City offices will be closed on Monday, October 14, for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Trash, recycling, and yard waste collection will be delayed by one day. No street sweeping on Monday.

Driven by data, transformative project aims to bring safer walking, biking, rolling, and driving to high-crash street 

Most people are well aware of the speed limit on the streets they use, but three other important numbers that define each street are driving road safety efforts in Somerville: the number of crashes, the number of vehicles and pedestrians, and the average vehicle speed. This data helped make clear the need for the new West Broadway Reconstruction safety project. 

By Harry Kane and Marco Antonio Osoy

Girls Varsity Soccer has a winning record this season and they are on the path to victory! Highlanders have won five of the last six games.

“So far, this season has been going great,” said Head Coach Marco Antonio Osoy.

By Harry Kane and Tiago Moreira

The opportunity to play soccer in front of family, school members and excited crowds helps the player’s development as an extension of the classroom.

This year the theme for Boys Varsity Soccer is how to be an ideal team player. There are three directives for achieving this goal. Players must be smart, humble and hungry, explains Head Coach Tiago Moreira.

Enhancing pay, benefits, and training and education incentives for Firefighters Local 76

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne on behalf of the City of Somerville has reached an agreement with Local 76, the union representing Somerville firefighters, for a contract that will provide updated compensation and benefits and help modernize aspects of the Department’s operations.  The new contract provides competitive annual wage increases, expanded opportunities for incentive pay tied to specialty positions, advanced education, and training, and a new sick leave benefit.  

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

This article first appeared in the January 21, 2012 edition of The Somerville Times

It may be in your bureau, nightstand, or coffee table. Maybe it’s in the kitchen or dining room. It’s the junk drawer. It’s the place where bits and pieces of our past accumulate. It’s the stuff that we just can’t part with. All clumped together. It may be in a plastic bin in the back of your closet, but we all have that place that holds the things we have kept.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, the SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs (SOIA) and the Department of Racial and Social Justice (RSJ) are inviting the Somerville community to join a vibrant celebration of Latin American and Caribbean Heritage Month, this Saturday, October 12.

The City of Somerville Rodent Issues Special Committee continues its efforts to mitigate rodent infestation in the city.

By Katherine Davis

The Rodent Issues Special Committee held their regular meeting on Monday, September 30, to cover the ongoing issue of any city – rodents. While rodents, especially rats, are present in any city, they only continue to thrive because of human activities such as open top and easily accessible outdoor trash cans, yard debris, overgrown vegetation, and more. Taking a few extra steps can make the difference for you and your neighborhood.

Good Trouble Brass Band (current photo)

By Harry Kane

For the 19th year, activist street bands gather to honk their horns and rally the residents in a commitment to promoting peace, social justice and civic engagement at the annual HONK! Festival.