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.

Somerville’s indoor mask mandate ended Saturday, March 5. But businesses can still set their own mask policies, so make sure to check before heading in. Masks are also still required for city buildings. Beginning March 14, masks will be optional for students and staff of Somerville Public Schools. More information, including where to find the latest health guidance can be found at somervillema.gov/maskmandateupdate.

Rafael Zara, “Manolete” – woodcut. Part of the Connections/Conexiones exhibition at Brickbottom Gallery, March 10 – April 9.

The Brickbottom Gallery will be showing original prints by contemporary Cuban artists, most of whom are living on the island. This is the first half of an international print exchange.

In 2019, Janette Brossard Duharte, president of the Printmaking section of the Visual Artist Association of Cuba, approached The Boston Printmakers with an idea for an international print exchange. She invited members of The Boston Printmakers to exhibit in Havana and asked the organization to sponsor an exhibit of Cuban artists in the Boston area.