City Offers 0% APR Loans to Bring Homes to Code

Would you like to make improvements to your home, but lack the funds necessary to make those improvements? Does your home have code violations that are in need of repair? Do you need your roofing or porch replaced? If so, the City of Somerville is here to help.

"STRIKE UP THE BANDS @ SOMERSTREETS"

RETURNS TO HOLLAND STREET SEPT. 7
Entertainment, family-friendly activities continue City's annual Open Streets series from Davis Square to Teele Square on Sept. 7, rain or shine

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone, Ward 4 Alderman Tony Lafuente, and the Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development (OSPCD) invite all interested community members to the second in a series of meetings to discuss the Central Broadway Streetscape Improvements Project. On Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., attendees will hear the results of the recent traffic analysis, and about preliminary concepts for the project. The meeting will be held at the Healey School cafeteria, 5 Meacham Street.

PARTNERS HEALTHCARE, SOMERVILLE SIGN COMMUNITY SERVICES AGREEMENT

Combined Partners & Federal Realty Investment Trust payments estimated to yield $1.7M to $2.2M in annual City revenue from former IKEA parcel

ASSISTANT CITY
SOLICITOR RECOGNIZED FOR ‘OUTSTANDING APPELLATE WORK’

Matthew
Buckley awarded Robert W. Ritchie Special Achievement Award for work in recent
court cases

ASSISTANT CITY SOLICITOR RECOGNIZED FOR ‘OUTSTANDING APPELLATE WORK'

Matthew Buckley awarded Robert W. Ritchie Special Achievement Award for work in recent court cases

GOV. PATRICK SIGNS HOME RULE PETITION TO INCREASE SOMERVILLE’S RESIDENTIAL TAX EXEMPTION TO 35%

Home Rule Petition makes Somerville's the largest exemption in the State. 35% rate is retroactive to July 1, 2014.

Orange Line Assembly Station Opens at Assembly Row in Somerville, Tuesday, Sept. 2

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and Ward 2 Alderman Maryann Heuston invite neighbors and community members to a "Listening Session," the latest in a series of public meetings to discuss the upcoming Lincoln Park Renovation, on Tuesday, September 15 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Argenziano School cafeteria, 290 Washington Street, and will review results from earlier community meetings and discuss plans for the Landscape Design process. For more information about the project, contact Melissa Miguel at 617-625-6600 ext.

Please join the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission (SHPC) for a Union Square Walking Tour, "Union Square: An Intermixing of Industry, Immigration and Innovation," on Sunday, September 21 2 to 4:30 p.m. The tour is free, and will step off from Somerville High School, 91 Highland Ave. It will include interior tours of the historic St. Anthony's Church and the new Greentown Labs, and will end with a reception at Machu Picchu Restaurant. This event is sponsored by SHPC and ArtsUnion. A rain date has been set for Sunday, Sept. 28.