Somerville News

On November 14, the Boston chapter of LUPEC will transform the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts into a 1950's-themed Tiki party featuring retro-libations, live entertainment, dancing, delicious canapes, and prize raffle.

In Boston this election season, a hard-fought race had mayor Tom Menino and challenger Michael Flaherty stumping for weeks.

A man convicted of impersonating a U.S. Marshal as a way to con two New Hampshire businessmen out of more than $10,000 is going to spend six to 12 years in prison.

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. A- Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer.

A bill filed by Senator Mark Montigny has passed the Massachusetts Senate after being attached to a piece of legislation filed by Senator Patricia Jehlen .

Medford and several other communities will receive state funding for a variety of road projects, Governor Deval Patrick and the state Executive Office of Transportation announced this week.

A teenager was stabbed Monday outside Somerville High School after school let out, police said.

The Biscuit's crusty breads are only the beginning... image from visitthebiscuit.com Whether you're looking for bread or bran muffins, a soup-and-sandwich lunch or strawberry-rhubarb pie, you'll find it at Somerville favorite The Biscuit.

Boston police report arresting a 21-year-old Roxbury man last night after he allegedly beat and tried to rob a patron of the thoughfuly named Boston Chinese Restaurant on Washington Street.

A couple of new happenings: -Boston Shaker is opening up shop in Davis Sq! It's in the space right next door to the shop called "Suneri." -Teele Sq.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced that the City of Somerville will hold a Bicycle Auction on Saturday, November 14, 2009 from 11:00 am to 3:00 p.m. at the Somerville High School Atrium, located at 81 Highland Avenue.

Renaissance Rock is what guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and vocalist Candice Night call their fusion of soft rock and European folk melodies.

Upton said Niall Vallega, 19, of Somerville knew the victim and was charged with one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and armed assault with intent to murder.

A car nearly struck several students at a local school on Monday afternoon. The incident happened at the Michael E. Capuano Early Childhood Center at 150 Glen Street in Somerville.

In its Draft Environmental Impact Report, the state's Executive Office of Transportation suggested two alternate sites for a maintenance facility that would serve the Green Line extension into Somerville.

Most people in Somerville look forward to raising a glass of champagne to the Green Line extension.

Whiten, brighten, floss, and brush those pearly whites for tonight's 12-hour marathon of vampire films and live horror acts at the Vampire Film Festival .

The Ghost of the Gloved One is coming to Somerville on Saturday night, when residents converge on the Unity Church of God at the corner of College Avenue and William Street outside Davis Square for Thrill the World - an event where people dressed as zombies dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" for charity, at the same time in virtually every ...

A Somerville man was stabbed repeatedly outside of the CVS on JFK Street in Harvard Square early Saturday morning before taking a cab to the emergency room.

Ball Square Cafe..708 Broadway Avenue, Somerville, Ma.. 623-CAFE Open seven days per week, from 6:30 am through 3:00 pm, Ball Square Cafe is a great place at which to create one's own version of brunch.