SOMERVILLE WIRE: NOVEMBER 16, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
COVID-19 Recovery Funds, Community Curators Sought, and More! ARTICLES WHOSE STREETS? SHARED STREETS! Capuano-Dwan Debate at SCATV Centers on Somerville Transportation Priorities and Public Input Syndicated from the Somerville Wire to DigBoston ANTICIPATING NEW GOVERNOR, SOMERVILLE HOPES TO ADVANCE PLANS FOR SUPERVISED INJECTION SITE “When people are using them, they’re not doing it where people […]
WHOSE STREETS? SHARED STREETS!
Capuano-Dwan Debate at SCATV Centers on Somerville Transportation Priorities and Public Input (Somerville Wire) – Two community leaders on different sides of the Broadway bus lane controversy sat down together last week to share their divergent views on transportation, accessibility, and accountability in Somerville. The hour-long debate brought together safe streets activist Chris Dwan and […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: NOVEMBER 8, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Broadway Bus Lanes Forum, Veterans Day Events, and More! ARTICLE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM RENEWED Community Choice Electricity reduces greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs SHORTS Speak Your Mind: Broadway Bus Lanes Are you for or against the new bus lanes on Broadway? Air your views on live TV at a public forum this Wednesday, […]
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM RENEWED
Community Choice Electricity reduces greenhouse gas emissions and electricity costs (Somerville Wire) – The Somerville Community Choice Electricity program, one facet of Somerville’s wide-ranging response to climate change, has been renewed for the next two years. Launched in 2017, the CCE program allows residents and businesses to increase the share of zero-carbon renewable energy from […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: NOVEMBER 2, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Bertholdo Honored, Somerville Hosting ‘Moving Wall,’ and More! ARTICLES MBTA REVISES ITS BUS NETWORK DESIGN Abundant public comments lead to substantial changes in future Somerville routes From the Cambridge Day The Goods prepares for opening in Davis Square, Somerville’s first recreational marijuana seller SHORTS Bertholdo honored at Latino Excellence Awards Somerville resident Regina Bertholdo […]
MBTA REVISES ITS BUS NETWORK DESIGN
Abundant public comments lead to substantial changes in future Somerville routes (Somerville Wire) – After receiving more than 20,000 comments on its plan to reorganize its bus routes, the MBTA announced a revised plan last week. The new version of the map makes changes to more than half the routes announced in its initial proposal […]
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A special message from BINJ Executive Director Jason Pramas: SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM IN NOV & DEC 2022, FIRST $15,000 MATCHED DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR Two-month Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism fundraiser to be amplified by the Institute for Nonprofit News and the Miami Foundation November 1, 2022 I am pleased to announce that the Boston Institute […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: OCTOBER 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Crane Coming Down, Domestic Violence Vigil, Monster Mash, and More! Article CODIFYING A NEW CURB PHILOSOPHY City proposes new ways of looking at street usage Shorts One Crane Coming Down Weather permitting, Prospect Street will be closed to traffic between Somerville Avenue and Webster Avenue this Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 27-29, to facilitate […]
CODIFYING A NEW CURB PHILOSOPHY
City proposes new ways of looking at street usage (Somerville Wire) – After two years of data collection and outreach to the community, the City has concluded its Citywide Parking and Curb Use Study. The research team has issued a final report summarizing findings and recommendations for developing “an effective, equitable curb-management system.” The final […]
PHILHARMONICAL WARFARE
How the government secretly paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to promote American cultural enlightenment There is not much to see or do in Abilene, Kansas. Pulling into a local 24-hour gas station in a bug-splattered pickup earlier this year, I probably fit the profile of the typical visitor. For most, this town of less […]