A new sushi restaurant opened in Somerville this weekend, marking the chain's first Massachusetts location with free matcha, caviar samples and a 20 percent app discount, even as a longtime local food chain closed its Somerville spot after roughly a decade in business, according to Some…

Somerville's West Nile virus risk level jumped to high after the city confirmed its first two human cases of the season. The elevated alert, reported by Somerville Patch on Thursday, comes as public health officials track mosquito-borne illness activity heading into the final stretch of…

A benefit concert featuring bassist Oteil Burbridge and the band LaMP is coming to Davis Square this fall. Somerville Patch's calendar lists the "Wish Benefit Tour 2026 with Oteil Burbridge & LaMP" for Friday, Oct. 9 at 55 Davis Square, one of the few concrete items to surface in town c…

Gilman Square will host a SomerStreets arts and music festival in September, Somerville Patch reports. The open-streets event promises live music, art and family activities in the square, arriving alongside news that Somerville Civic Day is returning to City Hall next month to give resi…

State awards $1.1 million in recycling grants, with $100,000 earmarked for Somerville's Hera Materials. Governor Maura Healey's administration announced the funding push for recycling and reuse businesses, naming Hera Materials alongside firms in New Bedford and Cambridge, per a report …