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BILL SHELTON

OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S TIME-BOMB ISSUE

Part 2: What do we do? The City of Somerville’s buildings, roads, sidewalks, water distribution, and sewer systems are all at or near the end of their lifespans. A cogent memo to the City Council last spring detailed our infrastructure needs and estimated their costs. Its implications obligate reconsideration of

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BILL SHELTON November 9, 2021
BILL SHELTON

OPINION: THE TIME-BOMB ISSUE THAT NO CANDIDATE IS DISCUSSING

“Somerville’s municipal buildings, roads, sidewalks, water distribution, sewer collection, and stormwater management systems are all approaching the end of their intended lifespans.”

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BILL SHELTON October 20, 2021
STEPHANIE WITTENBACH

NO GLOSS FOR FOSS

Somerville has scant green space, but who will maintain the little there is?

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STEPHANIE WITTENBACH December 19, 2019
LYNNE DONCASTER

DILAPI-DAVIS SQUARE

Somerville residents squawk about the state of infrastructure, deteriorating public art

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LYNNE DONCASTER March 7, 2019
ROB KATZ

BEHIND THE CURVE

Hubway’s low-income program goes regional, but infrastructure’s still inadequate As the bike-sharing industry becomes a multibillion-dollar race across the country, cycling options for Bostonians are getting more affordable and more competitive. In Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, and Somerville, Hubway reigns due to exclusive contracts with those cities. The publicly owned and

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ROB KATZ May 14, 2018
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