Open Positions: Four, Term: Three years
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The City of Somerville seeks four new members for the Municipal Scholarship Committee, and all Somerville residents are invited to apply. Applicants must be Somerville residents. Boards and commissions offer an opportunity for residents with a range of experience, skills, expertise, and perspectives to share their talents and insights with their community.

After March 21, masks will be optional at City buildings and events

With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations down, the City of Somerville will lift its mask requirement for city buildings and events starting Monday, March 21. This means all city-issued mask mandates are now either lifted or set to lift. Some federal and state mask requirements remain in effect. 

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and Ward 6 City Councilor Lance Davis invite you to a virtual informational meeting where city staff will share updates about the play area at the Benjamin Brown School.

The city is working to begin construction this summer on schoolyard improvements that will address safety concerns and expand play opportunities.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Grand Union Blvd. and Great River Rd. last Thursday just after midnight on reports of a single motor vehicle accident.

Somerville dispatched informed the officers en route that the vehicle was on the island and the parties were outside the vehicle.

The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Central Hill Playground originally scheduled for March 10, will now be held on the raid date of Tuesday, March 15, at 9:00 a.m.

After nearly two years of requiring face masks in public indoor spaces, the City of Somerville Board of Health has lifted these mandates.

By Fernando Cervantes Jr.

Since April 2020, the City Somerville has been requiring face masks at all indoor spaces in the city. Now, almost two years after the implementation of these, masks are finally off in Somerville. It now joins Boston and other cities and towns in the area that have lifted their indoor mask requirements.

By Kyle Dante

For West Washington improvements, improvement projects will go from Washington St. to Line St. to Webster Ave. The projects will cover sidewalk and ramp reconstruction, street paving, and new tree planting.

— Photo by Bobbie Toner

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward 2 City Councilor J.T. Scott, Ward 3 City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, and the Union Square Community Design Team invite you to a virtual public meeting for updates on the Union Square Plaza and Streetscape Redesign project.