The Office of Housing Stability and the Somerville Homeless Coalition are launching SomerVIP, its Section 8 Voucher Incentive Program, and invite all community members to a kickoff event on Wednesday, March 4 to learn more, including how landlords and realtors can receive incentives and technical support through the program. While all are welcome to come learn about this exciting new program, the kickoff event is geared to landlords with units renting in Somerville and realtors serving the Somerville area

Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone and members of the Tufts Partnership Negotiating Committee invite residents to a community meeting on Thursday, March 5, for an update on the current status of negotiations with Tufts University about a new Partnership Agreement between the City and the University. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the atrium room of the TAB Building, 167 Holland St. The previous Partnership Agreement expired on June 30, 2018.

The Somerville Public Library is seeking to fill two vacancies on its Board of Trustees, and all Somerville residents are invited to apply.
 

The Somerville Historic Preservation Commission is seeking volunteers for its 2020 Docent Program. Somerville’s Docent Program operates on a scheduled basis during the months of May through October. Public openings are offered twice a month, on specific weekend days and on Thursday evenings, at three historic sites: the Milk Row Cemetery on Somerville Avenue, Prospect Hill Tower above Union Square, and the Old Powder House in Nathan Tufts Park. The Docent Program was started at the Cemetery in 2012 and expanded to include the two additional historic sites in 2017.

View unofficial totals at www.VoteSomerville.com 

Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery in the Union Square area. The suspect was involved in a robbery in the Target parking lot on Somerville Ave., and fled toward Merriam St. The suspect is described as a black male, wearing a black jacket over a gray hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, and a "beanie" hat. He may be carrying a firearm. Residents are advised not to answer your door for someone you don't know, and if you see this suspect call 911 IMMEDIATELY. Cambridge Police are also involved in this investigation.

Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery in the Union Square area. The suspect was involved in a robbery in the Target parking lot on Somerville Ave., and fled toward Merriam St. The suspect is described as a black male, wearing a black jacket over a gray hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, and a "beanie" hat. He may be carrying a firearm. Residents are advised not to answer your door for someone you don't know, and if you see this suspect call 911 IMMEDIATELY. Cambridge Police are also involved in this investigation.

With recent funding approval by the Somerville City Council, the Somerville Community Preservation Commission (CPC) announces the FY 2020 projects to be funded by Community Preservation Act.

The City Council approved over $2 million in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding to six open space and historic preservation projects, upon the recommendation of the CPC.

The Somerville Community Preservation Committee (CPC) is holding their annual Community Preservation Plan public hearing on Wednesday, March 25 at 7 p.m. in the Somerville High School Cafeteria at 81 Highland Ave. The Community Preservation Plan establishes the annual funding priorities and allocations for the three categories that Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds can support. The draft plan is available at www.somervillema.gov/CPA.

Somerville Announces COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures

Certain events to be suspended, postponed, or reconfigured through April 30th