2022 ARTS IN THE ARMORY GALA PHOTOS
Photographer Jesse Buckley captures “A Night in Bloom” (Somerville Wire) – Last week, Arts in the Armory held its 2022 fundraising gala with the theme “A Night in Bloom” at the Center for Arts at the Armory at 191 Highland Ave. Somervillle-based photographer Jesse Buckley was on hand to document the evening’s festivities. Slideshow follows […]
DREAM FELLOWSHIP DEFERRED
Photo via US Department of Homeland Security / Mani Albrecht Diabetes researcher claims she was unlawfully denied entry to US A Canadian scholar hired for a prestigious diabetes research fellowship at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center says she was wrongfully denied entry to the US and discriminated against because she was […]
RECOGNITION FOR RELIGION REPORTING
The kind of deep read that gets people and communities talking while winning awards in the process Congratulations to Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada and Claire Sadar on their receiving an honorable mention in the Associated Church Press Best of the Church Press Awards for the first two installments of their Sacred Writes series on “Greater Boston’s Church […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MAY 24, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Somerville Mourns Stephenson Aman … and More Articles DETOXIFIED CONWAY PARK RETURNS TO SERVICE Final ribbon-cutting to be held this Friday, 11 a.m. It’s been five years since Conway Park was discovered to be contaminated. In preparation for renovations to the 2.8-acre complex at 550 Somerville Avenue, a 2017 environmental site assessment found that chemicals […]
DETOXIFIED CONWAY PARK RETURNS TO SERVICE
Final ribbon-cutting to be held this Friday, 11 a.m. (Somerville Wire) – It’s been five years since Conway Park was discovered to be contaminated. In preparation for renovations to the 2.8-acre complex at 550 Somerville Avenue, a 2017 environmental site assessment found that chemicals had seeped into the soil, including lead and PCBs, some of […]
MORALE VIOLATION
Whistle-blowers report culture of “retaliation” and “nepotism” at Mass parole agency Over the past three months, seven staff members from the Massachusetts Parole Board have come to this reporter with harsh critiques of the agency. They are quoted throughout this article. The Commonwealth has a seven-member Parole Board that decides who is or is not […]
DISPATCH FROM THE FIRST-ANNUAL BOSTON HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL
“Large or small, they may only have one or two sauces and it helps them get out in front of the public” Barry Shannon of Barry’s Hot Sauce and John Kasper, co-owner of Whitehouse Station Sauce Company, met at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo last October. It was a fun spicy affair, but the pair […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MAY 17, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Can’t Eat at Jumbo’s & A Night In Bloom This Friday Articles COUNCIL WANTS COPS OFF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Final decision on using civilian flaggers to be made by Mayor Ballantyne and City staff The City Council has approved a resolution in favor of civilians taking control over traffic details at construction sites. SOMERVILLE ARTIST […]
SOMERVILLE ARTIST PAINTS MURAL IN JP
New work by Julia Csekö opens Saturday, May 21 (Somerville Wire) – As part of a long-term plan to uplift and celebrate the Stonybrook community in Jamaica Plain, Somerville-based artist Julia Csekö has created a new mural on an exterior wall of the Extra Space Storage facility at 141 McBride St. in Jamaica Plain. Csekö’s […]
COUNCIL WANTS COPS OFF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
Final decision on using civilian flaggers to be made by Mayor Ballantyne and City staff (Somerville Wire) – The City Council has approved a resolution in favor of civilians taking control over traffic details at construction sites. “I have never really understood why traffic details are exclusively worked by police officers,” Ward 3 Councilor Ben […]