CHA CEO Assaad Sayah, MD, welcomed Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, and Health and Human Services Sec. Marylou Sudders to the vaccination center last week at Encore Boston Harbor. — Photo courtesy of CHA

The new Metro North COVID-19 Vaccination Partnership – a consortium of nine cities, Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), and Tufts University – announced that it will open three joint vaccination sites to expand COVID-19 vaccine access in the metro north area. The regional partnership was recently approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health as a part of its statewide network of vaccination locations.

GLX project construction continues to advance throughout all work zones. To view their most recent progress photos, click here.

Upcoming Nightwork

With warmer weather now upon us, they want to remind abutters that night work is likely to continue in various locations.

Current night work plans include:

Testing conducted by disease investigators at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has led to the expansion of a national recall today of Enoki mushrooms, after two packages the investigators purchased in the Commonwealth tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.

For 36 years, the OPENAIR Circus of Greater Somerville has offered summer classes in circus skills for children, teens and adults. Again this summer, everyone is welcome to learn new skills and join the circus community.

All classes will run July 5 through August 6. This year some classes will be in-person at Perry Park on Washington Street near Union Square. Others will be online (both synchronous and pre-recorded). 

Additional reopening steps, beyond what was announced earlier this week, will go into effect on Tuesday, June 1. All of the newly allowed activities will be subject to regular city permitting and safety rules and sector-specific COVID-19 guidelines.

The Zoning Board of Appeals was persuaded to ease restrictions on a number of important issues.

By Parama Chattopadhyay

The Center for Arts at the Armory is a longstanding organization for creative arts. In 2007, the Sater brothers decided to spend millions of dollars to renovate and buy the palatial building from the City of Somerville. Since then, it has been a home to circus arts, ballet, theatre, symphony rehearsals and concerts, farmers markets, herbalist conferences, Somerville Open Studios, blood drives, poetry readings, smaller cafe performances, yoga workshops, acupuncture and fitness classes, interior design companies, and much more. The Out of the Blue Art Gallery, which is a 501(c)(3) performance and educational non-profit, came into its doors in April 2020, just as the pandemic created worldwide financial and public health havoc.

By Jim Clark

Last Wednesday evening, Somerville Police officer were dispatched to Mass General Brigham at the request of MGH security for removal of an unwanted person on the premises.

Somerville police units met with security officers near the MGH garage entrance and recognized the male from previous interaction as Robert Richards, of Cambridge.