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City finalizes design for major street connector as EV charging network grows. The city has approved final designs for the Elm-Beacon Connector project, which will add protected bike lanes and reconfigure parking after design work that began in fall 2024, per "Final Design Approved For …

Somerville has renewed its contract with longtime ambulance provider Cataldo Ambulance Service, extending a partnership that dates back nearly 50 years, per a report from Somerville Patch. The move keeps the city's emergency medical response system unchanged as officials continue separa…

Somerville leaders advance a plan to equip police officers with body cameras, city officials confirmed this week. Elected officials in Somerville have agreed to move forward with implementation, according to a report from NBC Boston, though no timeline or budget figure has been released…

Somerville hits a three-year streak without a traffic death as a police body-camera debate heads to a public meeting. The city's Vision Zero street-safety redesigns underpin the milestone, which drew coverage in the planning-industry outlet Planetizen this week. Separately, "Somerville …

Developers are breaking ground on 319 new homes at the former Star Market site in Winter Hill. Wicked Local reports the affordable housing project's groundbreaking is set for this week, while Patch reports the city has opened applications for four rent-restricted apartments in a separat…

Star Market site redevelopment reaches a new construction milestone, per a Patch report. City officials are involved in advancing the long-awaited project on the former grocery store property, according to the report published Thursday, July 9. Separately, Patch also reported that a Som…

Somerville's former Star Market property is reaching a new construction milestone as redevelopment of the long-vacant site advances, with city officials on hand to mark the occasion, per a Patch report published this week. The project, long anticipated by residents watching the site sit…