Willie Burnley Jr. announces bid for Somerville mayor, challenging incumbent
Willie Burnley Jr. is challenging incumbent Mayor Katjana Ballantyne, a two-term mayor who was first elected in 2021.
Somerville artist grateful after return of painting stolen from gallery
An artist whose painting was stolen last month from a gallery in Somerville, Massachusetts, was relieved to get his artwork back this weekend. Adam Leveille was inside his apartment Saturday morning ...
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Facing $39M Bill, Somerville to Sell Public Safety Site for Housing
Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne abandoned a plan to develop a new public safety complex outside Union Square after the ...
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Somerville councilor running for mayor says voters want urgent progress ‘while fascists are at the door’
The race for mayor in Somerville, still many months away, is heating up. Somerville City Councilor Willie Burnley Jr. on Sunday announced that he will run this year, aiming to unseat the city’s ...
Somerville, Massachusetts taxi driver says he unknowingly acted as getaway car for bank robbery suspect
A taxi cab driver unknowingly acted as a get away driver after a man robbed a bank in Somerville, Massachusetts, officials ...
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Somerville police nab bank robbery suspect, series of break-ins reported
In a swift response to a bank robbery at East Cambridge Savings Bank on Highland Avenue, Somerville Police apprehended a ...
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Somerville YMCA hopes to build new state-of-the-art community campus
SOMERVILLE - The YMCA in Somerville is 120 years old. It was built a year after the first plane was invented. Staff members do the best with what they have, but now leadership is pushing for a new ...