LAST WORDS FROM ‘SANCTUARY CITY’
Artists Reflect on Immigration and Community Building (Somerville Wire) – Sanctuary City, a ground-breaking art exhibit at the Somerville Museum, featured local artists working in exceptionally diverse media—from installations to comic books to pillows—with the goal of “creating more welcoming and safer environments for immigrant and refugee populations.” As the Sanctuary City exhibit came to […]
SUPPORT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IN MASSACHUSETTS
This #GivingTuesday, Help BINJ With a Donation—Matched Dollar for Dollar Up to $1,000 With Giving Tuesday—the unofficial holiday dedicated to donating to nonprofit organizations—upon us, we thought we should address a much broader audience than we normally do in our big annual fundraising appeal for the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. So, we’d like to […]
IS ANOTHER SHUTDOWN LOOMING?
Documents: “Complete shut-down of an MBTA rail route” again on the table for MBTA. Transit advocate says planning ahead is “a good thing,” but Red Line could be next and transparency is paramount. The MBTA is planning to double the amount of shuttle bus service in the next five years at a cost of tens […]
OPINION: SOMERVILLE MEDIA CENTER SHOULD REMAIN IN THE HEART OF UNION SQUARE
Mayor Emeritus and Former City Communications Director Call for Public Access Station to Be Allowed to Stay in City-Owned Firehouse Today, the Somerville Media Center is operating under the threat of eviction from the City of Somerville. We believe this eviction decision needs to be, immediately, reconsidered and reversed. SMC, in its original form, as […]
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 […]