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Hotel guest recalls ‘heavy smoke' in Somerville Holiday Inn fire
A Holiday Inn in Somerville, Massachusetts, had to be evacuated for a fire that produced heavy smoke on one floor. A man who was staying there said he went into “emergency mode” as he dealt with the smoke.
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6 saved from ‘heavy black smoke' as Somerville hotel is evacuated, fire chief says
Several people were rescued from thick smoke on an upper floor of a hotel in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Thursday, firefighters said.
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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 when he got a mysterious voicemail. “Hey Adam, I can get your paintings returned to you if you call me,” the man on the voicemail said, Leveille recalled. A…
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Stolen artwork returned to gallery in Somerville
An artist whose gallery was stolen is grateful that it’s been returned.
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Proposed 25-story apartment tower in Somerville spurs flyer fight
Anonymous flyers circulating in Somerville, Massachusetts, are heating up debate about a proposed 25-story apartment building in Davis Square. If approved, the project would bring a mixed-use building with 500 apartment units over retail space on Elm Street. “One of the neighborhood council members had emailed us with a photograph that had been delivered to our neighbor’s doors,” said Elaine…
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Proposed apartment tower in Somerville's Davis Square spurs pushback
Anonymous flyers distributed in Somerville are sparking debate over a proposed housing development that would add a 500-apartment tower to Davis Square.
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‘Really upsetting': Somerville artist's painting stolen from upcoming exhibit
Two pieces of art were stolen from an exhibit that was about to open in Somerville, Massachusetts. “I just can’t imagine wanting something and just going in and yanking it off the wall,” said Adam Leveille, one of two artists who had a painting taken. “You watch ‘The Thomas Crown Affair,’ read about the Gardner heist, it’s all kind...
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Artist says painting was stolen from exhibit
A thief stuck into an art exhibit and cut down two paintings.
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Woman missing from Somerville found
A woman reported missing from Somerville, Massachusetts, has been found, police said Thursday. The woman was reported as being last seen around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, but police say her car was spotted on Route 9 in Wellesley at 4:30 p.m. the following day. Somerville police say she has been found and thanked the public for help. No…
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Somerville police, investigating interaction with youth, ask for help IDing driver
Police in Somerville, Massachusetts, are asking for help identifying the driver of a gray or silver Nissan Altima whose driver had an unspecified interaction with a youth. The driver is about 50, has gray facial hair and smokes, police said Friday, while the vehicle has Massachusetts plates, black side-view mirrors and gold Nissan emblems. Anyone with information about the vehicle…
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Somerville woman shares story of break-in suspect being found in her basement
Somerville police say Fabio Armelio, 47, was taken into custody around 6:35 p.m. Friday when he was found in a Cherry Street basement.
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Man suspected in string of Somerville break-ins arrested in woman's basement
A man wanted in a string of break-ins in Somerville, Massachusetts, was arrested Friday after a local resident reported a stranger in their basement.
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MIT lifts shelter-in-place after wanted man seen on campus
Police searched the MIT campus after a man wanted in Somerville was seen at a building Thursday.
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Police search MIT campus after sighting of man wanted in Somerville
Police searched MIT’s main campus Thursday for a man wanted for several days by Somerville police, according to the university’s police department. MIT police put out an emergency message at 6:25 p.m. urging anyone near the Main Group buildings by Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street to shelter inside, and others to keep away. Officials said a man wanted by...
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Man wanted by police has been breaking into homes near Tufts U., neighbors say
After police in Somerville, Massachusetts, issued a warning about a wanted man this weekend, neighbors say he’s been breaking into homes on their street.
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Man wanted by police has been breaking into homes near Tufts U., neighbors say
Neighbors say a man in an alert from Somerville police has been seen going home to home and breaking in — one says he was living in her home while she and her roommates were away for Christmas.
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Searching for wanted man, Somerville police say to call 911 if he's seen
Police in Somerville, Massachusetts, are searching for a wanted man, asking the community to call 911 if they see him. In making the announcement Saturday night, police didn’t share the man’s name or what he was wanted for, but posted a picture and said he is 47, 5-foot-11 and 175 lbs. Anyone who sees the man was asked not to…
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Woman killed in outdoor fire in Somerville
A woman is dead after a fire broke out Thursday in a wooded area in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to officials, who say this appears accidental in the early stages of their investigation. According to the State Fire Marshal’s office, the Somerville Fire Department responded just after 4 p.m. to the woods near Alewife Brook Parkway and Broadway and found...
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Somerville removes requirement that new developments provide off-street parking
In Somerville, Massachusetts, the sun is setting on a law that has been on the books for decades requiring any new development in this city to come with off-street parking. “This is something we have been talking about for a long time,” said Somerville City Councilor Willie Burnley Jr. “Data shows that mandatory parking minimums increase the cost of development,…
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Somerville removes minimum parking requirements for new developments
City leaders have voted to do away with a decades-old requirement that any new development in Somerville come with off-street parking.