15+ hour, 13+ min ago   (412+ words) With a declaration Saturday that he hopes to fill the emptying City Council seat in Ward 3, resident Derrick Rice launched Somerville’s special elections season. Ward 3 is represented by Ben Ewen-Campen, who is leaving at the new year because on Sept....

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (344+ words) The group working to revive Davis Square is feeling good about its first five months, preparing for a big end to its first season and already looking at what’s coming in 2027, said Greg Nadeau of the Somerville Foundation. “Davis has…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (292+ words) While MassDOT has long stopped responding to my emails, I have multiple Gmail accounts at my disposal, and after the team released its latest design for the Reid Overpass in Cambridgeport, I returned to an earlier response to see if…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (269+ words) I am thinking of not paying my federal income tax. There are so many things the Donald Trump administration is doing that I oppose. Putting my federal income tax money in a trust account is a form of protest I…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) I found Kathy Greeley’s letter disheartening (“MacKay supporter responds to letter for Decker, seeking a representative for all of Cambridge,” Aug. 23). She makes a lot of claims about Marjorie Decker, but unlike Kathy Greeley, I live in the 25th Middlesex District,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) Somerville meetings, Aug. 24-31: Armory, museum and more have requests bigger than available funds Cambridge | Somerville Independent - These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. Cobble…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (404+ words) Developers are eager to put up a 19-story lab building at Assembly Row, but they are hearing concerns from Somerville’s Planning Board about adding unusable space to a market that’s been glutted since the Covid pandemic. Divco West sees its…...