To help reduce transportation barriers as residents head to the polls, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) is offering free Bluebikes rides on Election Day (Tuesday, November 2), providing voters a convenient and socially distant transit option. Complimentary rides will be available across the Bluebikes system’s 11 municipalities: Arlington, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Newton, Revere, Salem, Somerville, and Watertown. Blue Cross is the title sponsor of Bluebikes, a publicly-owned bike share managed by municipal staff.

Don’t forget to go out and vote Tuesday, November 2
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Want to cast your ballot in person?

Go to your polling place on Tuesday, November 2 between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The Somerville Elections Department would like to inform all Somerville voters that the ballots for the 2021 general election do not include the usual notation indicating which candidates are incumbents seeking re-election. The incumbents are correctly listed first in order on the ballots; however, they are not identified as “candidates for re-election,” as is standard. 

Meth Lab Found
On Saturday, October 23, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Somerville Police and Fire responded to Oxford St for a medical related incident. Subsequently, two residents were subsequently transported to an area hospital for ingesting an unknown substance.

Taped at the Somerville Theatre, Steve Brown of WBUR moderates the debate between Will Mbah and Katjana Ballantyne, the two 2021 finalist candidates for mayor in Somerville, MA.

The City of Somerville is seeking applicants for one open position on the Somerville Conservation Commission.   

The Conservation Commission is devoted to preserving and protecting Somerville’s natural environment with an emphasis on wetlands, open space, and community gardens. Members are charged with protecting the city’s wetlands and rivers via their authority to administer and enforce the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and Rivers Protection Act. In addition, the Commission acts as a sounding board for open space planning and open space initiatives, and it oversees the community gardens program, which offers gardening plots to residents.   

Moderated by Judy Perlman, this debate taped in the Somerville Theatre features the eight Somerville Councilor At-Large candidates on the 2021 ballot.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 3 Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, Ward 5 Councilor Mark Niedergang, and Ward 6 Councilor Lance Davis invite you to a virtual public meeting to discuss the redesign of Highland Avenue.

The city is completely reconstructing nearly the entire length of Highland Avenue. Underground improvements to upgrade aging sewers and stormwater infrastructure will begin this winter on portions of Highland Avenue as part of the Spring Hill Sewer Separation Project, and streetscape changes are expected to follow in 2023. 

Free Open Streets event to feature live music, a costume parade, roller-skating, and more

Join us at the last SomerStreets festival of the year, the spooky and fun “Monster Mashed-Up,” on Sunday, October 31, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. (rain date November 7) on Somerville Avenue between Hawkins Street and Laurel Street.