Ceremonies and Addresses to be held at Somerville High School on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Public reception at The Row Hotel will immediately follow.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, the Somerville City Council, and the Somerville School Committee, warmly invite the community to attend the 2024 inauguration ceremonies on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. 

DCR Hosting Hikes in 13 State Parks as Part of Agency’s Signature First Day Hikes Initiative; Program Started in 1992 in Blue Hills, Now Hosted in 50 States

The Healey-Driscoll Administration is encouraging residents and families to kick off their new year with a free guided First Day Hike at state parks across Massachusetts. On January 1, 2024, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is hosting the agency’s 33^rd annual signature First Day Hikes initiative in 13 parks across the state – from Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in East Falmouth to Mount Greylock State Reservation in Lanesborough.  

Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services is bringing Savvy Caregiver dementia training to The Cambridge Homes in January. The six-week course will be taught by SCES Social Worker Nathaniel Meyer (left) and Case Manager Juan Bautista. — Photo courtesy of SCES

Registration is now open for Savvy Caregiver, a free training program that provides family caregivers with skills and knowledge about dementia.

Every day is Christmas
when you have the kind of mind,
That stores up all the goodness
and the sweetness it can find
When you don’t need an occasion,
to spread a bit of cheer,
But just keep on a-giving,
of yourself throughout the year

Employees throughout Somerville and all of Massachusetts love working at Riverside due to the compassionate culture, diverse workforce, and mission-driven ethos.

Riverside Community Care, a nonprofit leader in behavioral healthcare and human services with services at 117 Summer Street and throughout Somerville, has been named a 2023 Top Place to Work by The Boston Globe. The winners were featured in Globe Magazine on Sunday, December 3. 

The new Somerville High School includes a wheelchair-accessible entrance
built during the building’s construction from 2018 to 2021.

The City of Somerville’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan Task Force, which will review and update the city’s ADA Transition Plan, is accepting applications from community members to join the Task Force.