WEEK IN REVIEW: A $196 Million City Budget, Stop & Shop and Horses

Education Emphasized in Somerville City Budget
For the second year in a row, Somerville's proposed city budget includes a significant increase in school spending. The $195.7 million city budget for fiscal year 2014, which Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone presented to the Somerville Board of Aldermen Tuesday night, includes $56.6 million in allocations for the school department.

Opening Date Set for Stop & Shop in West Somerville
A new Stop & Shop in West Somerville will open soon, according to an announcement from the supermarket chain. 

Massive Equestrian Circus Coming to Somerville
The world's "largest touring big top" tent, a 10-story structure with room for 67 horses, 45 performers, 2,000 spectators and a stage that's flooded with 80,000 gallons of water, is set make Somerville home later this summer.

Somerville Waste Transfer Station to Be Demolished in August
The East Somerville transfer station operated by Waste Management should be gone by the end of this summer, according to the city.

Capuano Files 'Sean Collier' Act
U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, who represents Somerville in Congress, filed a bill Tuesday called the "Officer Sean Collier Campus Police Recognition Act of 2013," which would add campus police officers to the Department of Justice's Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.

Bulger Trial Gets Under Way
Jury selection began this week in preparation for the trial of reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger. Find more here.

Summer Events in Somerville
A look at fun events taking place this summer in Somerville.