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Fall Cleanup 2021! Photo courtesy of East Somerville Main Streets.

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

East Somerville Cleanup, Boynton Yards Concerts, and Diane Esmond Showing Articles SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND The theme of this year’s event is SPACE SOMERVILLE EXTENDS

Admirers get a preview of this year’s First Look exhibit at the Somerville Museum. Photo by Ron Newman.

SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND

The theme of this year’s event is SPACE (Somerville Wire) – More than 300 visual artists across Somerville will open their studios to the public this weekend, as Somerville Open

A real Somerville fixer-upper. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE

End date now June 30, 2022 (Somerville Wire) – After the City of Boston lifted its eviction moratorium on March 31, Somerville is now the last municipality in the state

Signs in Davis Square, Somerville, April 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 19, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Yard waste, heating bills, summer jobs … and PorchFest! Articles EDITORIAL: NOW EVEN LESS NEWS IN SOMERVILLE DigBoston goes digital-only, yet another reason to donate to the Somerville Media Fund

Stephanie Scherpf and Jess White (right), co-directors of Center for Arts at the Armory. Courtesy photo.

ARTS AT THE ARMORY CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY WITH NEW CO-DIRECTOR

Jess White promoted to chief operating officer (Somerville Wire) – The Somerville Armory is changing. The former militia headquarters at 191 Highland Ave. was owned since 2004 by Joseph and

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