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On Thursday afternoon, March 6, an emerging scam was brought to the attention of the Middlesex County District Attorney's
Office, and subsequently shared with the Somerville Police Department. It was reported that a 90-year-old Somerville woman
was the victim of a "Grandparent Scam" in which she willingly provided funds to an unknown caller posing as an out-of-state attorney, who asked her to assist
her "grandson." She was told her grandson had been arrested in the state where he…
SOMERVILLE - Somerville is one step closer to a renovated or
new high school after the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) voted
on Wednesday to invite Somerville Public Schools into MSBA's eligibility period,
which is the first step in the application process for State funding for renovation
or replacement of the school.
The City and School District now have 270 days from the vote
in which to take the required steps needed for the MSBA to then approve the
district for the next…
SOMERVILLE LIBRARY SEEKS
TEENS TO SHARE THEIR ORAL HISTORIES FOR NATIONAL STORYCORPS PROJECT
Somerville Public Libraries Selected as One of Ten
Sites Nationally for StoryCorps Oral History Project (as heard on National
Public Radio); Library to Record Teen Stories
SOMERVILLE – Anyone who lives in Somerville knows
the city has a million stories to tell, and now, thanks to a national StoryCorps grant, the country will get to
hear—and preserve at the National Library of Congress—some of the…
SOMERVILLE - Help the Somerville Arts
Council better understand the economic assets of the creative community in
Somerville by participating in a quick community survey, launched with the
UMass Center for Policy Analysis. .
The
survey can be found at www.somervilleartscouncil.org/creativesurvey, is open to all residents and will be available through December
6. It takes only 12 questions and five minutes to complete.
"Much of our success at the…
SOMERVILLE
– Five Somerville veterans who founded Somerville Youth Hockey and exemplify
service to country and community will be honored when the new ice rink at 570
Somerville Ave., next to the Veterans Memorial Rink, is officially dedicated as
the Founders Rink at a special event on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 2 p.m.
The
rink’s new sign will be unveiled at the event and the founders’ families will
be presented with copies of the plaque that honors the five men who, after
serving our nation in the…
PRESS RELEASE
BERKSHIRE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICEDAVID F. CAPELESS, DISTRICT
ATTORNEY7 North Street,
PO Box 1969, Pittsfield,
MA 01202-1969
Contact: FREDERICK
A. LANTZ
Phone: 413-443-5951
FAX: 413-499-6349
Three Somerville,
Massachusetts High School students have…
SOMERVILLE - Chief Fire Engineer Kevin Kelleher and the
Somerville Fire Department remind all residents that with higher temperatures
and dry weather comes the increased risk for fire hazards, and ask residents to
take necessary preventive steps in your home to decrease this risk.
The following is a list of steps to consider in your home:
Check batteries and operations in smoke
detectors.
DO NOT use grills on porches, on any floor of
your home.
If you use air conditioners…
SOMERVILLE
- Plans for significant updates to the Union Square streetscape as well as the
square's below-ground utilities took an important step forward this week. On
Monday, July 8th, Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that international
consulting firm Parsons Brinkerhoff has been selected for a wide-ranging
utility and roadway improvement study in Union Square that will launch the
design and pre-engineering process for the project. The design process, which
will be informed by significant…
SOMERVILLE
-Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone is asking that the Somerville Board of Aldermen
approve a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries through June 30, 2014,
giving officials time to review both state regulations approved in May and Somerville's
own zoning bylaws to ensure the City will adequately address and comply with
the new law.
The
Massachusetts Public Health Council's 52 pages of medical marijuana regulations
went into effect on May 24, following the legalization of
medical…