In the aftermath of a gun battle on Winter Hill, crowd supports strengthened police response (corrected)
As State Police investigate whether members of feuding gangs were behind a March 21 gunfire incident, a Somerville leader told residents that budget cuts, staff reassignments and a disbanded gang unit were complicating progress and plans to stop gun violence.
Somerville seeks rent stabilization home rule, while Cambridge affirms the right to discuss it
Facing an unprecedented housing crisis, the Somerville City Council voted Thursday to draft a home rule petition that would enable rent stabilization, a form of rent control, in the city. Debate on the topic went down differently in Cambridge.
Somerville explores alternative crisis response, just one process that may reshape city policing
A police presence in a new public safety building, officers’ role in student discipline and a civilian oversight board for the force are all in play in Somerville, and another group wants an unarmed emergency response alternative as well.
Armory building upkeep hasn’t ‘been the best,’ councilor says, and Somerville lacks clear plan
After more than a year since Somerville’s seizing of the Armory arts building a report detailing its maintenance has drawn a rebuke from a city councilor.
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