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SECOND CHANCES FOR YOUR CLOTHES AND YOUR NEIGHBORS

Andrea Shapiro (founder and CEO) and Jessica Callaghan (program manager) sort donations at Second Chances. Photo by Kat Rutkin.

Somerville nonprofit partners with service providers to match used clothing with people in need Do you need some motivation to get rid of those clothes taking up space in the back of your closet? Consider this: It’s relatively easy for you to get those clothes into the hands of people in our community who could […]

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 12, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Sleep In Sleep Out event … and an SPD injury Articles EDITORIAL: SHIRA LAUCHAROEN SAYS GOODBYE After a wonderful year serving Somerville, the reporter begins new steps CITY PARTNERS WITH FENWAY HEALTH FOR SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE Managers, officials, and task force members say we must save people from overdoses Shorts Somerville Homeless Coalition to hold […]

OPINION: A SOMERVILLE FREED FROM THE VIOLENCE OF EVICTION

Photo by Ben Ewen-Campen “The time has come for evictions to end for good in Somerville!” The Eviction Response Network is fighting for a Somerville freed from the violence that is eviction. We are Somerville tenants, workers, homeowners, and allies against eviction and united by the belief that housing is a human right. It is […]