The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) reflected on 2025 improvements across the system, from more frequent service to accessibility upgrades, to safety progress, and new innovative technology, as the agency heads into 2026 with continued momentum in its charge to deliver a quality public transit experience for the general riding public.

If you’re struggling to part ways with your Christmas tree, consider this: More than one-third (35 percent) of U.S. home fires involving Christmas trees occur in January. With this post-holiday fire hazard in mind, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) is strongly encouraging prompt removal of Christmas trees after the holiday season.

Massachusetts-based comedy group presents a night of playfully dumb and genuinely funny sketches

Field Trip, a local sketch comedy trio that has delighted Somerville audiences since 2022, makes its Rockwell Theater debut with Field Trip – Live at the Rockwell on January 17, 2026, at 9 p.m.

Kids got into the New Year’s Eve fun at LEGO® Discovery Center Boston for their Noon Year’s Eve celebration!

Children may not be able to stay awake until midnight, so LEGO Discovery Center provided little builders a celebration of their own with a bricktastic countdown! The Noon Year’s Eve event took place at noon  New  Year’s Eve with a LEGO “Ball Drop” and was part of their new event Santa’s Brickmas Adventure.

Hear Mayor Wilson’s inaugural address as well as remarks by the City Council President, the School Committee Chairperson, and honored guest MBTA Chairman and Interim Transportation Secretary Philip Eng.

CAG unanimously agreed that the new school be built at 115 Sycamore Street, the site of the former WHCIS school building. — Photo by Bobbie Toner

Recommendation will help inform decision on size and location of new school building

The Construction Advisory Group (CAG) has delivered its recommendation to Mayor Ballantyne on the City’s plans for a new PK-8 School Building.

This recommendation, which is pending signatures from the full CAG, comes as a result of a more than 13-month-long process during which CAG members reviewed a wide range of data and information provided by the City and Somerville Public Schools (SPS) to inform their deliberation. While developing their recommendation, the CAG also considered the results of an extensive community process through which more than 2,400 community members shared their perspectives via a survey and focus groups.

City Council and School Committee meet with Mayor Jake Wilson to elect a new City Council president and new School Committee chairperson.

Mayor-elect Jake Wilson is sworn-in as mayor of the city of Somerville on January 2, 2026