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AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 4 — APRIL 26, 2021

Current headlines: 2021 Somerville Open Studios update, hostile architecture dustup

Welcome to this fourth episode of the Weekly Wire—an audio roundup of highlights from this week’s articles in the Somerville Wire news service.

Our headlines for April 26, 2021 are: CITY, MBTA RESPOND TO HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE CHARGES and SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS ADAPTS TO PANDEMIC CONDITIONS. [Apologies for being delayed this time out from our scheduled April 23, 2021 release date.]

Reporter: Shira Laucharoen. Host and sound engineer: John Loftus. Editor and video producer: Jason Pramas.

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