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The old sofa says farewell… — Photo by Denise Provost
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History comes to life in this wonderfully told story
Full disclosure, I’ve been a fan of Tina Jackson since first reading her wonderful novel, The Beloved Children. That novel, like this one, brings history to life with characters so real, complex and interesting you find yourself compelled to keep reading to learn their full story.
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The City Council invites community members to share budget priorities for Fiscal Year 2026 at virtual meeting; written comment also accepted
The Somerville City Council invites community members to share their priorities for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget at an upcoming virtual Public Hearing on Thursday, January 30, at 6 p.m. All interested community members are invited to attend and speak at this online Public Hearing hosted by the Somerville City Council’s Finance Committee. Written comment may also be submitted.
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Weekend service changes will also take place on the Green Line for regular maintenance and on the Red Line for signal upgrades.
The MBTA announced service changes in February on the Orange, Green, Red, Newburyport/Rockport, and Haverhill lines.
The MBTA recently announced extended service outages that include weekdays planned for the 2025 calendar year through June. As previously announced, the vast majority of work in 2025 will take place during weekends and evenings with some limited weekday outages anticipated this year.
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SomerViva organized and recorded Know Your Rights sessions to help Somerville residents understand their immigration rights and the rights their neighbors. You can find videos of these Know Your Rights informational sessions in Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Nepali below.
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All invited to online discussion and then to spring event with panel discussion, film screening, and celebration of the Task Force’s work
After months of intensive work to identify ways to improve affordability for residents, small businesses, nonprofits, and artists in Somerville, the City’s Anti-Displacement Task Force (ADTF) is ready to share their recommendations with the community. Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all to join an online community meeting presenting ADTF reports on Thursday, January 30, as well as to an in-person event this spring.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and The Dept. of Racial and Social Justice hosted it’s MLK event at the East Somerville Community School on January 20, 2025 for a live panel discussion, a performance by The Floor Lords, and a non-perishable goods donation drive.
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