Project aims to improve safety on one of the City’s most traveled streets 

Everyone should feel comfortable when using our streets. This is one of the principles guiding the City’s ongoing work to create safer, more accessible streets across Somerville. With this principle in mind, the City has started planning and exploring options for improving safety along Somerville Avenue between Elm Street and Bow Street.  

The Somerville community is invited to get their dancing shoes on as SomerStreets: Carnaval returns on Sunday, June 1, from 2 to 6 p.m. (rain date Sunday, June 8) to kick off the 2025 SomerStreets season, which will include a series of three neighborhood street festivals across Somerville.

For the past few years, the Boston Academy for Korean Traditional Arts (BAKTA), based in Somerville, has been teaching both adults and children traditional Korean music and dance. After each series of classes, the students and teachers present a public performance of these arts, and their next show will happen in June.

Q: What are ETFs that I keep hearing about—and how can they help me with my finances?
A: ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds) are one of the easiest, most affordable ways to invest in a mix of stocks or bonds—without picking them one by one.

Invasive species displaces native plants and is toxic to local wildlife

With gardening season in full swing, the City of Somerville is asking community members to help stop the spread of Black Swallow-Wort (BSW). 

Update: Due to current forecasts for Saturday, May 31, the New England Hong Kong Festival has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 1, from 11a.m. -5 p.m.

Join the second annual New England Hong Kong Festival on Sunday, June 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Seven Hills Park in Somerville to celebrate the vibrant culture, food, and creativity of Hongkongers across the region. The event is free and open to all. 

An original lobby card promoting “Forgotten Faces” (1928).

Released at the height of the Roaring ’20s, it was intended to scandalize audiences who’d seen it all before. It was Forgotten Faces (1928), a late silent-era drama from Paramount Pictures that paved the way for the film noir genre of moviemaking.

At the City Council meeting on May 22, Tom Lamar spoke about his achievements after receiving a citation for his leadership as Chair of the Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee.

By Harry Kane

Somerville’s City Councilors and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne commended Tom Lamar with a citation for his six years of service as the Chair of the Somerville Bicycle Advisory Committee.

Lamar has advanced the city’s goals of improving the safety of all road users, encouraging residents to travel by bike, and helping cyclists to build a culture of “safe streets activism” in the community.