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A Combatant in Somerville’s Breakfast Wars Is in the Spotlight Again

Accusations, recriminations, hash browns, and trouble on Breakfast Boulevard: Such is life, once again, in one of the city’s most notoriously acrimonious brunch joints. The […]

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If Somerville Doesn’t Look Good, He Doesn’t Look Good

The walls of the London hotel room felt like they were closing in around Elan Sassoon. Out of nowhere, shooting pains reverberated through his chest. […]

Home & Property

Real Estate Showdown: A Grand Colonial in Lowell vs. a Modern Somerville Townhouse

Madore Photography (Lowell); Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty (Somerville) 99 Belmont Avenue, Lowell Sale Price: $1,475,000 2 Adrian Street, Somerville $1,255,000 98 6,163 square feet 5 […]

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GONE-dola: The Link between Somerville and the Encore Will Be a Bridge

Pop the champagne: The pedestrian bridge at the Encore seems to finally be a go. City and state officials on Friday announced an official commitment […]

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Five Things That Will Probably Happen Before the Green Line Extension Finally Opens

The word has just come through: The opening of the Green Line Extension has been pushed back, again. If you think you might have heard […]

Restaurants

First Look: Premiere on Broadway, Your Favorite New Restaurant and Music Lounge Opening in August

When it opens in Somerville in early August, Premiere on Broadway will be perfectly positioned for the “Roaring ’20s” revival that plenty of folks are […]

City Life

So How about That Lightning Storm in Boston, Huh?

Wow, man. This week’s vicious, punishing heatwave came to a dramatic conclusion on Wednesday night with some of the loudest, most beautiful, and most batshit […]

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Home & Property

On the Market: An Industrial-Style Penthouse Loft in Davis Square

50 Howard St #5, Somerville Price: $1,599,000 Size: 1,054 square feet Bedrooms: 1 Bathrooms: 1 There’s no question: the popularity of indoor-outdoor living has skyrocketed […]

Home & Property

On the Market: A Bright Somerville Single-Family with a Fireplace

21 Henderson St., Somerville Price: $1,149,900 Size: 1,787 square feet Bedrooms: 3 Baths: 2.5 While “gray area” might mean something vague, this Somerville townhouse with […]

Home & Property

On the Market: A Somerville Single-Family with a Hot Tub

106 Fremont St., Somerville Price: $825,000 Size: 1,210 square feet Bedrooms: 2 Baths: 1.5 Once in a while, the fickle real estate gods toss a […]

Home & Property

On the Market: A Cool Condo in a Brutalist Somerville School Building

1060 Broadway #101, Somerville Price: $1,225,000 square feet Size: 1,441 Bedrooms: 2 Baths: 2 City Hall may get the most attention for its Brutalist architecture, […]

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On the Market: A Sparkling Single-Family in Somerville

124 Heath St., Somerville Price: $1,995,000 Size: 3,500 square feet Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 4.5 If a clean slate is what you’re looking for in a […]

Home & Property

So You Want to Live in Winter Hill

There’s so much more to Winter Hill than Whitey. Still, this largely residential Somerville neighborhood will always be linked to Whitey Bulger and the Winter […]

Home & Property

On the Market: The Somerville Home That Comes with a Mysterious, Thousand-Pound Safe

38 Otis St. #2, Somerville Price: $525,000 Size: 1,230 square feet Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 1 Here’s your chance to get into the one quarantine hobby […]

Home & Property

On the Market: A Converted Church Sanctuary Condo in Somerville 

1 Summer St. #5, Somerville Price: $2,750,000 Size: 4,295 square feet Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 3.5 Enter this Union Square home replete with sixty-foot-tall ceilings, stained […]