The Somerville Wire—an initiative of the Somerville Media Fund—was a web-based news service covering Somerville, Massachusetts from 2021 to early 2024. An initiative of the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism for its first two years, it became a project of the Somerville Media Fund (which was originally spun out of BINJ specifically to host to be the Wire’s nonprofit sponsor) in early 2023. The publication shut down due to lack of sufficient donations to enable us to expand our paid staff from a single part-time reporter to one or two full-time editorial staff. We have left this page up as an archive of the Wire’s work. Its content was produced by professional journalists, Somerville residents and workers, and Somerville Media Fund and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism interns. All Wire articles were made available for republishing by independent community news outlets for free—and by larger commercial news outlets and chains for a fee. Anyone interested in learning more about the Somerville Wire and its legacy or republishing Wire articles can contact Somerville Media Fund staff at info@somervillemedia.fund
The public at large has free access to all Wire archive articles here at somervillewire.news (hosted on the Somerville Media Fund website).
Believe there were unspoken reasons for the move to Harvard’s Allston-Brighton campus (Somerville Wire) – Jacob LaRocca is a prop engineer who had been a
Catching up with Somerville’s new, much-needed live performance venue and function space On September 17, the Somerville Theatre reopened after a 17-month-long closure brought on
Katjana Ballantyne sworn in as mayor, Somerville recognized as a Global Climate-Action Leader, and the Co-Incidence Festival takes off Articles BOARD OF HEALTH TO VOTE
Photo by Eric Kilby, Flickr “I hope and trust that our city will continue to thrive as it has for the last 18 years.” May
Photo by Marc A. Hermann While facing questions about the fate of small businesses, the Board postponed the vote to mid-January (Somerville Wire) – The
How a chef from Mexico started her own catering company (Somerville Wire) – Estela Calzada has been cooking for all of her life. Having immigrated
Mayor Curtatone’s farewell speech, a campaign to support Somerville students, and the flag raising on Prospect Hill Announcement The Somerville Wire will be returning on
“Did MassDOT finish the work that they agreed was necessary to implement this year to avoid more harm?” On Dec. 6, Livable Streets hosted Jamey
The painter and printmaker’s work can be seen at the Inside Out Gallery (Somerville Wire) – Boriana Kantcheva is a Boston-based creator whose exhibit “Earthly
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The document causes officials and community members to ask, what should the role of police be in schools? (Somerville Wire) – Justice for Flavia, an
The answer to all of your holiday needs! (Somerville Wire) – Somerville social worker Carolyn Harmeling always had a talent for designing beautifully wrapped gifts,
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