OPINION: R.I.P. ROE?
Freedom is a constant struggle When my family moved to Massachusetts, my mother couldn’t legally get birth control or even learn about it. By the time I was in college, the Supreme Court had ensured that married women could get birth control, though unmarried women couldn’t. By the time our daughter was born, the Supreme Court had made birth control and abortion (within […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MAY 3, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Proakis Seeking Job in Watertown, Youth March for Peace, and More Articles ANOTHER SEASON OF OUTDOOR DINING BEGINS City still working to help restaurants survive ICYMI: DONATE TO THE SOMERVILLE MEDIA FUND! Somerville Media Center and BINJ join forces to create municipal foundation to support nonprofit community journalism Shorts Proakis Seeking Job in Watertown Watertown […]
ANOTHER SEASON OF OUTDOOR DINING BEGINS
City still working to help restaurants survive (Somerville Wire) – Somerville’s dynamic restaurant industry is one of the pillars of the local economy. To keep it from collapsing during the unique challenges of the past two years, city leaders altered some licensing rules to make it a little easier for restaurateurs. “During the pandemic, we […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
East Somerville Cleanup, Boynton Yards Concerts, and Diane Esmond Showing Articles SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND The theme of this year’s event is SPACE SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE End date now June 30, 2022 OPINION: COMMUNITY GATHERS FOR FILM SCREENING AND PANEL ON SCHOOL POLICING ICYMI: DONATE TO THE […]
SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND
The theme of this year’s event is SPACE (Somerville Wire) – More than 300 visual artists across Somerville will open their studios to the public this weekend, as Somerville Open Studios holds its 23rd city-wide art exhibit April 30 and May 1 from noon to 6 pm. Organized by artists and art enthusiasts, Somerville Open […]
SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE
End date now June 30, 2022 (Somerville Wire) – After the City of Boston lifted its eviction moratorium on March 31, Somerville is now the last municipality in the state to maintain a ban on evictions in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Last Thursday, April 21, the city extended that moratorium for two more months. […]
OPINION: COMMUNITY GATHERS FOR FILM SCREENING AND PANEL ON SCHOOL POLICING
On Monday, April 11, about 100 people attended a screening of the award winning documentary “On These Grounds”. The documentary focuses on a viral video of a white School Resource Officer body slamming a 16-year-old, disabled Black girl, and was screened at the Somerville Theatre by organizers in Justice for Flavia with permission from Represent […]
SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM IN NOV & DEC, FIRST $10,000 MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
Two-month Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism fundraiser to be amplified by the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Miami Foundation My message is simple this time out: Please give generously to the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism in November or December at givetobinj.org—and be aware that every individual donation of $1,000 or less (including the […]
OPINION: ON SOMERVILLE’S NOVEMBER 2ND BALLOT, ABOLISH THE SOMERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT – YES OR NO?
“[T]he repeated message from the Democratic Socialists of America-Boston candidates for office in Somerville is clear: the outright abolition of the Somerville Police Department.”
THE FLOOD: MASS HAS A RUNOFF PROBLEM. WHAT’S BEING DONE?
Thanks to stormwater pollution, Dirty Water’s more than just a theme song. It’s a way of life.
