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The city has reopened the Small Business Recovery Fund and is offering loans to brick-and-mortar businesses and home-based businesses.
The city is looking for 5 volunteers to serve on the commission, three of whom must be military veterans. Applications are due by March 22.
The "Adams Family" is looking to raise $38K for temporary housing, food, moving trucks, brokers fees and replacing damaged property.
Baldwin has been a core organizing volunteer with SCLT since it began in 2018, and he has worked with other affordable housing initiatives.
The waitlist will allow residents to file one application for upcoming affordable housing opportunities. The first session is Tuesday.
The project, done by DesignLAB and completed between 2018-21, was one of 150 selected for the prestigious American Architectural Awards.
The City and the Missionary Church of the Haitian Community will offer a "reflection" on the earthquake that occurred on Jan. 12, 2010.
The event is hosted by Pathway for Immigration Workers, which provides free legal services during the green card application process.
The New Year's Day event begins with an 11:30 a.m. processional from City Hall, followed by a noon ceremony at Prospect Hill Park.
The Somerville DPW chose the winning names last spring after local pre-K and kindergarten classes submitted ideas.
The Moving Wall has been traveling to cities and towns across the country for nearly forty years
The vigil will take place on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. at Statue Park in Davis Square.
The campaign is has raised 95 percent of the overall goal.
The Boys & Girls Clubs fundraiser encourages guest donations with the Give $5, Get $5 initiative.
The three scheduled talks will take place Sept. 28, Oct. 17, and Nov. 14.
Four students from the Cambridge-based organization YouthBuild Just A Start constructed the exhibit over the course of a week and a half.
To support the exhibit, three local dispensaries are coming together to support an initiative to raise awareness of housing instability.
The events, which will mark National Suicide Prevention Week and the anniversary of 9/11, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10 and 11.
Join Team Food For Free in the 11th Annual Ride for Food: Oct. 2
SCLT’s first project brings five permanently affordable homes to the heart of Union Square.
The city will plant 15 purple flags on the City Hall lawn in memory of the 15 residents who died of an opioid-related overdose in 2021.
During inspections, water will be flushed from the hydrants and their mechanical operations will be checked.
Aimee Deaton is spending July 15-17 hiking the White Mountains of New Hampshire as part of Wilderness Heals benefiting Stone House.
Somerville achieved Tree City USA recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management.
Grace Chen is one of 26 volunteers who were recognized during an awards luncheon at Gillette Stadium on June 8.
Each site will provide space for teens to relax and socialize, events and activities, connections to services, and access to social workers.
Mary Jo Rossetti and Dyan Blewett are two of 121 women across Massachusetts receiving the award.
The CPA enables Somerville to fund improvements related to affordable housing, historic preservation, open space, and outdoor recreation.
Mass Humanities supports public readings of Douglass's influential address, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" around the state.
The organizations were chosen from a total of 580 applicants during a competitive review process.
Black swallow-wort is a very aggressive and invasive, non-native weed that can be found throughout Somerville.
Both events are open to all members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies.
Somerville will host its Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 30 at Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery on Broadway.
Jobs are approximately 20 hours per week for 6 weeks starting in late June or early July.
This event will feature a reenactment of Paul Revere’s famous ride from Boston to Lexington, which passed right through Somerville.
Somerville-Based Nonprofit to Raise Money for Local Hunger Relief Programs
Miranda Strominger joins SCLT after 10 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she worked with tenants at risk of displacement.
January is Stalking Awareness Month
Red Cross blood donors will receive a $10 Amazon gift card during February.