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Neighbors want just one building at Powder House site
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A model of the property being developed by Tufts, which includes the TAB on Holland Street and the site of the current Powder House School on Broadway. – Photos by David R. Smith
By David R. Smith
While there are still plenty of details to be worked out and many more meetings to be held, a clear consensus is emerging on what Tufts should do as it solidifies its plans for the Powder House School on Broadway directly behind the Tufts Administration Building (TAB) on Holland Street. And what that looks like now is one office building, not two, and no residential developments on the site.
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Friends and family of Lorne A. Murphy, known as “Mr. Murph,” attended a ceremony in his honor prior to the Somerville-Malden game at the Brune Field House Jan. 10.
By David R. Smith
Hugs and handshakes may not be an uncommon site after a well-played game, but plenty of both could be seen at the Brune Field House well before the tip-off of the Highlander boys basketball game against Malden this past Friday night.
“This is like a reunion,” one woman could be overhead saying, and she wasn’t wrong.
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Attendees at the Green Line Extension meeting at the Holiday Inn last week viewed a 3D presentation depicting the Green Line route from Lechmere to Union Square stations. – Photos by Douglas Yu
By Douglas Yu
Residents who attended the first Green Line extension project meeting this year are the lucky ones because they are the first “passengers” in the world to take the extended Green Line train from Lechmere to Union Square, even if it was through 3D animation.
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By Jim Clark
Police were dispatched to the vicinity of Madison and School Streets last Sunday evening on reports of two men fighting in the street.
Upon arrival, police reportedly found two males standing in the middle of the street but they were not observed fighting at that time.
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The surprise spike in commercial property tax bills, in some cases increasing anywhere from 50 to over 100 percent, is less likely to have a trickle-down effect on businesses and their customers and could be more like the economic equivalent of standing at the base of Niagara Falls as property owners pass on the increase that probably seemed like a joke – a cruel one at that – when they opened their bill from the city.
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The St. Clements High School Football Team was issued a citation of commendation by the Somerville Board of Aldermen at their Jan. 9 regular meeting. The team was congratulated for finishing first in the Catholic Central Small League with an undefeated record, and winning the Division 6 North Championship trophy.
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