1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (787+ words) Cambridge meetings, Sept. 14-21: A half-million dollars to make up for federal cuts to food aid Cambridge | Somerville Independent - These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (412+ words) With a declaration Saturday that he hopes to fill the emptying City Council seat in Ward 3, resident Derrick Rice launched Somerville’s special elections season. Ward 3 is represented by Ben Ewen-Campen, who is leaving at the new year because on Sept....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (468+ words) As the Davis Square Neighborhood Council nears a vote on whether it will be recognized formally by the city, even some board members say the organization has stuff to figure out first. “Not at this time,” said Edward Woll, a…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (445+ words) Protections for immigrants and undocumented students in Cambridge were strengthened Sept. 1 by the School Committee, underlining protections the city has put in place over the past couple of years. The deadline set by the state in late August to institute…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (344+ words) The group working to revive Davis Square is feeling good about its first five months, preparing for a big end to its first season and already looking at what’s coming in 2027, said Greg Nadeau of the Somerville Foundation. “Davis has…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (151+ words) The suspect in the May 11 gun battle on Cambridge’s Memorial Drive is expected to be arraigned Thursday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, officials said. Tyler Brown, 47 of Boston, has been indicted on additional charges that will be heard, said…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (740+ words) A Millennium Falcon, cow-mobile, dog-mobile and one-person fire engine were all part of the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race last year, each person-powered mobile piece of art and weirdness struggling to survive a 6-mile route of cobblestones, mud and water and…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (156+ words) Sep. 10: The Magic Lab Lightning Round: Boston’s Open Mic Magic Show (The Foundry, Cambridge) Sep. 13: Side Quest’s Second Birthday Bash (Bow Market, Somerville) Bonus points: they are also running a 20% promotion for all purchases made in the store during the…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (277+ words) From the Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets steering committee So what has Somerville done right? We remain committed to the cause of safe streets in Somerville because there is still more to do. We want a future in which pedestrians…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (394+ words) Somerville meetings, Sept. 7-14: Changes at Cobble Hill, progress at the old Aguacate Verde restaurant Cambridge | Somerville Independent - These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website....