Pages
Stay In Touch
More
© 2026 The Somerville Times. All rights reserved.
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Office of Health and Human Services invite all community members to honor LGBTQ+ Pride Month by joining the annual Pride flag raising ceremony on Tuesday, June 4. The ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m. on the City Hall Concourse and include remarks from Mayor Ballantyne, City of Somerville LGBTQ+ Liaison Izzy Starr, and representatives from the Somerville youth LQBTQ+ community.
Continue reading »
Assault
On 5/22/24 at approximately 4:57 p.m, Somerville Police responded to Great River Rd. for report of an assault. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated she was involved in an argument with a male party. During the argument, the male party spit at her. Officers identified the male suspect.
Continue reading »
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Somerville’s SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Somerville Worker Center, in partnership with the Brazilian Worker Center and the Brazilian Women’s Group, are announcing a free immigrant workers’ rights fair on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Somerville Worker Center located at 530 Mystic Ave, Suite 111.
Continue reading »
Somerville is invited to get their dancing shoes on as the 2024 SomerStreets: Carnaval returns Sunday, June 2, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. (rain date Sunday, June 9) to kick off the 2024 SomerStreets season, which will include a series of four neighborhood street festivals across Somerville.
Continue reading »
— Photo courtesy of City of Somerville
This temporary detour (approximately one week, weather permitting) will enable city contractors to pave the newly built path and loam/seed green space along the northern half of the park. Following paving, the new path will be opened to the public and work at the site will transition to the southern half of the park where the temporary community path currently sits.
Continue reading »
(The opinions and views expressed in the commentaries and letters to the Editor of The Somerville Times belong solely to the authors and do not reflect the views or opinions of The Somerville Times, its staff or publishers)
Dear Chairman Ercolini,
On May 14th, Cobble Hill residents gathered in a community space to watch a Zoom webinar of the 90 Washington Street Civic Advisory Committee’s (CAC) recommendations to the Somerville Redevelopment Authority (SRA). The presentation gave us a better understanding as to why Cobble Hill Apartments got dissevered in 2019 when the SRA voted to approve the 90 Washington Street Demonstration Project.
Continue reading »
By Dennis Fischman
It’s strange that there’s a whole genre of mystery we call the “Nordic noir.” Scandinavia consists of six or eight different countries, after all, and we wouldn’t lump Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Guido Brunetti, and Jimmy Perez together and call them “European detectives.”
Continue reading »
Budget delivers major investments in schools and workforce equity, builds resources for core services, social progress, and most vulnerable
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s proposed Fiscal Year 2025 budget plan puts schools and worker equity front and center and delivers strong supports for core services, social progress, and the most vulnerable. From reading and math interventionists and embedded counselors for the schools to resources for alternative response, homelessness, affordable housing, seniors, and a shift to rodenticide-free rodent control, the carefully crafted $360M budget makes strategic strides on community priorities amid a tighter funding year. The budget will be formally submitted to the City Council on Thursday, May 30.
Continue reading »
Reader Comments