The Shore Drive Greenway marks the coming of another connection of Somerville with neighboring communities – but with trees.
Somerville prepares to pave a green path along the Mystic connecting Ten Hills with neighbors
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Boston Cafe Bikers fulfill the promise of their name weekly and are expanding their destinations
Boston Cafe Bikers go weekly to cafes and other destinations, with many starting or ending in Cambridge and Somerville.
How to handle the National Weather Service’ two-day heat advisory
With Thursday’s high heat and humidity continuing over the coming days, the city of Somerville passed along an alert and tips on staying cool, healthy and safe.
A passerby saved the life of a drug user by stopping to use a free public health vending machine (corrected)
Somerville’s public health vending machines dispense items more than 100 times weekly, from first aid kits to menstrual health products to lifesaving Narcan.
Somerville police begin test of ‘co-response,’ bringing health professionals to some crises
The co-responders are on duty to during two four-hour blocks each week, but Somerville officials say they hope to expand the program.
With the biggest questions about May 11 violence unanswerable, officials address a better alert system
In a timeline of a public gun battle and its aftermath, residents encounter questions about illegal guns, an illicit halfway house and mental health funding cuts.
Officials host a gathering Friday and debriefing Tuesday to help after a Memorial Drive shootout (updated)
Elected officials and health experts will be on hand at each event, and police will take questions Tuesday about a gun battle in Cambridge.
Somerville meetings, May 11-18: Parking costs are going up, and 90 Washington St. project advances
Take part in meetings on raising parking permit and meter fees and remaking 90 Washington St. Also, get some pizza in wards 1 and 6!
Somerville meetings, May 4-11: Building a school and moving council meetings to Tuesdays (in 2028)
Take part in meetings on building a replacement school, filling crossing guard shortages, changes to meeting schedules and much more.
Yay! It’s time for spring produce: Asparagus, sunchokes, fiddleheads, ramps and rhubarb
We have only a few months of seriously good growing time here, so we need to come out of the gate running.