Aldermen said there have been other problems at the Holiday Inn.
Several members of the Somerville Board of Aldermen had strong words for the Holiday Inn after a December fight outside the hotel that caused police to disperse a large crowd and led to a nearby shooting. "We're not going to tolerate this behavior; we're not going to tolerate this lack of respect," said Ward 1 Alderman Maureen Bastardi, who represents the East Somerville district that's home to the Holiday Inn. According to Bastardi and other aldermen, who spoke about the matter on Jan. 10, the Dec. 28 incident was not the first time functions at the hotel have caused problems in the neighborhood. Bastarti complained about a September Brazilian music festival held at the Holiday Inn that "resulted in so much noise calls came all the way …
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Reports of a 100-person melee are overblown, according to Paul Upton of the Somerville Police Department.
Somerville Police dispersed a crowd of partygoers Thursday night after a fight at the Holiday Inn in East Somerville, according to Deputy Chief Paul Upton of the Somerville Police Department. Upton said about 10 to 12 women got into a fight at a lounge in the hotel, and after police broke up the fight "we decided to disperse the crowd." The lounge was then shut down for the night. Two women were arrested as a result of the fight, Upton said. Upton said the incident was not a "massive" brawl involving 100 people, as some reports indicated. A Fox25 headline, for instance, said "More than 100 people involved in Somerville hotel melee." "[It] was a large crowd but not a large fight," the deputy chief said of the incident. "It wasn't like …
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Sand Man
5:45 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
Alderman Lambaste has MY vote! more ›