New executive orders in Cambridge & Somerville prohibit ICE on city property, provide for local PD intervention:

We are Boston and we will never abandon our values. Today, with mayors and city managers from Cambridge, Chelsea, Lynn, Newton, Brookline, Medford, and Somerville, I signed an “Executive Order To Protect Bostonians From Unconstitutional and Violent Federal Operations.”

Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them. www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

Yolanda Smith, chief of the university’s police department, told students and staff in an email that the campus’ Department of Public Safety was “actively monitoring the situation in coordination with our municipal partners in Medford and Somerville.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Local news is important! To keep up with events in Minnesota, highly recommend @zoemjack.bsky.social ‘s newsletter for @startribune.com : link.email.startribune.com/join/7v1/sig...

Watching Marty Supreme & feeling like you’ve seen this before? The Safdian comedy of errors isn’t new, but has evolved: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/m...

Today’s @washingtonpost.com Early Brief shows that Somerville is in line with the rest of the country: talking to voters outside polling sites last night, Somerville voters consistently said housing affordability was the #1 issue for them this election.

Unofficial election totals for the City of Somerville 2025 Preliminary Municipal Election: somervillema.gov/votesomerville

The results are in: Wilson is mayor with 54 percent of the vote. Plus, clean sweep on ballot questions, Link & Wheeler join the at large slate, and Hardt joins the council in Ward 7.

Word from Willie Burnley Jr.'s party at the Crystal Ballroom in Davis Square: The councilor has conceded his run for Somerville mayor to Jake Wilson, who has 52.2 percent of the vote to Burnley's 46 percent in the latest figures from election officials. #Somerville

Election Day is tomorrow: if you haven’t yet voted, take a look at our election guide before heading to the polls!

Early voting for Somerville's Municipal Election begins Tuesday, October 28 through Thursday, October 30 at City Hall (93 Highland Ave.) Vote by mail ballots must be received by the Elections Department by 8 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday, November 4). Learn more at somervillema.gov/elections

Members of the @cambridgeday.com team talking Election Guide 2025. Marc Levy, @sydneyywisee.bsky.social, Jane Peterson, Julia Carpi and me.

Early voting for Somerville's Municipal Election begins Tuesday, October 28 through Thursday, October 30 at City Hall (93 Highland Ave.). Vote-by-mail ballots must be received by the Elections Department by 8 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday, November 4). Learn more at somervillema.gov/elections

The next two minutes of video show me offering to walk off with him since he's not being detained. He declines, because he "doesn't want to be rude". Less than two minutes later, they place him in cuffs with no explanation and stuff him into a car with NY plates.

As you can see, this man is as cool as a cucumber, knows his rights, and is confident that he is here legally.

This morning at 11am, corner of Hathorn and Broadway in Somerville MA. 3 ICE vehicles idling on nearby corners. I was following two ICE cars that were cruising around the neighborhood. This person was just walking down the sidewalk when two ICE vehicles stopped and officers jumped out to stop him.

Tight paper, newsy front on the little print edition. #CambMA #Somerville

Last night’s prelim sees @jake4somerville.bsky.social & @willieburnleyjr.bsky.social moving on to Nov general. 8 at large, 2 Ward 7, & 2 Ward 3 school committee also advance ⬇️ www.cambridgeday.com/2025/09/16/w...

Results now available on VoteSomerville: www.somervillema.gov/votesomerville

And now everything is (unofficially) counted for the preliminary here in Somerville. Some 100 votes remain to be hand counted, election officials say. Jake Willson seems to have 42 percent of the mayoral vote. #Somerville

Unofficial results in Somerville suggest mayor Katjana Ballantyne has been outvoted by her two challengers in a preliminary election – and the November race may well be among two councilors. #Somerville

Somerville residents: FRIDAY is the last day to register to vote / change your address for the Sept. 16 preliminary election! Register or make changes online or by mail: www.somervillema.gov/registertovote

Takeaways from Monday’s meeting on development at “the Pit:” permitting process has begun & will include traffic, soil studies, dev team discusses potential Hilton backing ⬇️

Tower of flames as house engulfed in fire collapses and flames spreads to adjacent homes in Somerville. https://www.wcvb.com/article/home-engulfed-in-fire-collapses-in-somerville-flames-spread-to-neighboring-homes/65858216 

Somerville residents need your help. On Sunday, August 10, a fire at Clarendon Hill left 18 people, including three children and their pets, displaced. Thankfully everyone made it out safely, but many lost everything. 🧵

This week's notes on Somerville's elections for @cambridgeday.com include endorsements, a Somerville for Palestine meet-and-greet TONIGHT with Katjana Ballantyne, and candidate profiles from the Somerville Media Center: www.cambridgeday.com/2025/07/27/s...

Remarks on developer donations, Somerville for Palestine’s proposed ballot measure, and communication stood out during Monday’s forum:

6 years ago I wrote a policy brief for the Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies arguing that states are obligated to address climate change as a matter of human rights (check it out at www.bcars-global.org/_files/ugd/5...). Today, the UN ruled to this effect:

Another mayoral event TONIGHT: Somerville for Palestine will host @jake4somerville.bsky.social for their second mayoral meet and greet. Details below - reach out to S4P on Instagram for location.