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OFFICIALS QUESTION RELIABILITY OF THE POLICE APPOINTMENT PROCESS
An incident prompts scrutiny, while councilors struggle with the fairness of the hiring system.
BUSINESSES AND GATHERING SPACES MAINTAIN LOW 25% CAPACITY LIMITS
Defending the decision to keep capacities low, Curtatone calls the governor’s approach “blood calculus.”
SOMERVILLE WIRE: FEB. 16, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Capacity limits, police appointments, and rides for the elderly.
FRAGMENTED MASS VACCINATION SITE AND SYSTEM MAKE FOR UNCERTAINTY
The state’s map of vaccination sites is missing several locations. Here’s why.
SPECIAL FEATURE: THE COMMITMENTS
Some who are civilly committed for addiction in Mass face abusive prison conditions. Still, some families say it’s better than the alternative
JOURNALISTS AND MEDIA ADVOCATES TO SUGGEST PICKS FOR MA JOURNALISM COMMISSION SEATS
A joint press release by the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and Free Press Action
ANNOUNCEMENT: SOMERVILLE ALLIANCE FOR SAFE STREETS TO HOST SOMERVILLE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT
Safety and equitable mobility for all.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: FEB. 9, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Vaccine call-in lines, new artist spaces, and Laura’s Law.
INSIDE THE BATTLE OVER A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON FOR MASSACHUSETTS
“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
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING KEY TO PASSING JOURNALISM COMMISSION LAW
Journalists mounted unusual lobbying effort to help beleaguered local news outlets
FROM MASS TESTING TO MASS INOCULATION: A COVID RESPONSE IN THREE SCENES
Jordan Frias has reported on the response to COVID-19 through our Pandemic Democracy Project for nearly a year. Published together below, his three latest dispatches
NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO GET VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS
“If I haven’t been able to get it for myself, what will this mean for them?”