SOMERVILLE RESTAURANTS POISED TO REOPEN THIS SPRING

After a long winter, many are preparing to welcome customers back.
FROM THE PUBS OF SOMERVILLE TO INDIE POP AT HOME

“As an artist, most people are not thinking about me so I can do whatever I want and it’ll be just fine.”
PSYCHEDELIC SYNERGY

You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 2, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Mayor Joe Curtatone will not return for reelection, Eve Seitchik runs for councilor at large, Becca Miller announces city council campaign, and West Branch Library renovations progress
IMMIGRANTS EXPERIENCE BARRIERS TO CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

Accessibility is further complicated by cultural, linguistic, and structural differences
SOMERVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEE REOPENING DATE IN SIGHT

In a long anticipated culmination of events, students will at last be allowed back for in person instruction
SOMERVILLE WIRE: CURTATONE NOT SEEKING ANOTHER TERM

“Make no mistake; as I carry forward during my final term, I am all in.”
REPORT: COMMONWEALTH COMMITTED TO “OTHER DEATH PENALTY”

New report shows 1/6 of women in Mass prisons sentenced to life without parole.
SOMERVILLE WIRE: FEB. 23, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

“What is the Somerville Wire,” the school reopening plan, and a new life science building.
WHAT IS THE SOMERVILLE WIRE?

BINJ staff and Somerville News Garden volunteers have not undertaken this effort to compete with existing or future news outlets in Somerville. We are simply working on creating a replicable model that cities and towns around Massachusetts and the US can use to stop their municipalities from turning into “news deserts,” in the parlance of journalism academics.