Public meetings this week look at West Broadway reconstruction, tenants and landlords rights, homelessness and a “dark skies ordinance,” a composting program, improvements for cyclists and a new Woody’s Liquors on the Medford border.

Public meetings this week look at resolving conflicts in Ball and Magoun squares and South Medford where parcels split at city lines and zoning districts; the future of the Armory arts building; a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination backlog; and more.

An end to parking minimums has been embraced by most Somerville city councilors and staff for Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and heads on to more public process

A city councilor desperate to solve Somerville’s rat problem invited an environmental activist and expert to speak, then cut her off when her presentation didn’t seem to offer the desired answers – at least, not quickly.

Funds for the lease of a new fire station – marking a milestone in its completion – was among the items handled Thursday by Somerville’s City Council.

Another potential rezoning of Somerville’s fabrication – or “fab” – district was met with intense opposition during a meeting of the City Council’s Land Use Committee.

Public meetings this week look an Armory master plan, alternatives to rat-trap poison, resident displacement and aid to the unhoused, a students’ health survey trivia event delated from Feb. 1 and talk about a wage theft ordinance.

Support was heard at a Somerville City Council meeting to allocate funding for the city to continue providing Covid rapid tests and masks at public libraries.

Plans for a $3.3 billion, 1.6 million-square-mile expansion of the Somernova tech and business campus are being withdrawn for now, the developer said.

A Middle East cease-fire motion passed at a meeting crowded by residents and after long, impassioned public comment. More than 1,500 emails about the resolution had come in over the previous week, and councilors said they received thousands of calls and texts.