Somerville Year In Review: 10 Most-Read Stories Of 2017

SOMERVILLE, MA – As the year winds down, we are looking back at some of our top stories on Somerville Patch.

Here is a look at the top 10 most-read stories from 2017:

1. Massachusetts Is Dropping Rotaries For Roundabouts - The state is transitioning to a traffic pattern that transportation officials say is "safer."
2. Somerville Affordable Housing Lottery: 56 Units At Assembly Row - An affordable housing lottery ran from Sept.-Nov. for 56 units at Assembly Row, available in early 2018.
3. Somerville Shooting Suspect ID'd, Police Searching - Jonathan Perry, 17, was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Malden teen in August. He was later arrested and charged with manslaughter.
4. Somerville's Assembly Row: What's Coming in 2017 - A slew of new eateries, bars and living options opened at the burgeoning development as it entered Phase 2 of its expansion.
5. Old Social Media Posts Cost Somerville Mayoral Candidate Endorsement - Our Revolution pulled its support from Payton Corbett after Facebook posts from 2009-2013 were uncovered by the Boston Globe.
6. Somerville Election Results 2017 - The results are in for the 2017 municipal election.
7. Zakim Bridge To Close For Inspections - The thoroughfare closed overnight in October for inspections.
8. Massachusetts Cities Targeted by Trump 'Sanctuary City' Crackdown - President Trump signed an executive order in January that withholds federal funding from cities that harbor undocumented immigrants.
9. 'Come and Get Me,' Somerville Mayor Tells Sheriff Calling For Arrest of Sanctuary City Leaders - Mayor Curtatone slammed Sheriff Thomas Hodgson as a "jack-booted thug" and invoked Bristol County's dubious crime stats.
10. Malden Teen Killed In Somerville Identified - Officials identified the 16-year-old boy killed in August.

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