Somerville Phase 3 reopening and gatherings to follow Boston July 13 schedule at earliest, with possible later openings; additional guidelines to be issued next week

With COVID-19 cases on the rise throughout much of the country, Somerville Phase 3 reopenings — and implementation of gatherings guidance – will proceed on a more cautious schedule than those outlined by the Governor.

The Cambridge Police Department today announced that three suspects have been arrested following a late Thursday night shooting in Somerville. Justin Ellcock, 24, Cambridge, Davel Matthew, 23, Cambridge, and Destiny Banks, 23, Cambridge, were arrested after Cambridge Police Officers observed and stopped a vehicle that Somerville Police were seeking after a shooting occurred in their city. The vehicle was parked on the corner of Davis and Broadway Streets in Cambridge and occupied by a driver and two passengers. A stolen, loaded, high capacity firearm was found in possession of one of the defendants, along with ammunition. Two other firearms were located inside the vehicle.

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At around 10:42 p.m. Thursday evening, police were dispatched to River Rd in the Mystic Housing Projects for  reports of a shooting. Four victims were transported to local hospitals, one male and three females. One victim is reported to be in critical condition. A vehicle was reported fleeing the scene.  Somerville, Medford and State Police are at the scene.

More information to follow as it becomes available.

Important notes to restaurants with outdoor seating licenses:

Outdoor Seating Licenses do NOT allow any type of outdoor entertainment. You may not provide entertainment, whether live or recorded, outdoors on public or private property.

Message from the City of Somerville:

Police on Monday responded to reports of fireworks being set off from a moving vehicle in the Port area of Cambridge.

After stopping the car, the alleged offender, an unidentified 18-year-old, was relieved of the fireworks, which are illegal to possess, sell or use in Massachusetts.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Reprinted from March 9, 2013

Our parents sent us there to get milk and bread. We could walk there. We would get ourselves some penny candy while we were there. It seemed there was a mom and pop store on every corner in Somerville.

Without an extension, the state moratorium is set to end on August 18 

The City of Somerville’s moratorium on residential and commercial evictions is still in place and will remain in effect until the city’s state of emergency is lifted. The State’s moratorium on residential and small-business evictions will expire on Tuesday, August 18, unless Gov. Charlie Baker extends it.