Somerville honors long-time resident and WWII veteran, Marvin Spitzer’s 100th birthday with a drive-by celebration.

The Somerville City Council also issued a special citation at their latest meeting on Thursday, February 25, honoring World War II veteran and 75-year Somerville resident Marvin H. Spitzer on his 100th birthday.

Arrests:
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Manuel Marroquin-Orellana, February 25, 1:45 a.m., arrested at Powder House Blvd. on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, assault and battery, and threat to commit a crime.

Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 1 Councilor Matthew McLaughlin, Ward 3 Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen, Ward 4 Councilor Jesse Clingan, and City staff invite you to a virtual community meeting to discuss implementation of the Gilman Square Neighborhood Plan. The meeting will focus on redevelopment at the Mobil gas station site, the former Homans Building site, and nearby green space called the Gilman Triangle on Medford Street behind Somerville High School. City consultants will present conceptual illustrations developed with community input, discuss opportunities and challenges based on existing conditions, and gather feedback on land-use priorities.

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan today announced the implementation of a new policy regarding identifying information on her office website, middlesexda.com.

Recognizing that the Office has an obligation to balance the public’s right to information with the potential long-term collateral impacts on the lives of individuals accused of crimes, the office has implemented a policy to accept requests from individuals or their attorneys for a redaction of certain identifying information. In some cases where a complete redaction request is not approved, the office would also consider publishing an update regarding the final outcome of the case.  

Today during his midterm address Mayor Joe Curtatone announced that he will not be running for re- election in November. The mayor has served Somerville in that office for nine terms, making him the city’s longest serving mayor. It is not certain at this time what his future plans will be.

Message from Executive Director Stephanie Scherpf

Dear Friends,

We hope you’ve been well while we had to hit the pause button due to financial hardship brought on by the pandemic. It’s been a winter slog but we have great news to share – we are bringing back furloughed staff and reopening ROOTED Armory Cafe & Farmstand on Tuesday, March 2 as hoped! 

This week, Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone submitted a proposal to the City Council to immediately increase investments in street safety and sustainable transportation. The proposal would create three new full-time staff positions in the Mobility Division to support traffic calming, transit-focused projects, public engagement, long-range policy planning, and complete-streets engineering.

Capacity limits stay status quo

The City of Somerville will not join the Commonwealth in the move to reopening Phase 3, Step 2 on March 1. Somerville will remain in the limited Phase 3, Step 1 stage of reopening that went into effect on February 1 until at least March 15.

“Discovery” by Verea Miller, acrylic on paper; part of the Somerville Museum’s “Art of Observation” exhibit, with works contributed by Jessica Howard’s Somerville High School portfolio class.

A virtual exhibit showcasing the drawings of Jessica Howard’s Somerville High School portfolio class is part of the Somerville Museum’s Art of Observation exhibit.

After meeting with artist David Campbell, the class was invited to draw what was visually interesting and meaningful to them in their immediate environment.