Somerville was one of 12 communities from across the nation to be recognized at a ceremony held in Boston.
At a meeting held Tuesday in Medford, some offered complaints, kudos and ideas.
Assessed values on single-family homes are rising across the city, and there's a mini-boom in condo conversions, according to the city's chief tax assessor.
Brookline did it. Cambridge is thinking about it. Should Somerville join the trend?
The Internet giant has been exempt from collecting sales taxes in Massachusetts, but some say that changed when it bought a North Reading company this year.
The meetings, on Nov. 28 and 29, will take place at The Center for Arts at the Armory.
The Somerville congressman told WCVB he wasn't sure if Sen. Scott Brown would run, or win, if Sen. John Kerry leaves the Senate to accept a cabinet position.
The meeting is at 6 p.m. at 167 Holland St.
It's "called Beacon 'street' and not Beacon 'bike path,'" said one resident. "Your businesses are going to boom with more cyclists coming down your street," said a biker.
The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Kennedy School.
The program is expected to be up and running in Somerville for the next fiscal year, according to a supporter of the measure.
Medicare recipients have until Dec. 7 to review their coverage options, and there are services available to help people navigate all the confusion, Somerville's state senator says.
The push comes after revelations that the former director of a Somerville non-profit was making personal purchases with the agency credit card.
Some aldermen wanted to make sure a $25,000 grant to the Somerville Arts Council doesn't come with strings attached.
The aldermen don't get a raise.
The incumbent state representative from the 26th Middlesex District fended off two challengers to win his 11th term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
The Democrat defeated Medford Republican David Rajczewski in the 34th Middlesex District.
Somerville voters have adopted the Community Preservation Act.
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A quiz about Tagg Romney, Joe Kennedy III and Jeb Bush.
Candidates for state representative in the 26th Middlesex District debated in Cambridge on Oct. 30. Find video of the debate here.
Check out the side-by-side comparison on how the two candidates stack up on the issues.
Find out what a yes or no vote on Question 3 will mean.
Find out what your vote on Question 2 will mean.
Find out what your vote on Question 1 will mean.
A look at what makes Rajczewski tick.
His opponents called it a gimmick at a Tuesday debate.
Despite Hurricane Sandy and isolated power outages in Cambridge, candidates for state representative in the 26th Middlesex District were still planning to debate Tuesday in Central Square.
In a statement, Brown's camp said it was "not appropriate to go forward with a political debate when a disaster strikes." Warren's camp agreed.
Read the ballot questions before you step into the voting booth.
The Board of Aldermen will spend more time discussing raises for elected officials.
After nearly eight months of debate about food trucks in the city, the Board of Aldermen passed an ordinance governing the mobile food sellers.
Starting November 10, the neighborhood libraries will open on Saturdays for the first time since the 1970s, according the city.
A look at some recent coverage of what's become Somerville's most exciting local race in the 2012 election season.
State Rep. Carl Sciortino, who's running for reelection in the 34th Middlesex District, spoke to Patch about his legislative priorities and campaign.
The arts venue previously said it couldn't survive unless the Zoning Board of Appeals changed restrictions placed on it.
The Department of Homeland Security and MBTA are using a non-dangerous and dead bacteria to test a network of bio-terror sensors in the subway system.
The school has been vacant since 2003, and the city would like to hear ideas for redeveloping the site.
Question 5 is a non-binding resolution that seeks to "stop the cuts, invest in jobs, tax the 1 percent, [and] end the wars," according to a website in support of the measure.
26th Middlesex District State Rep. Timothy Toomey and challengers Michael Connolly and Thomas Vasconcelos sparred during an entertaining debated in Somerville Tuesday. Here's video of the showdown.