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Somerville director's film featured By George P. Hassett When the Independent Film Festival of Boston opens in Davis Square on Wednesday, filmmaker Chico Colvard won't have to go far to see his movie premiere. Colvard, who lives in West Somerville, will take a short walk to see "Family Affair" at the Somerville Theater on Saturday but the screening is part of a long journey it took to make the film. |
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| By Tom Nash
City officials and neighbors are seeking to make an example of a proposed Benton Road condominium project, with one alderman telling the Planning Board last Thursday it has a chance to "end the madness" of over development in crowded Somerville neighborhoods. A group of developers operating as MLN Trust is hoping to subdivide 1 Benton Rd., which includes a house built in 1890 by HP Hood that they converted into three condos, in order to build three more units in a new building. |
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By Joseph A. Curtatone (The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries of The Somerville News belong solely to the authors of those commentaries and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville News, its staff or publishers.) Spring is finally upon us once again, and the city has again planned a fun and events-filled spring and summer, beginning with our annual Spring Cleanup on May 8. |
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By Julia Fairclough Arranging chairs in a public plaza can actually transform a place and how the people who use it interact. At least that is what Samantha Kattan believed when she created the proposal for movable chairs in Union Square. The goal is to improve the seating options for pedestrians and visitors, as well as promote the plaza as a destination for eating, conversation, and enjoying the outdoors. The 20 to 25 lightweight, outdoor chairs will be scattered throughout the main plaza starting May 1 and 2 (to coincide with Somerville Open Studios) and will allow people to easily arrange the chairs to fit their individual needs. |
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By Ashley Troutman
Local food and book lovers united Saturday at the Cross Street Senior Center to celebrate the launch of a new cookbook and cultural guide.
"Savoring East Somerville: A Taste-Based Guide to the Neighborhood" introduces the residents and businesses of East Somerville through their favorite recipes. The celebration included a food tasting, photography exhibit, and live mariachi band.
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By Julia Fairclough Not only will the Somerville Home feature art by local artists for Somerville Open Studios again this year, the residential care facility will also unveil a new mural that is the fruition of a community project. Barbara Lindstrom, a Boston-based artist and member of a contemporary art gallery, Galatea Gallery, in the SoWa district of Boston, who lived by the Somerville Home on Summer Street for many years, wanted to give the home a sense of community. She applied to the Somerville Arts Council for a grant to run an art workshop for the residents working on the panel. The Somerville Home is a privately owned, non-profit residential care facility for senior citizens. Incorporated in 1898, it has served the greater Boston community for over 110 years. |
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By Lauren C. Ostberg
Paul Revere’s midnight ride ended in Lexington 235 years ago, but Somerville remembers it like it was yesterday.
“We have a rich sense of history; that’s what makes us an All-America City,” said Mayor Joseph A. Curatone, whose words followed the Somerville High School Marching Band’s rendition of “Yankee Doodle,” and paired well with the relentlessly patriotic red, white, and blue bandstand décor.
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By George P. Hassett
Two Boston men were arrested on drug trafficking charges last week in Assembly Square after an undercover Somerville police officer infiltrated their gang, police said.
Police say Waner Baez, 29, and Alexis Crespo-Gonzalez 31, worked within a heroin distribution organization that sold drugs in Somerville and surrounding cities. They were arrested Thursday, April 15 at the 99 Restaurant after they allegedly sold 70 grams of heroin to the undercover officer.
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