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If your family is like most, you have “junk” in your basement, garage or attic, such as sports cards, memorabilia and toys. Before you toss them out during spring cleaning, consider that the prices of sports cards, games and other ephemera are skyrocketing.
How can you determine if your stuff is valuable and, if it is, how can you sell it?
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Open Positions: Four, Term: Three years
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The City of Somerville seeks four new members for the Municipal Scholarship Committee, and all Somerville residents are invited to apply. Applicants must be Somerville residents. Boards and commissions offer an opportunity for residents with a range of experience, skills, expertise, and perspectives to share their talents and insights with their community.
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After March 21, masks will be optional at City buildings and events
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations down, the City of Somerville will lift its mask requirement for city buildings and events starting Monday, March 21. This means all city-issued mask mandates are now either lifted or set to lift. Some federal and state mask requirements remain in effect.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and Ward 6 City Councilor Lance Davis invite you to a virtual informational meeting where city staff will share updates about the play area at the Benjamin Brown School.
The city is working to begin construction this summer on schoolyard improvements that will address safety concerns and expand play opportunities.
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The Somerville Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is holding its annual Community Preservation Plan public hearing on Wednesday, March 23, at 6:30 p.m.
The CPC holds a public hearing each year to identify community needs and priorities for Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds. Testimony from the hearing informs the CPC’s annual Community Preservation Plan update, which establishes how the year’s CPA funds will be allocated across affordable housing, historic resources, and open space categories.
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By Jim Clark
Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the intersection of Grand Union Blvd. and Great River Rd. last Thursday just after midnight on reports of a single motor vehicle accident.
Somerville dispatched informed the officers en route that the vehicle was on the island and the parties were outside the vehicle.
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Re-Union Square edition
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
The new Union Square T stop will open on March 21. I asked our friends to reminisce about the old days of the square. It was named for the Union Army during the Civil War. My reliable friends shared what they remember about the pre-Green Line square.
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After nearly two years of requiring face masks in public indoor spaces, the City of Somerville Board of Health has lifted these mandates.
By Fernando Cervantes Jr.
Since April 2020, the City Somerville has been requiring face masks at all indoor spaces in the city. Now, almost two years after the implementation of these, masks are finally off in Somerville. It now joins Boston and other cities and towns in the area that have lifted their indoor mask requirements.
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