By Max Eidelman

In a recent interview, Tom Champion, former Director of Communications for the City of Somerville, and Jim Kaplan, owner of the Knights of Malta Hall in Gilman Square, elaborated upon Malta Realty Trust’s recently filed lawsuit against the city and others.

Thirty-fourth Middlesex District State Rep. Christine Barber.

From Office of State Rep. Christine Barber

The Massachusetts legislature passed S.2931, An Act to ensure safe patient access to emergency care, also known as “Laura’s Law,” which would require every hospital emergency department in the state to have entrances that are properly monitored by security, clearly marked, and easily accessible, particularly to patients in acute distress. The law was inspired by the tragic death of Laura Beth Levis, a 34-year-old woman who died of an asthma attack just steps from an emergency-room door in 2016.

By The Times Staff

It was a year that will go down as one of the most challenging, emotion-charged and controversial periods in modern history. From a deadly worldwide pandemic and its devastating effects on human lives, lifestyles, and economic stability, to an incredibly divisive national election sullied by allegations of fraud and corruption on all sides.

By Erica Dakin Voolich

In previous years in October, I’d be telling you about teams, each of three students, arriving at the gym at Tufts University for an engineering challenge on a Sunday afternoon. Well, guess what happened with Scrapheap in the pandemic. No such event was possible.

Our hearts go out to the Ferro family. Our own photographer, Claudia Ferro, and her family lost their home last week to a fire. The community has been stepping in and helping them out however they can, and for that the family expressed how grateful and overwhelmed with happiness they are towards everyone. If you would like to help out, a gofundme fundraiser for Claudia Ferro page has been set up by their granddaughter, Arianna Andujar: https://gofund.me/a0fcdde3. It also gives an address where things can be dropped off. They will be publishing a thank you in our paper once things settle down, but they wanted us to share how grateful they are for all the help.

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With nearly half of all Americans employed by a small business, these establishments need our support more than ever.

According to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, 46 percent of business owners surveyed have seen a drop in revenue over the past 12 months, with some entrepreneurs seeing even more severe impact.

The following press release was issued on December 23, 2020:

Dear SPS Parents and Guardians,

As we prepare for the Winter Break, we want to provide you with an update of the building ventilation work and school reopening plans as shared at Monday night’s School Committee meeting (slides available here). We appreciate the work that Rich Raiche and his team at Somerville’s Department of Infrastructure and Asset Management (IAM) have done over the last several months to ensure that our school buildings are ready for a safe reopening.

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