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VACCINE MANDATE IN SOMERVILLE IS DEFEATED, 2-1

The Somerville policy would have required that proof of vaccination be shown at the door of certain indoor spaces A vaccine mandate for certain indoor businesses was defeated 2-1 by Somerville’s Board of Health on Thursday, after an earlier meeting was “bombed” by a group led by an Internet personality

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 20, 2022

SOMERVILLE VACCINE MANDATE VOTE WAS DISRUPTED BY A GROUP LED BY PEABODY INTERNET PERSONALITY

Officials expressed concern about comments that turned aggressive and violent Somerville’s Board of Health will try again Thursday to vote on a vaccine mandate for certain indoor businesses after a delay Friday caused by a group crashing its virtual meeting, unleashing heated barbs that officials called “aggressive” and “violent.” The

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 19, 2022

BOARD OF HEALTH TO VOTE ON PROOF OF VACCINATION POLICY

Photo by Marc A. Hermann While facing questions about the fate of small businesses, the Board postponed the vote to mid-January (Somerville Wire) – The City of Somerville’s Board of Health met to discuss a proof of vaccine policy for certain businesses on Dec. 21 but decided to push the

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 4, 2022

INVESTIGATING THE INTERSTATE: ON THE I-93 SOUND WALL STUDY

The new MassDOT project is seen as both a step forward and a long overdue move The Somerville Wire recently received a Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grant, through the National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute. This article is the second to last in a series about

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 7, 2021