Somerville Times

22/08/2025

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Some readers of mysteries will pick up any book with a murder to be solved (or even a burglar to be found and forced to fork over!). Other readers find themselves drawn to a particular subgenre of mystery: the cozy, the noir, the hard-boiled detective, the murder cabin, the police procedural, or the...

22/08/2025

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Metro Mobility, a Cambridge-based micromobility technology startup, has teamed up with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to launch the state’s first solar-powered e-bike charging and rental station. Funded in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) ...

22/08/2025

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On Tuesday, August 12, Standard Deviation shared jazz standards from the 1920s through the 2020s, but also played oldies from the 60s and beyond, as well as folk, Americana, a bit of bluegrass, and a few originals. Sponsored by the Council on Aging and held at the Dilboy Post.

21/08/2025

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The Ward 3 Democratic Committee will host a forum featuring three exciting candidates who want to represent Ward 3 on the Somerville School Committee. All members of the community are invited. Date and location: Thursday, September 4, at 7 p.m. in the Lower Cafeteria at Somerville High School. Use t...

21/08/2025

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Shortly before midnight last night, Somerville fire department responded to a fire on Thurston to find a house under construction fully engulfed in flames. Fire fighters operated a 3rd alarm fire working to keep the neighboring houses from the fire. The home under construction eventually collapsed a...

21/08/2025

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/142220

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte Buffalo Bob Smith, Clarabelle the clown, and a wooden puppet named Howdy Doody entertained all of us members of the peanut gallery in the early days of television. They don’t make TV shows like they used to, do they?

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20/08/2025

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/142209

Fair Housing means no discrimination! Candidates for Mayor and City Council had the chance to present their views on non-discrimination in housing by answering a questionnaire from the Somerville Fair Housing Commission, a nonpartisan group of volunteers. We are sharing all the answers we received.....

20/08/2025

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/142217

By Norah Doyle If you caught the “Might Delete Later” reading event the other week on Thursday, August 7, at Remnant Brewing, then you may be familiar with children’s book author and illustrator, Jef Czekaj. Czekaj is a Somerville native, having resided here for more than 20 years, and moved t...

20/08/2025

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The Somerville Fair Housing Commission discussed how to inform voters, reduce barriers for housing voucher holders, and address criminal record discrimination in an online public meeting last Thursday.

20/08/2025

https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/142223

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Arts Council, in partnership with producer Yvette Wilks of Wilks Productions Consultancy, invite community members to the eleventh annual Evolution of Hip Hop Festival on Saturday, August 23 (rain date: August 24), from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Union Square Pl...