Somerville News

One slip can cost a rock climber his life -- an experience to which Christopher Townsend says he came a little too close.

Oct 9, 2008 10:34 pm US/Eastern Reporting Beth Germano SOMERVILLE From one city hall to the next there is fear of the unknown.

City and town leaders breathed a sign of relief yesterday after hearing that while there may be sizable budget cutting at the state level next week, they most likely will be spared in the first round of fiscal ...

Somerville Residents Eligible for Free Flu Shots through November; New a oeVote and Vaxa Program on November 4th SOMERVILLE Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and the Somerville Board of Health announced the 2008 flu ...

Elections Department Reports Record Number of Voter Registrations; Constituent Services Reports Record Number of Election-related Inquiries SOMERVILLE Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Elections Commission Chairman ...

Fall Contest Will Feature Local Artists in Two-Month Display at City Hall; Submissions Due by October 20th SOMERVILLE East Somerville Main Streets , in cooperation with the City of Somerville, announces a ...

A Massachusetts man is in county jail under a $100,000 secured bond after stabbing a Morehead City man Sunday night.

SOMERVILLE, Ma.- In response to the $700 billion Wall Street bailout currently being considered by Congress, the Farm Aid Board of Directors Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews sent an ...

''Localvore'' Joe Grafton, at Dave's Fresh Pasta, says he can find almost everything he needs shopping in locally owned stores in Somerville.

The Alleged Criminal Formerly Known as Clark Rockefeller was denied bail today in Suffolk Superior Court.

SOMERVILLE, Mass.- A former car repair shop that once served as the headquarters of James "Whitey" Bulger's notorious Winter Hill Gang is getting new life as a church.

Only those Areas Destroyed by Fire to be Torn Down; Impact on Surrounding Public Spaces to Be Minimized SOMERVILLE Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone announced today that the City has awarded a selective demolition ...

Paella Valenciana is one of the specialties at Tony Amaral's Cambridge restaurant, Con Sol.

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 5 Alderman Sean O'Donovan announced today that two public meetings to discuss upcoming park renovations will be held during the week of October 1st, to which all interested ...

By Thomas Grillo Somerville Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone has proposed burying an MBTA rail yard underneath a section of the city's gritty East Somerville neighborhood, as part of a larger effort to transform the ...

A 23-year-old man was shot in broad daylight yesterday on Mystic Ave. in Somerville.

I guess he'll learn to obey the rules of the road from now on. There are no left turns at University Road.

I ncensed a convicted child rapist will be turned loose tomorrow and unsupervised for a month, the father of 10-year-old murder victim Jeffrey Curley is urging parents to start calling their state ...

Police have arrested two men they believe might be responsible for several break-ins in Somerville.

The Sept. 16 Democratic primaries were a mixed bag for the LGBT community, yielding some major wins but also some losses, including the defeat of a pro-marriage equality incumbent state representative by an ...