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A Boston man is suing Uber after his ride crashed, leaving him a quadriplegic.

A Massachusetts man is suing Uber for $63 million after a car crash that left him permanently quadriplegic. William Good, a 31-year-old chef, used the ridesharing app to get home on April 30, 2021, when the driver crashed the car. Good has filed a lawsuit seeking full damages against Uber alleging negligence and seeking to hold Uber accountable for his…

A driver is lucky to be alive after part of a concrete bridge went through his windshield in Somerville.

A Boston man was fortunate to escape serious injury when a chunk of concrete fell off an Interstate 93 overpass in Somerville as he was driving under it, landing right on his SUV. The concrete left a large hole in Leonard Brown’s windshield, but the only injury he suffered was a scrape on his wrist. “That’s the only injury,...

Unlike in Boston and Brookline, health officials in Somerville shot down a citywide vaccine mandate during a meeting Thursday night.

Unlike in Boston and Brookline, health officials in Somerville shot down a citywide vaccine mandate during a meeting Thursday night.

Unlike in Boston and Brookline, health officials in Somerville shot down a citywide vaccine mandate during a meeting Thursday night. According to the city’s latest public health data, 80% of Somerville residents are fully vaccinated and 43% have also received a booster shot. The proposed vaccine mandate followed the same rules that the city of Boston put into place, which…

A bullet was found in a playground in Somerville after apparently shooting through a car window Monday.

A bullet was found in a playground in Somerville, Massachusetts, after apparently shooting through a car window Monday. Police closed parts of the playground on Marshall Street and taped off a car nearby as they investigated the shooting. The Somerville Police Department didn’t immediately release a statement on the shooting. NBC10 Boston has reached out for information. A man...

Somerville has hit a somber milestone on Christmas, having recently recorded the city’s 100th death from COVID-19. In response, Mayor Joe Curtatone made a video and posted it to social media on Christmas Eve, pleading on residents to make good decisions over the coming weeks as the Omicron variant rages. As a whole, we are a society in mourning,...

Somerville has hit a somber milestone on Christmas, having recently recorded the city’s 100th death from COVID-19.

Massachusetts is beginning a pilot program to allow buses to drive on the shoulder of Interstate 93 during specific times. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation advised travelers that the pilot program begins Monday. Authorized bus drivers using I-93, between Interstate 95 in Woburn and the high-occupancy vehicle lane entrance in Somerville, can drive on highway shoulders during the week when…

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A local brewer with three locations in the Greater Boston area may be expanding to Somerville. According to a source, a notice of a license transfer application has been posted out front at the former Cuisine en Locale/ONCE space on Highland Avenue, with both a page within the city’s website and a...

The city of Worcester has become the latest Massachusetts city to prohibit the use of facial recognition technology by city government. The Worcester City Council voted Tuesday night to prohibit city departments from acquiring or using the technology. Critics say facial recognition systems have the potential to violate personal privacy and are more likely to err when identifying people with…

Police in Somerville, Massachusetts, are looking for a driver who hit a pedestrian and fled.

A person was hospitalized Monday after being struck by a vehicle that fled the scene in Somerville, Massachusetts. State police responded to the crash on Mystic Avenue near Shore Drive around 7 p.m. The victim, a 33-year-old Somerville man, was found laying on the sidewalk and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with serious injuries, where he remains hospitalized, police…

Shakeel Bodden is charged with murder, accused of stabbing a 33-year-old Boston man to death at a Somerville home overnight following a confrontation in the kitchen.

A suspect, Shakeel Bodden, is facing murder charges following a stabbing in Somerville on Thursday night.

An investigation is underway following a stabbing late Thursday night in Somerville.

Prosecutors allege a Massachusetts man stabbed his sister’s boyfriend to death Thursday night at a home in Somerville. Shakeel Bodden, 28, of Somerville, was arrested late Thursday night and charged with murder after Somerville police responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a stabbing on Munroe Street, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office announced Friday morning. Responding officers found a 33-year-old Boston…