Somerville News

The following information is provided by Tewksbury Funeral Home : Catherine J. Pacini, age 73, died peacefully on Wednesdayafternoon, June 12, at the Wingate of Belvidere, surrounded by her loving family.

For a limited time, Cambridge Brewing Company is pouring a batch of "Collier Stout," in honor of fallen Massachusetts Institute of Technology officer and Somerville resident Sean Collier.

The City of Somerville is pleased to announce that Boston Logan International Airport has implemented a new departure procedure for one of its runways that should decrease aircraft noise pollution over parts of the city, but urges residents to continue reporting aircraft noise to compel the Federal Aviation Administration and Massport's adoption of ... (more)

An Attleboro-based all natural ice cream company has brought its sweet new flavors to Weymouth.

Somerville is planning to invest more in its schools in the upcoming fiscal year .

It takes place at Fringe Studio, 9 Olive Square, at 7 p.m. Unfortunately for you, it looks like tickets are sold out .

John Martorano, an admitted murderer, calmly told jurors in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger about several murders he was involved with, according to media reports about Monday's testimony.

The photos above show two trash cans: one in Davis Square, the other in Porter Square.

Volunteers of America Massachusetts is currently in the final stages of completing construction on the Massachusetts Bay Veterans Center located at 2 North Street in Somerville, MA.

Carole Farina's grocery cart used to include heads of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers for homemade salads.

The 13th Annual African Festival, held Saturday at Lowell's Sampas Pavilion grows in both size and diversity each year.

The city of Somerville is trying to change the way it prioritizes street repairs.

Somerville, get ready. The squeezeboxes are coming. The second annual Squeezebox Slam celebrates accordions, button boxes, and other free standing reed instruments.

Each raised crosswalk is expensive, costing upwards of $40,000, since proper drainage needs to be installed in additional to the crosswalk itself.

Somerville police have issued a warning to residents about contractor scams, particularly one called the "paving scam."

At a hearing Tuesday, the use of take-out containers made of polystyrene -- the main ingredient in Styrofoam -- was challenged on health and environmental grounds.

Authority Takes Union Square Parcels for Green Line Station The Somerville Redevelopment Authority has acquired by eminent domain several parcels of land in Union Square in preparation for a future Green Line station in the neighborhood.

ANIKAI Dance Theatre presents The Knocking Within, performed and co-directed by Wendy Jehlen and Pradhuman Nayak at the 2013 St. Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival, MAI , today, June 15-23.

Thank you Twitter user Alexandra Sear , an eagle-eyed reader, for sending these photo.

First off, Congressman Ed Markey received a big endorsement that could help him get Latino voters out to the polls for him on June 25th: The largest Spanish-language newspaper in Massachusetts is endorsing US Representative Edward J. Markey over Gabriel E. Gomez in the US Senate race, saying Markey's stance on the issues should override any desire ... (more)