3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (431+ words) State senator Will Brownsberger has kept his Suffolk and Middlesex seat in a recount of last week’s Democratic primary against first-time candidate Daniel Lander. The winner advances to the Nov. 3 general election against conservative Brandon Wood of Watertown. The district,…...

4+ day, 22+ 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…...

1+ week, 51+ min 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, 1+ day 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....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (406+ words) It was not my intention to move. I liked my apartment and my neighborhood, and my three roommates and I could have afforded a modest rent increase. Except the landlords demanded we renew the lease in February, seven months early....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (241+ words) Voters went for Will Mbah in the Democratic primary on Tuesday to fill the state representative seat held by Christine Barber since 2015, according to unofficial election results. Mbah beat Christopher Oates and Paul Ruseau for the seat, which Barber is…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (95+ words) Sept. 4: ASWB Presents: Author K.S. Shay (All She Wrote Books, Somerville) Sept. 5: Somerville Nepali Street Food Festival (Somerville City Hall, Somerville) Sept. 5: Les Vedettes: Las Exóticas (Crystal Ballroom, Somerville) Sept. 8: Smut Slam Boston: Learning Curves (Arts at the Armory, Somerville) Sept....

2+ week, 28+ min ago   (262+ words) A judicial inquest into the Aug. 21 shooting death in Cambridge’s Central Square was confirmed Monday by Middlesex district attorney Marian Ryan. The process is set to begin Sept. 9 and be led by Judge Holly Broadbent, Ryan said. William Woodworth, 64, of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (172+ words) I found Kathy Greeley’s letter disheartening (“MacKay supporter responds to letter for Decker, seeking a representative for all of Cambridge,” Aug. 23). She makes a lot of claims about Marjorie Decker, but unlike Kathy Greeley, I live in the 25th Middlesex District,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (308+ words) The risk for West Nile Virus in Cambridge, Somerville and five more metro Boston communities was raised Monday to high as the state revealed a second human case in Massachusetts this year – like the first, exposed in Middlesex County. The…...