Somerville

Somerville is one of 27 cities and towns just added to Massachusetts’ growing list of communities considered high-risk for contracting the coronavirus. Massachusetts released its latest weekly data on the coronavirus pandemic Wednesday, including the updated community-level risk assessment map, showing 63 communities with the highest risk for transmitting COVID-19, a new high. “Somerville has ticked into the red for the…

Despite taken multiple precautions to keep residents safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Somerville has found itself among the Massachusetts communities in the high-risk zone for COVID-19 transmission.

Somerville is among the 27 Massachusetts communities that was added to the list for highest risk for transmitting COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Somerville is one of 27 cities and towns just added to the state’s growing list of communities considered high-risk for contracting the coronavirus.

A Massachusetts state trooper’s cruiser was involved in a two-car crash early Sunday morning Somerville. As the trooper stood outside of his police cruiser, another car rear-ended the cruiser. The trooper was not harmed in the accident, officials said.

A Massachusetts state trooper’s cruiser was involved in a two-car crash early Sunday morning in Somerville.

A criminal complaint has been filed against a Massachusetts police office after he deployed pepper spray on someone in custody who allegedly did not pose a threat to him last year, according to an investigation by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Somerville police. Somerville Police Officer Michael McGrath is facing a charge of assault and battery by means...

A Somerville police officer is facing charges after he was seen on camera pepper-spraying a man who was already in handcuffs in an incident that happened last year but recently came to light.

Two workers were injured Friday morning when a small lift crane tipped over and trapped them, police said. Cambridge police said the incident took place just after 10 a.m. in the area of 258 Hampshire Street on the Somerville line. The workers were taken to a local hospital. The extent of their injuries was not immediately clear. Images from the…

Two workers were hospitalized Friday morning after authorities said a small crane tipped over and trapped them at a site in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Police in Somerville, Massachusetts, have located Edna Iglesias. A silver alert was issued earlier Monday for Iglesias, 84, who has a history of dementia and was reported missing Monday. Prior to being located by police, Iglesias had last been leaving her residence at the Somerville VNA on Lowell Street at 2:37 p.m. Monday. She was wearing a black sweatshirt, or…

Some businesses in Somerville, Massachusetts are opening their doors for the first time in some six months Tuesday, as the city cautiously enters Phase 3 of reopening weeks after the rest of the state. Businesses like martial arts studios, gyms, yoga and dance centers, as well as arts and music classes, are among those able to reopen in what city…

The City of Somerville has told Phase 3 businesses to expect inspections and that any complaints from customers will be investigated.

Businesses like martial arts studios, gyms, yoga and dance centers, as well as arts and music classes, are among those able to reopen Tuesday.

After multiple delays, Somerville is giving the green light to some Phase 3 businesses to reopen Tuesday with stringent safety requirements, weeks after most of Massachusetts entered the third phase of Gov. Charlie Baker’s economic reopening plan. Businesses like martial arts studios, gyms, yoga and dance centers, as well as arts and music classes, are among those able to reopen…

Somerville businesses like martial arts studios, gyms, yoga and dance centers, as well as arts and music classes, have the green light to reopen Tuesday.

A Massachusetts wife and mother is combining her knack for cooking with her desire to help families in need amid the coronavirus pandemic. Rhiannon Menn, of Somerville, loves lasagna. When she decided she wanted to give back by feeding her community, Menn realized lasagna was the perfect dish to do it with. She enjoys making the dish her daughter, Cimorenec,…

A Massachusetts mother is giving back to the community amid the coronavirus pandemic and sending lasagna to people in need of food.

The city of Somerville, Massachusetts will seek to enter Phase 3 of its reopening this week, allowing fitness clubs, martial arts and non-athletic instructional classes to resume activities with restrictions in place. Officials said it would enter “Phase 3.1” of its reopening Thursday if the number coronavirus cases in the city continue to trend downward. Under the plan, movie theaters,…

Gyms will be allowed to resume operation with some restrictions as Somerville moves to the next phase of its reopening process.