The Somerville Wire—an initiative of the Somerville Media Fund—was a web-based news service covering Somerville, Massachusetts from 2021 to early 2024. 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.
Business owners question why Somerville has stayed so cautious.
You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass. (Somerville Wire) – “There was very rarely a day that I would
Somerville High School building opens, Charlotte Kelly launches a campaign, and the Union Square Projection Series hosts a panel.
A look at the tools recently introduced for use by the City.
After a long winter, many are preparing to welcome customers back.
“As an artist, most people are not thinking about me so I can do whatever I want and it’ll be just fine.”
Mayor Joe Curtatone will not return for reelection, Eve Seitchik runs for councilor at large, Becca Miller announces city council campaign, and West Branch Library renovations progress
Accessibility is further complicated by cultural, linguistic, and structural differences
In a long anticipated culmination of events, students will at last be allowed back for in person instruction
“Make no mistake; as I carry forward during my final term, I am all in.”
BINJ staff and Somerville News Garden volunteers have not undertaken this effort to compete with existing or future news outlets in Somerville. We are simply working on creating a replicable model that cities and towns around Massachusetts and the US can use to stop their municipalities from turning into “news deserts,” in the parlance of journalism academics.
An incident prompts scrutiny, while councilors struggle with the fairness of the hiring system.
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