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The city council in Somerville, Massachusetts, held off on a vote to reconfirm its status as a sanctuary city on Thursday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. Somerville has been a sanctuary city since 1987 and reconfirmed that status after Trump’s first election in 2016. The city council was supposed to vote Thursday night on whether to reconfirm that…

Leaders of sanctuary cities are wondering what a second Trump term will bring. Somerville, Massachusetts, was poised to sign a resolution reconfirming its status as a sanctuary city. Plus, NBC10 Boston political commentator Sue O’Connell shares her thoughts on what the Trump administration may mean for Republican governors’ policy of busing migrants to sanctuary cities. 

Neighbors heard screaming from a woman stuck on the third floor of a burning building in Somerville, Massachusetts. Dozens of firefighters were able to rescue her.

Firefighters rescued a woman from the third floor of a triple decker as it went up in flames in Somerville, Massachusetts on Friday. Officials said the woman was trapped inside the home on Raymond Avenue and they had to use bucket trucks to reach her. She was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. “We heard sounds of glass breaking…

A phoned-in threat prompted a police response to Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Friday. City officials said police received the threat around 9:30 a.m. and responded to the school. The building was placed in a “secure and hold” protocol – meaning classes continue but no foot traffic is allowed in hallways or common spaces – while police investigated….

A person was taken to the hospital after an attack during a home invasion in Somerville, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, according to police. Somerville police said they were first called to the home on Canal Lane for a breaking and entering around 9:21 a.m. When they arrived they discovered a man had made it into the home and attacked a person…

A 15-year-old girl escaped after authorities say a man tried to abduct her from the Boston museum.

A man hiding in a women’s bathroom stall at Boston’s Museum of Science grabbed a teenage girl from behind and tried to restrain her this weekend, officials said. The 15-year-old was able to scream and escape, while her assailant fled, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. The man was identified the next day and arrested a day...

Authorities are looking for a man after they say a 15-year-old girl was assaulted in Somerville, Massachusetts. The MBTA Transit Police put out photos of a person of interest being sought in an indecent assault and battery investigation. Police say it occurred along MBTA Bus Route 86 in the McGrath Highway area, but did not say when the assault happened…

Police in Somerville, Massachusetts, say teenagers have fired airsoft rifles at five people in recent days. There have been at least four incidents Tuesday and Wednesday at various locations around the city, police said. No one has been seriously hurt. Somerville police said Wednesday night that it had “identified two juveniles that were involved in the recent airsoft assaults.” Police…

A group of teenagers has been shooting airsoft rifles at people in recent days, according to investigators.

Video shows a group of people leap in to action to save a person who was trapped under a car by lifting the vehicle themselves in Somerville, Massachusetts, Thursday. The group, described by Somerville police as officers and bystanders, can be seen rushing to the car and lifting it onto two wheels, then rolling it backward. One of the people…

A fire broke out in a home in Somerville, Massachusetts, Tuesday morning, according to the Cambridge Fire Department, who also responded to the incident. The fire occurred on Glendale Avenue, Cambridge fire said. It’s unclear what caused the fire or if anyone was injured. This story will be updated once more information becomes available.

Some Somerville residents are outraged that the Central Library is cutting back its hours, which the library said was for safety reasons.

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A runaway truck, and a smash in Somerville totaling a car, destroying a power pole and knocking out power, and air conditioning, to a neighborhood on a steamy and hot Friday.

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Authorities say hoarding conditions and intense heat made it difficult to put the flames out at a home Wednesday morning.

A fire broke out in a house on Medford Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, Wednesday morning. Here’s what we know so far.

A house fire sent smoke into the air above Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning. The Cambridge Fire Department was helping Somerville firefighters battle the blaze at the corner of Medford and Tennyson streets. Images from the scene showed smoke coming from the windows of multiple floors of a residence. Officials say hoarding conditions and intense heat made it difficult to…

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A growing group of Jewish delis will be expanding once again, with a new location coming to a mixed-use life science complex just outside of Boston. According to its social media, Mamaleh’s is planning to open at Boynton Yards in Somerville, saying that it will be coming to 101 South Street sometime this...

A Somerville, Massachusetts, man says that he was the victim of a hate crime while riding the MBTA Green Line, when a stranger sucker punched him in the forehead and made a homophobic remark. Twenty-five-year-old Jack Calos was on his way to work last Tuesday, listening to music on the Green Line after boarding at North Station. He said he…