CONNECTING FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES
Interactive database offers access to programs, knowledge for children and caregivers With children returning to school this week, parents may be searching for programs, services, and activities coming up, as well as facts and advice about general developmental issues. City government, in partnership with its community of educators, caregivers, and service providers, has developed a […]
“THIS IS ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR”
Photo via Rayla Campbell for Massachusetts Mass GOP candidate questioned by cop about book she calls kiddie porn Rayla Campbell, the Republican candidate for Massachusetts secretary of the commonwealth, found herself in an awkward position at a Back the Blue rally on August 15—she had to explain to one of the police officers she came […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 23, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Getting Around During the MBTA Shutdown … and More! Article PARTS AND CRAFTS MOVES TO BOYNTON YARDS Kids’ makerspace gets cool new digs thanks to community benefits Shorts How Are You Getting Around? In case you haven’t heard, the MBTA has suspended service on the entire Orange Line and part of the Green Line […]
PARTS AND CRAFTS MOVES TO BOYNTON YARDS
Kids’ makerspace gets cool new digs thanks to community benefits (Somerville Wire) – For children who want to explore hands-on, self-directed learning, Somerville’s Parts and Crafts is about to reopen in a spacious new location. “It’s got a cool industrial feel, whereas our old space had an aging convenience store kind of feel,” said Dina […]
HACKS, FACTS & CONTRACTS: FOIA FOLLOW-UP
Photo of Gov. Baker surveying Orange Line track work in 2019 by Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office Internal Emails Show How MBTA Sought To Market “Safe,” “Good” Trains As System Failed Starting today, the MBTA shut down the entire Orange Line for a month for massive maintenance and repair work. Riders were told two weeks in […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 16, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Race and Social Justice Talk, Hip Hop Festival and More! Article COMMUNITY LAND TRUST CELEBRATES ITS FIRST AFFORDABLE HOMES Ribbon cutting this Wednesday for five new condos in Union Square https://binj.news/2022/08/16/community-land-trust-celebrates-its-first-affordable-homes/ Shorts Talk About Race and Social Justice The City of Somerville’s Racial and Social Justice Department invites the community to the first in […]
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST CELEBRATES ITS FIRST AFFORDABLE HOMES
Ribbon cutting this Wednesday for five new condos in Union Square (Somerville Wire) – Somerville is celebrating the first acquisition of permanently affordable homes on community-owned land this week. The five-unit condo building at 7 Summer St. in Union Square is the first development project of the Somerville Community Land Trust, a nonprofit organization that […]
SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 9, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Yart Sale, Crossing Guards Needed, and More! Article CITY HOLDS DESIGN WORKSHOP TO GET INPUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING SITE PLAN Participants use color-coded Lego pieces to suggest housing, stores, business and nonprofit offices, labs, medical/healthcare facilities, common areas, or green spaces for 90 Washington Shorts Shop the Streets at Annual Yart Sale Somerville’s second […]
CITY HOLDS DESIGN WORKSHOP TO GET INPUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING SITE PLAN
Participants use color-coded Lego pieces to suggest housing, stores, business and nonprofit offices, labs, medical/healthcare facilities, common areas, or green spaces for 90 Washington (Somerville Wire) – The City of Somerville went beyond Zoom listening and traditional public meetings last Thursday at a Lego design workshop organized to help understand what Somervillians want from a […]
“POLARIZING FORCE”
Governor’s Council weighs controversial Parole Board renomination “You have an unbelievable amount of people who are against you.” Governor’s Councilor Christopher Iannella, a personal injury attorney, was grilling Massachusetts Parole Board member Colette Santa on August 3. Santa, first nominated by Gov. Charlie Baker for the board in 2017, is now up for a second […]