The Somerville Arts Council (SAC) is looking for local Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to help program and organize a temporary space.

They  want this to be an accessible opportunity; therefore this space will feature new curators and concepts on a rotational basis. They invite you to think about how you would want to occupy this space. Some examples (use is not limited to the following): Exhibitions or a crafts market space, small lectures, workshops, meetings and etc. Due to neighbors and other competing uses of the building, this space is NOT available for performance, dance, music, or a rehearsal room.

By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Somerville Ave. location last week on reports of an alarm. Somerville Police control received a call from the location’s alarm company as a confirmed breaking and entering, and the reporting party was on scene.

Upon arrival, the officers spotted a man, later identified as James Hargrove, standing in front of the business, in the company of a dog and having a phone conversation via earphones.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Before all the new “designer” bars there were many local Barron’s around the city.

My dad frequented Pat Connolly’s and The Coronet, which became Redbones in Davis Square. The bar counter had pickled eggs, Slim Jim’s and BEER NUTS. Dad called them “gin mills” and he referred to beer as “a cold one.” I remember seeing Ballentine Ale and Schlitz in our refrigerator.

On my reboot of Greater Somerville, the General Manager of the MBTA Green Line Extension for the Commonwealth, John Dalton. The opening of the first two of seven rapid transit Green Line stops in Cambridge, Somerville and Medford took place on March 21, 2022. It was my pleasure to spend time with John and chat about the historic opening and what he experienced and what will come in the next few months. Watch it here or on the Somerville Media Center, Channel 3 in Somerville.

After years of hard work Union Square station opened on Monday, March 21. — Photo by Doug Holder

By Ryan DiLello

On Monday of this week, after decades of planning and debate, the city of Somerville celebrated the opening of the Green Line stop within Union Square. Last Thursday, Mayor Ballantyne held a press conference to field questions about the historic project from the community.

By Fernando Cervantes Jr.

On March 5, the Somerville Democratic Ward Committees met to select delegates to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention on June 3 and 4. Committees for Wards 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 met to select these delegates.

According to an email from the Maura Healey Campaign, 54 delegates were elected for the Maura Healey camp to represent the candidate at the Convention in June. Candidates need at least 325 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

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By Jason Mackey

Dear neighbors,

As you may have heard, the former home of the First Universalist Church and current home of King Solomon’s Lodge A.F. & A.M. at 125 Highland Avenue was recently sold to make way for desperately needed affordable housing. This is all well and good, but on Monday, March 28th, the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC) will vote on establishing a Local Historic District (LHD) at this address (and only this address); effectively killing the sale and any hopes of affordable housing along with it.