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Thirty-fourth Middlesex District State Rep. Christine Barber.
Representative Christine Barber of Somerville and Medford led a sign-on letter campaign with 84 members of the House and Senate to call on Governor Baker to prioritize individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their caregivers in the second phase of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
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Somerville firefighters responded to a 4-alarm fire at a Morrison Ave. around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. First company found fire in a house under construction at 195 Morrison Ave, Somerville. The house got fully involved, a second alarm was sounded. Due to the extreme fire conditions at this address and having exposure issues, fire caught on the left side of the fire building and adjacent houses to the right, to the left, and the rear of the fire scene causing the call for third and fourth alarms be transmitted which brought in several communities to assist with the fire. The fire companies made an excellent stop on the fire to the house on the left side of the original fire scene.
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Here is the COVID-19 update for Friday, April 2, followed by other City news and events. Please also check somervillema.gov/covid19 for information and resources that are updated frequently.
PLEASE NOTE THAT VACCINE INFORMATION IS CHANGING QUICKLY. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS THE LATEST NEWS AS OF THIS EMAIL BEING SENT on Friday, April 2.
- State’s full vaccine schedule released: In case you missed the news, the State has released its full vaccination rollout schedule and all residents 16 and older will be eligible to get vaccinated by April 19. People 55 and older and those with one comorbidity are eligible starting Monday, April 5.
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The cities of Somerville and Methuen are working with state public health officials on a pilot of MassNotify, a new tool that helps fight COVID-19 with smartphones. The pilot begins Monday, April 5. MassNotify can send you an “exposure alert” if you were in close contact with someone who anonymously shared through MassNotify that they tested positive for COVID-19.
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Four Flagship start-ups will be first occupants of new space
Flagship Pioneering, the life sciences platform company headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts, today confirmed it has leased space at Somerville’s Boynton Yards, with an option to take additional square footage over the next few years.
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The City of Somerville Office of Veterans’ Services, in partnership with the Revere Office of Veterans’ Services and the VA Boston Healthcare System, have announced a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Veterans of all ages. The clinic will take place on Saturday, April 3, from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Beachmont Post 6712 located at 150 Bennington Street, Revere, MA 02151.
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Somerville Mayor Emeritus Eugene C. Brune.
By The Times Staff
After it was pointed out that there were a few inaccuracies in our story from last week concerning former Somerville Mayor Eugene C. Brune and the Somerville High School Scholarship Foundation, we got together with Brune to have him clarify the facts and set the record straight. We thank him for the opportunity to do this.
The Somerville Times: Tell us about the Somerville High School Scholarship Foundation and how it will work this year.
Eugene Brune: Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, the SHS Scholarship Foundation would like the proceeds from our annual raffle to help ease the burden even further, by funding one (4) year, $2,000 per year renewable scholarship for a highly deserving Somerville High School/Full Circle High School student. This would be in addition to all of the other $1,000 to $2,500 non-renewable scholarships that we award each year to students for their first year of post high school graduate degrees.
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By Jim Clark
Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Rossmore St. residence late last Saturday on reports of an unknown male in the backyard with a can of gas.
Upon arrival, the officers immediately smelled a strong odor of gasoline and proceeded into the driveway leading to the backyard.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
The Tip Top Market, formerly at the corner of Walnut and 211 Pearl Street, pops up quite a bit when people reminisce about the old days in East Somerville. We still have lots of corner stores in Somerville, but those neighborhood grocery, variety stores and meat markets of yesterday had a different feel. It was a warm welcoming and familiar feel. Back then a cuff wasn’t only on shirts and trousers, it was a way of getting by until payday.
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