Host, Sarah Fishman speaks with Ward 6 Councilor/Vice President, Lance Davis.

 Property owners must shovel sidewalks by 4:30 p.m., Sunday, February 9.

The City of Somerville’s snow emergency will end on Sunday, February 9 at 12 p.m. (noon) and normal parking rules will resume at that time. The information below offers tips to avoid ticketing and towing as well as strategies for being a good neighbor and staying safe.

On Wednesday, February 5, 2025 members of the Somerville Police Department attended a workshop hosted by Teen Empowerment to continue bridging the gap between the City’s youth and their Police Officers. Through group activities and one on one conversations the workshop helped build a more comfortable relationship between the two groups. Everyone is looking forward to future opportunities to work together and continue conversations to strengthen the connection.

-Somerville Police Department

Department of Racial & Social justice and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne hold a community meeting to discuss the Public Safety for All, Civilian Oversight, and Anti-Violence recommendations.

The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival is back and still kicking after 50 years! Having survived pandemics, snowpocalypses, technological upheaval, and brain-melting shifts in the moviegoing landscape, the annual event returns February 12–17 to the Somerville Theatre and other Davis Square locations.

Somerville’s Parks & Recreation Department is being called upon to explore possibilities for an ongoing middle school intramural girls’ hockey program.

By Harry Kane

A small parent group is working to grow girls’ ice hockey in Somerville.

An order was put forward by the City Council on January 23 for the Director of Somerville Parks & Recreation to discuss the introduction of an ongoing middle school intramural girls’ hockey program.

By Dennis Fischman

A lot of authors have come out of the White House. There is a whole shelf of Presidential memoirs, some more readable than others – and some less self-serving than others. 

Ron Reagan Jr. wrote a memoir of his presidential papa, My Father at 100. (An amusing side note: Ron the younger was a freshman at Yale in the Fall of 1976, the same semester as I started there. Because he didn’t submit a photo for the freshman yearbook, above the name “Ronald Reagan” appeared a portrait of Karl Marx.)

Constellation yoga studio is a place for creative and mindful practices, according to founder Jenn Falk.

By Jeffrey Shwom

There is something peaceful, welcoming, and make-it-your-own about Constellation. Maybe it is the moveable furniture, the openness of the cozy space, or the windows that host art as well as spots for people to watch the world outside. I had arrived after lunch hour yoga concluded at Constellation, a studio for creative and mindful practices, where I was hosted by Jenn Falk, founder, yoga/movement teacher and group facilitator.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Are you kidding me? An earthquake! Last week we experienced a 4.1 earthquake. I thought it was the guys upstairs’ washing machine. I’ve collected peoples’ comments on what they were doing and what they thought the rumbling was.

“My hubby thought it was the washer. Too bad I was sleeping.”

The city’s School Building Project survey has been deemed “problematic” by many, including some City Councilors. — Photo by Bobbie Toner

By Jeffrey Shwom

A 5-minute online survey has turned contentious as advocates and city councilors push back against the Somerville School Building Project: Phase One Community Feedback Survey, released the morning of January 23.