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.

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Marcus Breen talks with the poet Doug Holder.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne is announcing that the City of Somerville, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have successfully reached a collective bargaining agreement that will provide better wages and benefits for these essential public safety employees.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

There have been tons of stores in Somerville that we used to shop in. I thought it would be fun to go back and revisit some of these places. I asked this question: what stores of old did you do your Christmas shopping at?

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) has named the City of Somerville as a 2023 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer, recognizing the city’s efforts to close the digital divide. The NDIA is focused on advancing digital equity by supporting community programs and equipping policymakers to act.

Efforts to assist the unhoused in East Somerville were discussed at the latest meeting of the Public Health and Public Safety Committee. — Photo by Bridget Frawley

By Bridget Frawley

The Somerville City Council discussed efforts being taken to assist the unhoused population in East Somerville during their monthly Public Health and Public Safety Committee meeting on December 11.

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has announced an investment of $28 million in funding to improve climate resiliency and provide significant flood protection for the environmental justice communities surrounding the Amelia Earhart Dam (AED) on the Mystic River between Somerville and Everett and Draw Seven Park in Somerville.