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Running for his (political) life: Rough-and-tumble city politics color Sciortino campaign

Four years ago Carl Sciortino's defeat of Somerville Rep. Vincent Ciampa in the Democratic primary was viewed across the state as the most potent symbol of the power of the marriage equality movement in ...

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Fri Sep 05, 2008

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Continue reading "As the summer cools down, Somerville heats up"

Thursday-Sept. 4: The SomerMovie Fest wraps up with the Viewer's Choice film: Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious.

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Big day for arresting alleged murderers in Roslindale

In the morning, police arrested a Beechland Street resident for a Somerville murder.

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Thu Sep 04, 2008

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Boston Blotter: Shootings in Cambridge, Somerville

A high-caliber shooting near Donnelly field left a pair of Cambridge houses riddled by bullets.

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Wed Sep 03, 2008

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Armed robbery at Union Square Market

A masked man entered the Union Square Market, 20-22 Bow St. at about 9:15 p.m. yesterday.

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Man shot, killed Monday night; Suspect arrested - Somerville, MA - Somerville Journal

In a small victory against growing gun violence in the city, Somerville Police solved a Labor Day murder at the Mystic Projects and arrest the alleged gunman within 13 hours of the shooting.

put a fence around the place

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Somerville man cuffed for shooting teen outside house party

A teen boy was shot in the knee after an argument erupted into gunfire outside a Union Square house party last Wednesday night.

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Cops sending a message with large-scale warrant arrest raid

It's 6 a.m. on Tuesday and more than a dozen cops are zooming around the city in unmarked police cruisers searching for about 20 criminals wanted on court warrants.

TOO BAD THE COURTS LET THEM GO!

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Man killed by train remembered as caring friend

He was a teacher, sang songs to his children about vowels and trisca-decaphobia , and at 7 feet was probably one of the tallest people in Somerville.

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Suspect says hea s guilty of 2004 slay at Good Time Emporium

A Cambridge man pleaded guilty last month to the 2004 killing of a Lynn father in an apparent road rage revenge stabbing in Assembly Square.

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Fri Aug 29, 2008

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Pedestrian struck, killed by train on tracks

About midnight last night, a homeless person was struck and killed by a commuter rail train along the tracks behind Conway Park.

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Angry, drunk man gets arrested, smashes hospital light

A drunken man faking an injury with a crutch swore at passersby and the cops until he was arrested Aug.

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Club goer wouldna t stop fighting, police say

Detective Kevin Shackelford was working a paid detail at Club Choices at 379 Somerville Ave.

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Club goer wouldna t stop fighting, police say

Detective Kevin Shackelford was working a paid detail at Club Choices at 379 Somerville Ave.

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Police say break-in suspect suprised apartment's occupant

Police say they apprehended the man responsible for climbing through an apartment window and scaring the woman who lives there.

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Police report: a Trucea starts with a punch

Police Officer James McNally was patrolling Ward 2 on his bicycle when he responded to a fight at 37 Quincy St.

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Three teens arrested in car smash-and-grab

A Somerville resident called 911 early last Tuesday morning after he spotted three teens breaking into a car on Washington Street.

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This week in Somerville crime - ALL the illegals driving without a license

Arrests Oscar Grande, 31, of 158 Jaques St., Aug. 18, 12:28 p.m., charged with breaking and entering during the daytime.

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Man shot in face Friday night ignores police questions

An Everett man was shot in the face in East Somerville Friday night but is refusing to give police any details of the gun crime.

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OxyContin dealer gets 3-5 year sentence

Friday, a Somerville man pled guilty in Middlesex Superior Court on charges of possession with intent to distribute OxyContin tablets.

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Related Topix: Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, State Prisons, Prison

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Somerville, Massachusetts is located in Middlesex County and is part of the Boston Metro Area. Zip codes in Somerville, MA include 02143, 02145, and 02144.

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