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Arts & Entertainment

Q & A: Gem Club's Christopher Barnes

Christopher Barnes is hesitant to describe the sound of his own music. The singer and piano player makes up half of the Somerville-based band Gem […]

Arts & Entertainment

Q & A: Gem Club's Christopher Barnes

Christopher Barnes is hesitant to describe the sound of his own music. The singer and piano player makes up half of the Somerville-based band Gem […]

City Life

Wal-Mart Plans to Open Mid-Size Grocery Store in Somerville

Wal-Mart Plans to Open Mid-Size Grocery Store in Somerville. It will be retail giant’s first Market store in the Northeast in an area not-so-underserved by […]

City Life

Daily Feed: Wal-Mart Plans to Open Market in Not-So-Underserved Somerville

Wal-Mart Plans to Open Mid-Size Grocery Store in Somerville. Landing in an area not-so-underserved by grocery stores, Walmart Market will be the giant’s first grocery […]

City Life

Daily Feed

Romney Can Thank the Tea Party for His Success. Will the 2012 primary be over before it starts? [HuffingtonPost.com] Splish Splash: The 2010 Water Main […]

City Life

Somerville Street Art

It’s tough to know exactly what to call Somerville resident Tim Devin. Is he a street artist? A demographer? Or kind of a mix of […]

City Life

Somerbridge Smackdown?

After two weeks of bickering and hair-pulling, the reps from sister cities Somerville and Cambridge sat down with WGBH’s Emily Rooney to work through their […]

Restaurants

The Beer Drinking Report: Stay pretty and drink real beer

By: Mr. X One of the first things I noticed when I started spending a lot of time in Boston was how goddamn expensive the […]

Restaurants

Coming Right Up: Somerville Local First Fundraiser

By: Anne Vickman Our pals over at the nonprofit Somerville Local First are hosting a fundraising party and networking event at Foundry on Elm next […]

Restaurants

Coming Right Up: Somerville's Harvest Fest 2010

By Anne Vickman Non-profit Somerville Local First is helping pave the way for backing community business, culture, and food by organizing Harvest Fest this Saturday, […]

City Life

Somerville’s Misguided Greening

Back in May, Somerville decided that it wanted to require large stores within its borders to provide a spot for customers to recycle their plastic […]

City Life

Somerville Gets Smart (Cars)

The rest of us might have to pay a $99 reservation fee and wait a minimum of one year to purchase a new Smart Car, […]

City Life

Somerville: Still Not Quite Green

Last week, Somerville attempted to “go green” by creating an ordinance that would require large stores to provide recycling bins for shoppers’ plastic bags. The […]

City Life

Somerville Tries to Go Green, and Fails

As we’ve learned time and time again, it’s not easy being green. However, it is easy for politicians to cash in on people’s fears that […]

City Life

Hot Times in Somerville

Ever since the Eliot Spitzer controversy died down, we’ve been longing for a good prostitute story, preferably one involving a dryer. While the people who […]