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Host and Somerville Council on Aging Director, Ashley Speliotis speaks with social workers Natasha Naim and Molly Pagliuca about the Serving the Health Needs of Everyone (SHINE) program.
Residential Breaking and Entering
24063136: On 10/10/24 at approximately 12:00 a.m., Somerville Police responded to a residence on Prospect St. for a past breaking and entering. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated he was sleeping and awoke to a male party in his room attempting to take his backpack. The victim confronted the suspect and the suspect fled out of the house.
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Message from Somerville Public Schools:
As of 10:45 this morning, the Secure and Hold at SHS has been lifted. The school was placed into a Secure and Hold at 9:30 a.m. due to a threat made through a phone call to the school. SPS administrators and the Somerville Police Department conducted a thorough search of the school for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. We found no evidence of a safety concern in the building and all school operations have now returned to normal.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and The Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD), in cooperation with Southville Development Partners, LLC and 115 Thurston, LLC, are pleased to announce the sale of four (4) deed-restricted condominium to eligible, first-time homebuyer households at a below market price through the City’s Inclusionary Housing Program. The units will be offered to households with a yearly gross income at or below 80% Area Median Income (AMI) at price tier P1 and to households between 80% and 110% AMI at price tier P2.
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The new Construction Advisory Group held its first meeting on Tuesday, October 8.
By Katherine Davis
On October 8, the new Construction Advisory Group (CAG), as requested by Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, held its first meeting to address the continued displacement of PK-8 grade students from the Winter Hill Community Innovation School (WHCIS). After the school temporarily closed in June 2023 after a chunk of concrete fell in a stairwell, and then indefinitely closed after the discovery of asbestos in August 2023, Winter Hill students have been attending the Edgerly Education Center and the Capuano School for over a year.
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The Somerville Police Department would like to warn residents of a new spyware sextortion scam that is targeting users via email. It involves the emailing of Google Maps Street View photos of addresses to blackmail victims by saying their computer has been recording them and to send money via QR code to keep the information private. Recipients should not click any links or scan the QR code and instead file a police report. This article explains the new scam: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/sextortion-scams-now-include-photos-of-your-home/
— Somerville Police Department
All interested community members are invited to attend and speak at a Public Hearing before the Somerville City Council’s Land Use Committee and the Somerville Planning Board on Thursday, October 17, at 6:30 p.m.
Community members will have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed amendment to the City’s Zoning Ordinance to remove requirements that developers create new parking spaces when constructing new buildings.
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