Building upon the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s FY24 budget that includes $5 million for the MBTA to develop a low-income fares program, the MBTA  announced that the MBTA Board of Directors has unanimously approved the MBTA’s plan to implement a reduced fares program for riders with low-income. This program, which has been a topic of research and planning by the MBTA and many partners for the last decade, is an exciting improvement for fare equity. In addition to the low-income fare program, the Board also approved two smaller changes.

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and the Somerville Parking Department are reminding all residents that regular street sweeping schedules officially resume Monday, April 1, and will continue through December 31, 2024.

Tutti Music Collective (TMC) presents its annual spring concert, this season performing Echoes of Heritage: A Medley of Folk Tunes, New and Traditional, on Saturday, April 13, 2:00 p.m., at Boynton Yards performance hall, 101 South Street, Somerville.

Making Pi Buttons at the Pi Night at the High School – how many digits are on this button?

By Erica Voolich

Thursday, March 14 was Pi Day (3.14). What better excuse is there to have a celebration of math with middle schoolers than π?  On Monday before Pi Day, about 100 students, teachers, and high school Math Club members celebrated π at Somerville High School by eating pizza while spending an afternoon taking a math contest and then estimating, creating, answering questions, and ending with Table Talk pies for everyone.

You can watch the first episode of High School Quiz Show with the Somerville team tonight online.

April 8, 2024 through April 12

Somerville community invited to join celebration with music, food and children’s activities and learn more about Somerville’s community-wide approach to supporting childhood development

Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Somerville Public Schools, and Somerville’s early childhood community invite Somerville parents, children, and educators to celebrate the Week of the Young Child from April 6 to 12.

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte

Ah, springtime. The crocuses are croaking and the buds are budding. All of a sudden, it’s the second half of March already. Soon it will be back to street cleaning and road races.

Local inventor David Lichter and his daughter proudly show off the “Lock Horns” auto wheel theft prevention product.

By Joei Chan

After Somerville resident and scientist David Lichter bought his first car back in 2009, little did he know that his beloved Honda Accord’s wheels would be victim to near-theft mere weeks later in Davis Square.

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By State Senator Pat Jehlen

On March 14, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed the EARLY ED bill, to increase support for early education and care (EEC). We recognized the importance of quality EEC for children, for families, and for businesses and the economy.