SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 24, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A Ward 5 City Council debate, voting in the preliminary election, and Somerville For All launches
MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RESPOND TO HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE, PART 3
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing the completed questionnaire in a six part series. The third is included below. (Somerville Wire) – What is the most important thing that Somerville landlords, property managers, real estate agents, or […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 17, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A mayoral debate, a Ward 7 city council debate, and Scape Davis Square LLC will hold a public meeting
MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RESPOND TO HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE, PART 2
The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing the completed questionnaire in a six part series. The second is included below. (Somerville Wire) – What do you think are the most common forms of housing discrimination in Somerville? […]
OPINION: A LOOK AT THE RACES IN WARDS 5 AND 7
Ken Brociner weighs in on two candidates running for City Council.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 10, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A kite festival, a mayoral candidates forum for issues relating to elders, and the City urges residents to access housing assistance
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 4, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
ONCE begins outdoor performances, the City urges people to mask indoors, and polling sites move to new locations
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REFLECT ON STEPHENSON AMAN’S EXCLUSION FROM ORS FORUM
City council candidate turned in a late questionnaire, triggering a series of events that led to a debate on equity in Somerville politics
OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S DSA CANDIDATES AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE
“The last thing we need in the fight against the far-right’s attacks against everything we hold dear is for our fellow progressives to use the kind of rhetoric (like “defund the police”) that reinforces negative stereotypes about Democrats and plays right into the hands of the Republican Party.”
SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 22, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
The eviction moratorium is prolonged, City Council candidate Stephenson Aman barred from an ORS forum, and the annual Fourth of July fireworks
