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SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 19, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Somerville kids sell flowers to passers-by. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

Somerville Budget Priorities … and More! FEATURE MAP CAPTURES LESSER-KNOWN ATTRACTIONS IN SOMERVILLE Features historical, recreational, artistic, and certified Atlas Obscura sites   SHORTS Somerville Budget Priorities for FY 2024 Wondering what your City Councilors hope to prioritize in the upcoming budget? Click here for a repository of City Councilors’ budget priority letters. Or navigate […]

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 13, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Somerville skyline. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

Carmona Elected SPS Superintendent, Bike Network Plan, and More! FEATURE THINKING OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN SOMERVILLE?What you need to know FROM CAMBRIDGE DAY SOMERVILLE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SELECTS CARMONA OVER FOUR OTHER FINALISTS FOR SUPERINTENDENT ROLE SHORTS City Moves Forward on Bike Network Plan The City has released its final draft of the bike network […]

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 5, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Somerville High School Auditorium. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

Superintendent Search Concluding, Participatory Budgeting, and More! FEATURE US2 MISSING DIVERSITY, OTHER HIRING TARGETSUnion Square Neighborhood Council may issue non-compliance notice as City Council seeks more data SHORTS Last week for the Somerville Superintendent Search In advance of the Somerville School Committee voting on its next superintendent next Monday, April 10, the Committee is inviting […]

US2 MISSING DIVERSITY, OTHER HIRING TARGETS

Labor activists pose in front of a sign that reads: "US2 and Gilbane: Somerville needs local jobs for local workers. Honor your agreements." Photo by Ryan DiLello.

At the moment, the city council does not receive the monthly reports on hiring targets provided by US2. Instead, Council President Ben Ewen-Campen explained, he and Councilor JT Scott receive briefings after every meeting detailing “how they went,” but no reports are shared.

SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 30, 2023 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Leah A. Zallman memorial at the corner of Kidder and College Aves in Somerville, March 2023. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2023 Jason Pramas.

SPS Plans Virtual Job Fair, and More! EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE NEWS MEDIA THEN AND NOW All surviving local news outlets combined produce one-third the number of original news articles weekly that the Somerville Journal did a decade back OPINION: LOCAL ACTIVISTS OPPOSE PROPOSAL FOR FORMER GLASS STOP PLOT From any perspective, US2 is the wrong developer […]

EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE NEWS MEDIA THEN AND NOW

Transcript & Journal website front page on March 29 2023. Screenshot by Jason Pramas for the Somerville Wire.

[T]hat is what I want Somerville readers to understand. My Somerville Media Fund and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism board, staff, and volunteer colleagues have been joining me in warning that our city is well on the way to becoming a news desert since early 2019.