Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Somerville Chief of Police Charles Femino have announced that Jose Mendez, 60, of Somerville has been charged with two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, indecent exposure and operating as an unlicensed chiropractor in connection with allegedly assaulting two women on separate occasions while providing services under the guise of being a chiropractor.

Green Line service will bypass Magoun Square station on the Medford/Tufts Branch all day from start to end of service on May 4.

The MBTA today announced service changes in May on the Red, Green, Orange, Kingston, Greenbush, Middleborough/Lakeville, Fairmount, Newburyport/Rockport, and Haverhill lines. The MBTA will continue working to maintain its infrastructure and improve reliability across the system.

Somerville Media Center to open a 5,000 square foot, state-of-the-art media center

Rafi Properties, Owner and Operator of Somernova, the 7.4 acre innovation campus and community dedicated to helping people and companies iterate and grow faster, announced today that the Somerville Media Center (SMC) will expand their footprint at the campus, and open a new, state-of-the-art media center designed to spark creativity and amplify community engagement. SMC is operating in a limited capacity in their current, 2,500 SF space at 12 Tyler Street, and plans to come back and offer all of their services and more in their new space at 29 Properzi Way. Tailor-made for the digital age, the new 5,000 square foot media center, will serve as a nexus of collaboration and exploration designed to inspire Somerville’s next generation of storytellers, innovators, and change-makers.

Somerville Climate Forward, Somerville’s first comprehensive climate change plan, is a set of implementable actions that will reduce Somerville’s contribution to climate change and prepare the City for the unavoidable impacts of climate change.

The “Kaleidoscope Queer Visions” art initiative will take place from May 6 to May 11 at the Boston Figurative Art Center in Somerville

The upcoming queer community art initiative, Kaleidoscope: Queer Visions, sponsored by the Mass Cultural Council, Somerville Local Cultural Commission, and the Boston Figurative Art Center, will take place from May 6 to May 11 at the Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington St., Somerville.

The City of Somerville’s Economic Development team and Consultant group iParametrics does a demonstration (April 16, 2024) of the New Small Business Vitality Grant, released April 15, 2024 – May 15, 2024.

On May 5, Food For Free will be among over 3,500 participants to lace up for Project Bread’s 56th annual Walk for Hunger. For the 6th consecutive year, the Somerville-based nonprofit will raise money to support statewide food security through the Commonwealth Program. The Commonwealth gives organizations addressing food insecurity 60% of all funds they raise to support their own hunger relief programs, with the remaining 40% applied to Project Bread’s statewide food security effort. To date, Project Bread has awarded $27,834 to Food For Free.