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).
Mayor Emeritus and Former City Communications Director Call for Public Access Station to Be Allowed to Stay in City-Owned Firehouse Today, the Somerville Media Center
COVID-19 Recovery Funds, Community Curators Sought, and More! ARTICLES WHOSE STREETS? SHARED STREETS! Capuano-Dwan Debate at SCATV Centers on Somerville Transportation Priorities and Public Input
Capuano-Dwan Debate at SCATV Centers on Somerville Transportation Priorities and Public Input (Somerville Wire) – Two community leaders on different sides of the Broadway bus
Broadway Bus Lanes Forum, Veterans Day Events, and More! ARTICLE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM RENEWED Community Choice Electricity reduces greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs
Community Choice Electricity reduces greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs (Somerville Wire) – The Somerville Community Choice Electricity program, one facet of Somerville’s wide-ranging response
Bertholdo Honored, Somerville Hosting ‘Moving Wall,’ and More! ARTICLES MBTA REVISES ITS BUS NETWORK DESIGN Abundant public comments lead to substantial changes in future Somerville
Abundant public comments lead to substantial changes in future Somerville routes (Somerville Wire) – After receiving more than 20,000 comments on its plan to reorganize
Crane Coming Down, Domestic Violence Vigil, Monster Mash, and More! Article CODIFYING A NEW CURB PHILOSOPHY City proposes new ways of looking at street usage
City proposes new ways of looking at street usage (Somerville Wire) – After two years of data collection and outreach to the community, the City
Curb Use Study, Raúl the Third, Former Wire Staffer at Open Mic, and More! ARTICLE From the Cambridge Day BEING ABLE TO GO FASTER ON
Protecting Spaces for Local Artists, Indigenous Rights Program, and More! ARTICLES SPEAK YOUR MIND: BROADWAY BUS LANES, NOV. 9, 6 P.M. Public forum at the
Somerville Wire on the scene at the 2022 Festival of Activist Street Bands All photos by Russell Adams. Copyright 2022 Russell Adams.
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