THINKING OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN SOMERVILLE?
This article provides an overview of the election process as well as salaries, benefits, and duties of the offices open for election in Somerville this year.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 5, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Superintendent Search Concluding, Participatory Budgeting, and More! FEATURE US2 MISSING DIVERSITY, OTHER HIRING TARGETSUnion Square Neighborhood Council may issue non-compliance notice as City Council seeks more data SHORTS Last week for the Somerville Superintendent Search In advance of the Somerville School Committee voting on its next superintendent next Monday, April 10, the Committee is inviting […]
US2 MISSING DIVERSITY, OTHER HIRING TARGETS
At the moment, the city council does not receive the monthly reports on hiring targets provided by US2. Instead, Council President Ben Ewen-Campen explained, he and Councilor JT Scott receive briefings after every meeting detailing “how they went,” but no reports are shared.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 30, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
SPS Plans Virtual Job Fair, and More! EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE NEWS MEDIA THEN AND NOW All surviving local news outlets combined produce one-third the number of original news articles weekly that the Somerville Journal did a decade back OPINION: LOCAL ACTIVISTS OPPOSE PROPOSAL FOR FORMER GLASS STOP PLOT From any perspective, US2 is the wrong developer […]
EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE NEWS MEDIA THEN AND NOW
[T]hat is what I want Somerville readers to understand. My Somerville Media Fund and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism board, staff, and volunteer colleagues have been joining me in warning that our city is well on the way to becoming a news desert since early 2019.
OPINION: LOCAL ACTIVISTS OPPOSE PROPOSAL FOR FORMER GLASS STOP PLOT
US2 cannot be trusted to follow through with promises to the city because it is already in serious non-compliance with the Community Benefits Agreement contract it signed in 2019 with the Union Square Neighborhood Council.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 22, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Somerville’s First Participatory Budget, Councilors to Speak at Tufts, and More!
SPS, CITY AT ODDS OVER MASS SCHOOL BUILDING AUTHORITY APPLICATION TIMELINE
While the City studies crumbling infrastructure, the School Committee wants immediate action to address issues they see before their eyes
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 15, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP (WE’RE BACK!)
Residents Call for More Community Mental Health Services at Police Chief Search Meeting, and More!
FOLLOWING BOSTON, SOMERVILLE PURSUES RENT STABILIZATION
City Council considers filing home rule petition with the legislature, reaffirms support for Tenant Protection Act
