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25019004: On 4/8/25 at approximately 12:57 p.m, Somerville Police responded to 165 Broadway for a fight. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated she got into an argument with a male party. During the argument, the male punched her in the face. Officers located the male nearby and he was placed under arrest.
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Exchanging Notes mural celebration, Wednesday, April 23, 5:30 p.m.
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The Somerville Arts Council and the Program on Georgian Studies at the Davis Center at Harvard are thrilled to continue their successful Exchanging Notes initiative, which began in the spring of 2023. This project aims to bring together artists and performers from Georgia and Somerville, Massachusetts. The 2025 Artist in Residence at the Davis Center is Mishiko Sulakauri, an artist from the capital city of Tbilisi with a background in street art.
The Somerville Arts Council and the Program on Georgian Studies at the Davis Center at Harvard are thrilled to continue their successful Exchanging Notes initiative, which began in the spring of 2023. This project aims to bring together artists and performers from Georgia and Somerville, Massachusetts. The 2025 Artist in Residence at the Davis Center is Mishiko Sulakauri, an artist from the capital city of Tbilisi with a background in street art.
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— Photo by Terence Clarey
By Terence Clarey
On a sidewalk, near the curb between a bicycle shop and a three-story apartment building, on Elm Street, Somerville, just east of its intersection with Beech and Willow Streets, stands a small granite marker, usually obscured by parked cars, with these words chiseled on its face:
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L to R: Alex Gladwell, Jennifer Pectol, Stephanie Tyler Smith, Tim Cavaretta, of Food For Free.
On April 16, four members of the Food For Free team joined partners like the Greater Boston Food Bank at the State House for a MEFAP (Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program) Advocacy Day. Food For Free met with 12 legislators from the nonprofit’s service area to express gratitude for their support and advocate for the inclusion of $55.5 million in the FY26 state budget for MEFAP, which provides a stable, reliable food supply—supporting local farmers and feeding people with dignity.
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Monday, April 21, is Patriots’ Day. City buildings will be closed. Trash, recycling and yard waste collection will be delayed by one day. No street sweeping on Monday.
The Somerville Museum and the City of Somerville at History in the Park: Patriot’s Day, a fun and festive colonial fair for all ages. This beloved annual celebration takes place on Monday, April 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Foss Park (49 Fellsway West, Somerville, MA 02145).
Free, family-friendly events May 3 – 9 highlight local sustainability efforts
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne invites residents to celebrate SustainaVille Week 2025, a weeklong series of free events from May 3 – 9 showcasing Somerville’s climate progress and engaging the community in the next steps toward a carbon net-negative future.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Department of Veterans’ Services are announcing that Somerville’s Memorial Day parade will be held on Sunday, May 25.
The parade will step off at 11 a.m. from Davis Square, proceeding west on Holland Street through Teele Square and onto Broadway, ending at the Veterans Cemetery between Alewife Brook Parkway and North Street. This year’s Grand Marshal is Somerville resident and Medal of Honor recipient Thomas G. Kelley.
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State Dept memo reportedly reveals contradictions in Trump Administration’s rationale for revocation of Öztürk’s visa, detention
After a recent report indicated that an internal State Department memo concluded that the key premise underlying Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s arrest and detention was false, Representative Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ed Markey (D-MA) pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to immediately release the memo and any other relevant documentation. Last month, Pressley, Markey, and Warren led over 30 lawmakers in writing to Trump Administration officials demanding information about Rümeysa’s arrest and detention, and similar incidents across the country.
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