It was almost two months ago that the final World Cup whistle echoed through Foxborough. In the time since FIFA’s seven successful events in the commonwealth, which spurred satellite celebrations statewide, most public dialogue about the games has…


It was almost two months ago that the final World Cup whistle echoed through Foxborough. In the time since FIFA’s seven successful events in the commonwealth, which spurred satellite celebrations statewide, most public dialogue about the games has…

Safety and equitable mobility for all. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SOMERVILLE WIRE EMAIL NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/hpBYPv On Sunday, February 28, 2021, the Somerville Alliance for Safe Streets (SASS) will hold a virtual public summit focused on the safety issues faced…

Vaccine call-in lines, new artist spaces, and Laura’s Law. Welcome to the Somerville Wire’s first 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…

"Either they don't have people with the right expertise in charge of this process, making very embarrassing bumbles, or you literally are trying to circumvent the process." For more than a year, the Massachusetts Department of Correction has…

Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets For those of you who didn’t notice—and you can be forgiven for that considering there’s been very little coverage of the matter in question thus far—the bill…

PHOTOS & VIDEO BY JORDAN FRIAS Jordan Frias has reported on the response to COVID-19 through our Pandemic Democracy Project for nearly a year. Published together below, his latest dispatches from the field show the movements of public…

Back then, we did what many said couldn’t be done. Now, we’re doing what we said we wouldn’t do.*