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A kite festival, a mayoral candidates forum for issues relating to elders, and the City urges residents to access housing assistance
The organization is calling upon Eversource to address the leaks and damaged trees
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 first is included below.
There’s a multilateral effort to keep people housed in the city. What’s working? Who’s behind it? And what are they up against?
“But after dealing with long affordable housing waitlists and navigating endless red tape, I found that keeping our family together was no easy feat.”
Somerville Arts Council event will showcase work at artists’ homes
“Last year, the rats did little damage to my yard, but this year, they have been damaging my ornamental plants and vegetable garden.”
ONCE begins outdoor performances, the City urges people to mask indoors, and polling sites move to new locations
Many university employees have been left with no jobs for the summer season.
Community members speak to the safety a facility could bring to the city.
Thanks to stormwater pollution, Dirty Water’s more than just a theme song. It’s a way of life.
A new Permit Tracking System, a search for new members of the Fair Housing and Anti-Displacement Task Force, and FabVille Advisory Board calls for new applicants
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