Somerville’s Fluff Fest is turning 20, and all are invited to  celebrate the famous treat in Union Square on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 2 to 6 p.m. (rain date: Sunday, September 21). This year’s milestone theme, Forever Fluff: 20 Years of Sticky, Sweet Somerville, marks two decades of celebrating the invention of Marshmallow Fluff in Union Square with zany games, music, fluff-filled snacks, and more. 

The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) recently drafted three types of licenses allowing for the “social consumption” of cannabis by adults 21 and older in approved venues, similar to those allowing for alcohol consumption. Once these regulations are finalized, communities will be able to choose whether they opt into the new rules. 

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the first positive human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) confirmed in the state this year in a woman in her 70s who was exposed in Middlesex County. Today, Somerville had their risk level elevated to high risk for West Nile Virus.

Moving season is in full swing in Somerville, not only for residents, but for the Somerville Fire Department, too. You won’t catch the usual move-in sights like futons, bean bag chairs, and crates, but instead a new fire crew, new equipment, and a full Fire Engine are moving into Somerville’s first new fire station in a half-century.