Green Line Extension General Manager John Dalton joins Joe Lynch for a brief update regarding the state of the GLX and upcoming closures.
June 3 marks Global Running Day. Here are a few ways to participate this year.
- Warm up. A quick warm up of dynamic stretches can prime your body for the run and is an effective way to ward off sore or stiff muscles later.
- Practice social distancing. While running with pals is one of the best ways to get motivated, you can practice social distancing by running solo or with just a family member. Be courteous of others on your route and keep your distance.
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Spring is the season of warmer weather and blossoming flowers, but it is also – usually – the season of taxes. Tax Day is typically April 15, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently extended the deadline for filing and paying your 2019 federal income taxes to July 15, 2020.
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Normally there is an editorial from Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone in this space, but this week the City is instead sharing important information and updates about COVID-19.
Reopening Somerville
Somerville will be working off a different reopening timeline than the general guidance announced earlier this week by Governor Charlie Baker. Some elements of the State plan will be enacted immediately, some will be modified, and some will undergo further assessment to make sure workers and residents are being properly protected and that the local economic recovery is better insulated from a potential second surge of the disease.
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As more activity resumes, the mayor cautions coronavirus remains an active threat. The local schedule allows for continued new case count decline, expanded testing capacity, and launch of mobile testing unit to quickly identify potential new outbreaks
After a review of Governor Charlie Baker’s phased reopening plan, the City of Somerville has set a Monday, June 1, start for on-premises businesses such as manufacturing, offices, and certain personal services. The extra time added by the city will allow for new local case numbers to continue their steady decline and for COVID-19 testing efforts to be expanded both in number and with a new mobile testing unit.
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A three alarm fire heavily damaged a two unit dwelling at 2 Quincy Street on Wednesday evening, May 20. The fire was reported at 10:07 p.m. and arriving firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the upper floors and flames threatening to spread to an adjacent home at 4 Quincy Street.
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By Jim Clark
Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the 711 on College Ave. last Friday on reports that a man had broken a glass window of the store. Initial reports indicated that the suspect had been encountered by a police officer earlier in the evening around the same the location.
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Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte
Let’s face it. What’s better than free stuff? We all love something free. Sometimes people don’t even care what it is as long as it’s free. “It’s a stress relieving, squeeze ball thing with a non-popular candidate’s advertising on it!” Oh yeah, give me two!
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