Porter Exchange houses a bookstore, a sporting goods store, and a cluster of Japanese gems: several restaurants, a bakery, a bubble tea counter, and even a gift shop. »
As hard as I try to only plan 1 brunch per month for the Boston Brunchers, it just doesn’t seem to happen. I am actually happy if I can cap it at 2 brunches! So when December rolled around, I just bit the bullet and declared a Weekend of Brunches! Satu... »
At about 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 17th, a 22 year old woman was assaulted on Highland Avenue near Cherry Street as she walked from Porter Square. The victim reported that she was grabbed from behind: she screamed and resisted, apparently scaring... »
Somerville police are searching for a suspect after a reported assault early Thursday morning. »
(See also Parts I, II, III and IV) In a final round of consideration, we looked at some of the higher-end bakfiets, looking for something essentially like Mike’s bike, but with a better raincover and a less finicky kickstand latch. The trimmest I found... »
A Porter Square neighbor sent me this and asked me to post it here: An update on the Blake Street mugging. As fate would have it, I was walking through Davis Square today with a friend and found some of the contents of his bag. We found the notebooks a... »
The new edition of “Our Bodies, Ourselves” has been picking up some great press from coast to coast, and tonight we’re going national! NBC Nightly News is doing a segment on the book and its 40th anniversary featuring OBOS co-founder and executive dire... »
Somerville residents who live in parts of Davis Square and outside Porter Square will go to a new polling location for the March 6 presidential primary. The polling place for Ward 6, Precinct 1, which encompasses the neighborhood between Davis Square a... »
