Susan Demeo, age 69, passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, January 4, 2026.  She leaves behind her high school sweetheart and dearly loved husband Bob; sisters Diane and Tricia; sons Tom and Ben; their wives Heather and Jess; and her grandchildren Tommy, Brynn and Molly.

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By Dennis Fischman

Among the readers in the Somerville Public Library’s Mystery Book Club, there are people who love every subgenre of mystery. At the far ends of the mystery spectrum, there are cozies, and then there are thrillers involving psychopathic serial killers. Never the twain shall meet…or shall they?

City of Somerville shares City of Boston’s press release announcing executive orders to limit unconstitutional federal actions

Thursday, February 5, 2026 – Mayor Michelle Wu stood together with mayors and city managers from neighboring municipalities today to give an update on how the City of Boston and neighboring municipalities are taking steps to address unconstitutional federal operations. She was joined at the event by Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang, Chelsea City Manager Fidel Maltez, Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson, Newton Mayor Marc C. Laredo, and Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson. 

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

 Before all the yogurt joints, restaurants, and bars with great big windows, there were the native people of Somerville, or “Summahville,” as we pronounce it. A lot of us are still here raising our third-, fourth-, fifth-generation kids. Those of us who grew up on the streets of Somerville in the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s had our own way of talking (before we went to school and learnt to talk right!). You know what I’m sayin’? Bordering cities may have had similar phrases, sayings, and styles of language, but we “stahted” it!