The road to the World Cup is paved with promises and press releases. For well over a year before the first kickoff of the most recent tournament in June, FIFA and its hosts published a dizzying amount of…
“What is the Somerville Wire,” the school reopening plan, and a new life science building. Welcome to the Somerville Wire’s third Weekly Roundup—a fast look at local news published every Tuesday at somervillewire.news. Readers with Somerville-focused news tips…
(Somerville Wire) - Aside from the brief introduction at the top of our somervillewire.news web page, we haven’t really explained what the Somerville Wire is and why we’ve just launched it. So I thought it was worth giving…
An incident prompts scrutiny, while councilors struggle with the fairness of the hiring system. (Somerville Wire) - Five councilors on the Confirmation of Appointments and Personnel Matters committee interviewed three candidates for the police reserve list in Somerville,…
Defending the decision to keep capacities low, Curtatone calls the governor's approach "blood calculus." (Somerville Wire) - The city of Somerville decided not to join the rest of the Commonwealth in raising capacity limits on February 8. This…
Capacity limits, police appointments, and rides for the elderly. Welcome to the Somerville Wire’s second Weekly Roundup—a fast look at local news published every Tuesday at somervillewire.news. Readers with Somerville-focused news tips or press releases or calendar items…
Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*
