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Mayor Ballantyne and Somerville Veterans’ Services to host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

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Ken Kelly Park Ribbon-Cutting

Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, Ward Two Councilor J.T. Scott and Jon Bronenkant, Public Space Planner, lead the community celebration of the opening of Ken Kelly Park at 217 Somerville Ave.Somerville, Massachusetts · Somerville Read Article

Woman stunned after wild animal lunges at her face in backyard: 'A relatively rare occurrence'

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In an ideal world, humans and wildlife would enjoy a certain degree of separation to protect both nature's creatures and people. Unfortunately, with habitat destruction and animals losing their fear of human-occupied spaces, we are seeing an increasing number of crossovers, which can end in attacks. In Somerville, Massachusetts, in fact, one woman was attacked by a raccoon in her own backyard, as reported by NBC Boston. What's happening? When K…Animals · Somerville Read Article

Mayor Ballantyne Invites Community Members to Brazilian Flag Raising Ceremony on September 4

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Policy-driven and locally built: How a Somerville firm is helping Mass. hit its climate goals

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If you ever think about your home’s water heater, the chances are pretty good that it only happens when the temperature of your morning shower abruptly shifts from luxuriously warm to jump-out-of-your-skin cold.Michael Rigney, on the other hand, spends a lot of time thinking about water heaters: Mainly, how to make them better and more environmentally friendly.Somerville, Massachusetts · Somerville Read Article

Mayor Ballantyne and Somerville Veterans’ Services to Host 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

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It’s Howdy Doody time

Life in the Ville by Jimmy Del Ponte Buffalo Bob Smith, Clarabelle the clown, and a wooden puppet named Howdy Doody entertained all of us members of the peanut gallery in the early days of television. They don’t make TV shows like they used to, do they? Did you know the first person to play Clarabelle was none other than Bob Keeshan, who went on to play Captain Kangaroo? Remember the Captain’s friends, Mr. Moose, Dancing Bear, Mr. Green Jeans, a…Somerville, Massachusetts · Somerville Read Article

Fire destroys Somerville house, with flames spreading to 2 other homes

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Fire crews responded to Thurston Street around midnight, where flames were seen shooting from a house that was under construction.Fire · Somerville See the Story

Candidate Questionnaire 2025, Somerville Fair Housing – Part 1

Fair Housing means no discrimination! Candidates for Mayor and City Council had the chance to present their views on non-discrimination in housing by answering a questionnaire from the Somerville Fair Housing Commission, a nonpartisan group of volunteers. We are sharing all the answers we received. The Commission hopes you, the voters, will use the candidates’ answers as you decide how to vote in the September 16 primary and the November general…Housing · Somerville Read Article

Jef Czekaj illustrates his story

Children’s book author and illustrator, Jef Czekaj, with a couple of friends. — Photo by Jacy Edelman By Norah Doyle If you caught the “Might Delete Later” reading event the other week on Thursday, August 7, at Remnant Brewing, then you may be familiar with children’s book author and illustrator, Jef Czekaj. Czekaj is a Somerville native, having resided here for more than 20 years, and moved to Arlington during the pandemic. “I still kind of co…Books · Somerville Read Article