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At around 10:42 p.m. Thursday evening, police were dispatched to River Rd in the Mystic Housing Projects for  reports of a shooting. Four victims were transported to local hospitals, one male and three females. One victim is reported to be in critical condition. A vehicle was reported fleeing the scene.  Somerville, Medford and State Police are at the scene.

More information to follow as it becomes available.

Important notes to restaurants with outdoor seating licenses:

Outdoor Seating Licenses do NOT allow any type of outdoor entertainment. You may not provide entertainment, whether live or recorded, outdoors on public or private property.

Message from the City of Somerville:

Police on Monday responded to reports of fireworks being set off from a moving vehicle in the Port area of Cambridge.

After stopping the car, the alleged offender, an unidentified 18-year-old, was relieved of the fireworks, which are illegal to possess, sell or use in Massachusetts.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Reprinted from March 9, 2013

Our parents sent us there to get milk and bread. We could walk there. We would get ourselves some penny candy while we were there. It seemed there was a mom and pop store on every corner in Somerville.

Without an extension, the state moratorium is set to end on August 18 

The City of Somerville’s moratorium on residential and commercial evictions is still in place and will remain in effect until the city’s state of emergency is lifted. The State’s moratorium on residential and small-business evictions will expire on Tuesday, August 18, unless Gov. Charlie Baker extends it.

GRACE S. FARACI, born March 30, 1954, to Concetta B. (Turko) and Peter J. Faraci, passed away on June 17, 2019 at 1:44 a.m. at the Boston Brigham and Women’s Hospital after a long illness. She was born and grew up primarily in Somerville and in close proximity to Medford. She was a member of Saint Polycarp, baptized and received her Holy Sacraments at Saint Francis Assisi as were her parents.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager Nency Salamoun and Somerville Police Chief David Fallon were among those who participated in Saturday’s virtual town hall discussion on race and equity in policing.

By Isabel Sami

The City of Somerville held a virtual town hall discussion on Saturday, June 27, focusing on race and equity in policing. The discussion featured Mayor Joe Curtatone, Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, Somerville Police Chief David Fallon, and Patricia Contente from the city’s Community Outreach, Help and Recovery office, and was facilitated by Nency Salamoun, the city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager.

By Alberto Gilman

The Somerville Finance Committee meeting hosted a virtual public hearing to discuss the proposed budget for the 2021 fiscal year on Wednesday, June 24.