Somerville Times

12/11/2025

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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte Before all the electronics and video games that the kids today enjoy, toys were pretty simple. Today, a child’s Christmas list looks very different than back in the day. My sister loved her Chatty Cathy doll and her Easy Bake Oven. One year, I got a Mr. Potato ...

12/10/2025

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A landscaping truck removing leaves at 179 Summer St. was destroyed by fire. Fire also spread to a tree and leaf piles nearby. (Photo by SFD)

12/10/2025

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Serving twelve years in municipal public office and decades of community organizing, McLaughlin seeks to bring focus on affordability to the State House Matt McLaughlin, Ward 1 City Councilor in Somerville, announced his candidacy for State Senator of the Second Middlesex District. Matt is ready to....

12/10/2025

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By Jordan Pagkalinawan The Rodent Issues Special Committee convened on December 1 to hear from the Inspectional Services Department’s Environmental Health Coordinator, Alicia Privett, and Environmental Health Manager Colin Zeigler, who updated councilors on the latest rodent control practices arou...

12/10/2025

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By Harry Kane The Somerville City Council reaffirmed its support for Somerville’s climate action plan that aims to deal with coastal and stormwater flooding, extreme heat events, and other escalating consequences of human-caused climate change that may endanger life and property.

12/10/2025

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Low-income households may be eligible to receive help with winter heating costs through the Home Energy Assistance Program. This program serves residents of Somerville and Cambridge. Participants receive assistance with their heating costs between November 1 and April 30. Learn more about the progra...

12/10/2025

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The Christmas Tree Lighting on the City Hall Concourse took place on Thursday, December 4. Santa Claus was escorted by the Somerville Fire Department, making his grand entrance atop a shiny red fire truck. After the tree lighting, attendees headed over to the Somerville High School cafeteria for a m...

12/10/2025

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So, the first significant snowfall of the season may soon be here, leaving us with a picturesque Currier and Ives-type dusting of the region just in time to serve as decoration for the holiday season. Does everyone love it? No. Does anyone hate it? Maybe. Some can live with it, while others wouldn.....

12/10/2025

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* The practice of salting and drying Cod has been around for hundreds of years. It was used to preserve large quantities of fish for long periods of time while out at sea. Many cultures use this technique for preservation, including those located in the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, the Caribbean,...

12/10/2025

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12/10/2025

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Review by Tom Miller Sebastian Lockwood is a story teller and a good one. He makes use of his skills in his most recent publication Headless In Hancock 1882 which he sets in the Hancock Inn and Fox Tavern, an establishment that has actually been in existence since 1789, and in the surrounding Mondac...

12/10/2025

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Every now and then I put a poem of my own in the Lyrical Somerville. Doug Holder is the arts/editor of The Somerville Times, he is on the board of the New England Poetry Club, and the Friends of the Longfellow House. He is the co-founder of the Ibbetson Street Press of Somerville, MA. and teaches at...