Porchfest returns to Somerville on May 9, and residents can apply through April 21 to host a band.
The date is set for Porchfest’s 15th year in Somerville
How a ‘420 friendly’ club hopes to light up Union Square without social-consumption laws in place
A pot-friendly, no-alcohol comedy and music club got licensing to open in Somerville’s Union Square but must walk a very fine line.
We tried Cambridge and Somerville banh mi and found our favorite (for tofu, anyway)
Five Vietnamese restaurants sell banh mi in Cambridge and Somerville, and on a recent Sunday a group of us tried them all to help direct diners to the best. The sandwich is almost always great, a melding of cuisines from the French occupation of Vietnam from 1862...
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Man used violence, stalking and fraud to force women into sex, U.S. Attorney’s Office says
Daniel Rodriguez, 36, was arrested on state charges in January after leading the police on a high-speed chase in Randolph.
Fried mozzarella at Si Cara
This is a very firm layer of panko over the smoothest, mildest, most innocuous of mozzarellas all but rescued by the choice of sauce.
Derrick Neal is out as head of Cambridge Public Health
Neal was appointed during the Covid pandemic after withdrawing from a job in California and spent a little over four years with the department.
Unhappy over a confusing process, Somerville officials embrace a future with a 925-seat school
A combined campus on Winter Hill means closing the Benjamin G. Brown School on Willow Avenue and less walkability in West Somerville.
Streamlining the permitting process? Cambridge did this in 2024
Getting projects into construction is urgent, especially for housing, so staff expects to report as soon as mid-June on how to speed that up.
Somerville meetings, March 16-23: Lessons from winter’s snowfall and affordable-housing zoning
Take part in meetings on building school campuses and maintaining current educational facilities and a postmortem on winter snow clearing.
Cambridge meetings, March 16-23: Cutting student screen time, and the future of the K-Lo campus
Take part in meetings on student screen time, busing and the K-Lo school campus, and city finances and micromobility.