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Last 14 days

• Mystic River sewer overhaul may triple bills. A $1.3 billion regional sewer overhaul proposed after a storm sent 1.5 million gallons of wastewater into the Mystic River could nearly triple household sewer bills in Somerville and Cambridge over 30 years, Cambridge Day reports.Cambridge Day
• Speed bumps coming to Community Path. Somerville transportation officials say speed bumps, pavement markings and other traffic-calming measures are coming to the Community Path this fall to slow wheeled users, CSIndie reports.CSIndie
• Ward 7 residents got city updates at meeting. Ward 7 residents heard city updates and met with municipal departments at a Neighborhood Connect Meeting last Thursday at West Somerville Neighborhood School, with Councilor Emily Hardt opening the session, The Somerville Times reports.The Somerville Times
• Somerville home sales top out at $1.465 million. Somerville News took a fresh look at the city's latest property transfers, finding family and trust transactions dominating the volume even as a handful of sales pushed the top end of the range well above a million dollars.Somerville News

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