunteer members to join the Somerville Commission for Women (SCW). If you’re passionate about advocating for the wellbeing and equity of women and gender ...

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I was recruited to run for office in 2017 by tenant rights advocates as a first-time candidate for office and long-time business owner in Union Square. I was a true political outsider, unseating a 15 ...

On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the Somerville Council on Aging welcomed community members to their monthly Cultural Series luncheon at the Dilboy Post. The afternoon was filled with warmth, conversation ...

If you look around Somerville, you will still see some grand old brick structures that used to be elementary schools. The Brown, on Willow Ave., which was built in 1900, is the last one still actually ...

The City of Somerville’s Veterans’ Services Department invites community members to a 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony on Friday, September 11, at 6 p.m. in Davis Square to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9 ...

The Somerville Fire Department responded to a fire at 2 Highland Ave., location of the Highland Cuisine restaurant, on Thursday, September 3 at 8:05 a.m. The fire originated in the kitchen and spread ...

Once again it is time to shift gears and power down a bit as we roll out of the high-octane frenzy of summertime and into the laid-back back breezy days of autumn and on into the winter months ahead.

The ground story elevation requirement in Somerville’s zoning code is under scrutiny thanks to a petition organized by a Tufts University graduate student named Crystal M. Huff. The petition proposes ...

An acquaintance of mine, poet and columnist Doug Holder, recently posed a question on social media: Have you ever been a regular, and what does that mean to you? He was responding to an article in ...

The City of Somerville is seeking two new members to join the Somerville Condominium Review Board (CRB). Vacancies are available for two full members.