SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 24, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A Ward 5 City Council debate, voting in the preliminary election, and Somerville For All launches
MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RESPOND TO HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE, PART 3
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing the completed questionnaire in a six part series. The third is included below. (Somerville Wire) – What is the most important thing that Somerville landlords, property managers, real estate agents, or […]
TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROVIDES PANDEMIC SUPPORT, ADDRESSES VIOLENCE
According to Program Director Danny McLaughlin, the organization serves as an intervention
SOMERVILLE ESTABLISHES PUBLIC INDOOR MASK MANDATE
With the Delta variant on the rise and kids going back to school, the City takes cautious steps
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 17, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A mayoral debate, a Ward 7 city council debate, and Scape Davis Square LLC will hold a public meeting
ARTIST PROFILE: ALLISON TANENHAUS
Videos, street art, and public interventions assume vibrant, mind-bending dimensions in the hands of the digital artist and graphic designer (Somerville Wire) – Allison Tanenhaus is a Boston-based, digital glitch artist. Through her work, she specializes in “bold geometrics, kaleidoscopic color fields, trippy op art, thought-provoking truisms, anachronistic tech mashups, and unexpected dimensional qualities.” Whether […]
MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RESPOND TO HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE, PART 2
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing the completed questionnaire in a six part series. The second is included below. (Somerville Wire) – What do you think are the most common forms of housing discrimination in Somerville? […]
INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: ARE MASSDOT’S SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ENOUGH?
This past June, MassDOT announced that it would address safety concerns connected to East Somerville’s highways
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 10, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A kite festival, a mayoral candidates forum for issues relating to elders, and the City urges residents to access housing assistance
MOTHERS OUT FRONT ISSUES COMPLAINT ABOUT GAS LEAKS
The organization is calling upon Eversource to address the leaks and damaged trees
