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SPEAK YOUR MIND: BROADWAY BUS LANES, NOV. 9, 6 P.M.

Public forum at the Somerville Media Center main studio, opponents and proponents encouraged to participate! In the three years since the City of Somerville installed dedicated bus lanes on Broadway, they have gotten both cheers and jeers from residents, business owners, and commuters passing through the area. Local stakeholders from abutting neighborhoods are invited to […]

2022 ARTS IN THE ARMORY GALA PHOTOS

Violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) at the 2022 Arts at the Armory Gala. Photo by Jesse Buckley. Copyright 2022 Jesse Buckley.

Photographer Jesse Buckley captures “A Night in Bloom” (Somerville Wire) – Last week, Arts in the Armory held its 2022 fundraising gala with the theme “A Night in Bloom” at the Center for Arts at the Armory at 191 Highland Ave. Somervillle-based photographer Jesse Buckley was on hand to document the evening’s festivities. Slideshow follows […]

VIDEO: SOMERVILLE’S ‘CORRIDOR OF DEATH’

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Somerville Live Wire — Episode 4 Episode 4 discusses the Somerville “Corridor of Death”—McGrath Highway between Broadway and Route 38/Mystic Ave.—and how community advocates are fighting to make it safer for pedestrians and bikers. Guests: Wig Zamore of Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership and Community Assessment of Freeway Exposures and Health and Arah Schuur of Somerville […]

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 9 — MAY 28, 2021

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Beautiful Stuff Project; CHA nurses in contract fight Welcome to this ninth episode of the Weekly Wire—an audio roundup of highlights from this week’s articles in the Somerville Wire news service. Our headlines for May 28, 2021 are: THE BEAUTIFUL STUFF PROJECT PROVIDES TREASURE THROUGH PANDEMIC and SOMERVILLE NURSES FIGHT FOR FAIR CONTRACT. Reporter: Shira […]