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Copyright 2010 The Somerville News and Prospect Hill Publishing, Inc. The Somerville News is the only locally owned and operated community newspaper in Somerville.
By George P. Hassett
The city’s Planning Board voted tonight to reject a bid by a discount close-out store to open in a Broadway lot vacant since 2007, causing a lawyer for the property owner to cry foul over the city’s handling of the process.
After the Planning Board voted unanimously to accept city staff’s recommendation to deny Ocean State Job Lot the special permit they needed to open at 299 Broadway, Bob Allen, the attorney for property owner James Cohen, said his client may pursue a lawsuit against the city.
Sandbags were placed at the doors of the Somerville public safety building in preparation of the coming storm.~Photo by Bobbie Toner
By William Tauro
DPW crews built a barrier of over two thousand sandbags that were strategy placed around the rear of the Somerville Police Station while police personal evacuated the station’s rear parking lot and police garage. All the police vehicles are being parked on higher ground at the Target parking lot located on Somerville Avenue.
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By William Tauro
A tree fell on a motor vehicle in front of 10 Auburn Ave in Somerville during moderate winds late Thursday afternoon.
Crews clean up after tree fell on Auburn Ave. ~Photo by Bobbie Toner
By George P. Hassett
After a summer of drug busts in Davis Square’s busy center plaza, the neighborhood aldermen is wondering if the area saw a surge in crime.
Ward 6 Alderman Rebekah Gewirtz submitted an order at Thursday’s meeting asking Acting Chief Mike Cabral to provide aldermen with an update on trouble in the square and a comparison of last year’s criminal activity to this year.
By George P. Hassett
A 30-year-old Salem man tried to throw a rock through a Lowell Street family’s window early Saturday morning, according to police.
When officers found Stephen Lucas walking back to the home and told him he had to leave, he allegedly crouched on his knees and pleaded with Officer Marc DiFava to let him back into the house.
Hailing the project as “exactly the kind of development we're trying to encourage around the commonwealth,” Governor Patrick was guided through the construction site by Mayor Joseph Curtatone and Ted Tobin of KSS Realty. ~ Photo by Andrew Firestone
By Andrew Firestone
After years of neglect MaxPak, the blighted industrial site turned residential development was thrust back into the spotlight when Governor Deval Patrick arrived to tour the area. His visit followed an announcement of the approval of a $490,000 annuity from the Department of Transportation’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) grant to be used for construction of the proposed community path running adjacent to the five and a half acre site.
The great outdoors have long been a source of inspiration for artists and musicians.
New exhibit explores Open Air
By Rose Scherlis
The great outdoors have long been a source of inspiration for artists and musicians – from Sept. 3 through Sept. 26, five artists will display works inspired by nature at the Nave Gallery in “Open Air.”
“A lot of people like the romantic notion of what nature is,” said Matthew Best, whose work will be exhibited. “I am more interested in ‘nature’ in quotation marks. Nature can overtake an area, like weeds growing over an abandoned parking lot. I’m intrigued by its different stages.”
As city officials began to move back into the police headquarters last week, a second flood struck the building. - Andrew Firestone
Station reopened after $1 million flood damage
By Andrew Firestone
While police headquarters might be back to business as usual, Mayor Joseph Curtatone was blunt about the prospects of the now twice-flooded building.
“I’ll tell you right now, I wish I could knock it down today. And if I could, I would,” he said at a Monday press conference to re-open the building after July 10 floods caused almost $1 million in damages.
Did you know that our Web site has the full paper in an easy to download format? Also on our web site we have the SCATV and City Cable listings and the Beacon Hill Report on how our legislators are voting. And the link to the Somerville News Writers festival is on our site and you can register for this years exciting festival at the Somerville Armory on Nov. 13.
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The vote of the planning board to ok or deny Ocean State Job Lot the permit to open their store at the vacant Winter Hill Star is expected Sept. 2 at City Hall.
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We made it through another summer.
School starts on Wednesday, Sept. 8 and those who fled the city in the hot summer months will be back next week too.
It was a quiet summer – no elected officials caught stealing this year – but hopefully things get serious in the fall. With mounting budget troubles looming, this city’s elected officials need to think about ways to retain an acceptable level of service while cutting excess spending and building a real commercial tax base.
Welcome back, Somerville
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