SOMERVILLE WIRE: July 20, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A new Permit Tracking System, a search for new members of the Fair Housing and Anti-Displacement Task Force, and FabVille Advisory Board calls for new applicants
BUSINESS PROFILE: ROCOCO FLORAL
The Bow Market shop brings the aesthetic of 18th century French art to flower arrangements
HOW HAIR SALONS HAVE EMERGED OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
The past year has been challenging, but for some, they have seen radical change (Somerville Wire) – With approximately 68% of Somerville fully vaccinated, according to the city government’s dashboard, many hair salons are beginning to return to something close to a sense of normalcy. The City is even seeing new spaces open up, like […]
BUSINESS PROFILE: TIPPING COW
An interview with David Lindsey of the iconic, homemade ice cream shop
THE DATA IS IN ON SOMERVILLE’S PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE
Photo by AdobeStock A team of public health researchers ultimately concluded that Somerville would benefit from at least one supervised consumption site At a June 10 town hall, Somerville’s director of health and human services Doug Kress led a discussion about research on a prospective supervised consumption site in the city. As defined in the […]
ELDER ABUSE: INSIGHTS INTO THE UNDERRECOGNIZED PANDEMIC
One in ten elders lead troubled lives, but the issue is not commonly disclosed.
AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 10 — JUNE 4, 2021
Kensington Connector Project installed; Finance Committee reflects on Somerville police reforms
VIDEO: SOMERVILLE’S ‘CORRIDOR OF DEATH’
Somerville Live Wire — Episode 4 Episode 4 discusses the Somerville “Corridor of Death”—McGrath Highway between Broadway and Route 38/Mystic Ave.—and how community advocates are fighting to make it safer for pedestrians and bikers. Guests: Wig Zamore of Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership and Community Assessment of Freeway Exposures and Health and Arah Schuur of Somerville […]
AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 9 — MAY 28, 2021
Beautiful Stuff Project; CHA nurses in contract fight Welcome to this ninth episode of the Weekly Wire—an audio roundup of highlights from this week’s articles in the Somerville Wire news service. Our headlines for May 28, 2021 are: THE BEAUTIFUL STUFF PROJECT PROVIDES TREASURE THROUGH PANDEMIC and SOMERVILLE NURSES FIGHT FOR FAIR CONTRACT. Reporter: Shira […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: May 25, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Artwork at the Kensington Underpass, a supervised consumption site meeting, and Somerville joins the State’s reopening plan.
