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JULIET ISSELBACHER

THE DATA IS IN ON SOMERVILLE’S PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE

Photo by AdobeStock A team of public health researchers ultimately concluded that Somerville would benefit from at least one supervised consumption site At a June 10 town hall, Somerville’s director of health and human services Doug Kress led a discussion about research on a prospective supervised consumption site in the

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JULIET ISSELBACHER June 15, 2021
Somerville Live Wire - Episode 3 - YouTube 2021-06-08 10-28-06
SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

VIDEO: HOW ARTISTS IN SOMERVILLE HAVE SURVIVED THE FIRST PANDEMIC YEAR

Somerville Live Wire — Episode 3

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF May 18, 2021
SAMANTHA HERRMANN

ARTIFICIAL TURF DEBATE INTENSIFIES, FOR SOMERVILLE LOCALS AND ADVOCATES

A park on Somerville Avenue becomes the subject of a heated argument.

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SAMANTHA HERRMANN January 29, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

DEADLY DELAY: SOMERVILLE’S SAFE INJECTION SITE OPENING IS PUSHED BACK TO 2021

Spokespeople and public officials remain at conflict.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN December 14, 2020
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SARAH BETANCOURT

LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES PUSH FOR MORE COVID-19 DATA FROM PRISONS

“It’s always helpful to have transparency in reporting data … Especially when we’re dealing with people’s health and safety, and when people are dying.”

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SARAH BETANCOURT April 24, 2020
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JASON PRAMAS

HOW TO TALK TO YOUR FAMILY ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Including a sample Q&A that you can modify for use with your own family For most of us who pay close attention to the progress of the coronavirus pandemic over the last three months, talking to our families about how to stay safe and healthy can be difficult. People don’t

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JASON PRAMAS March 27, 2020
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JASON PRAMAS

QUESTION 1: THE ROAD NOT TRAVELLED

  A broader appeal could have resulted in a win for nurses and patients   There was no way I was going to criticize Question 1, prosaically dubbed the Nurse-Patient Assignment Limits Initiative, in advance of Election Day. As a longtime labor advocate, I didn’t think it would be appropriate

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JASON PRAMAS November 14, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART III)

No more manual labor for me, though. That was over, given my damaged vertebrae. This time any temp assignments I took had to make use of my writing, editing, and research skills—which I had developed over the previous few years, despite not having a college degree.

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JASON PRAMAS October 10, 2018
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JASON PRAMAS

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART II)

It should go without saying that in the days to come both Belden Electronics and the temp service they used to hire me, Manpower, refused to accept responsibility for my injury.

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JASON PRAMAS October 3, 2018
JASON PRAMAS

FROM INJURY TO ACTION: A LABOR DAY REMEMBRANCE (PART I)

I was first injured directly after leaving the last shift of a job in late March 1989. But it was not an actual job. It had neither security, nor benefits, nor decent wages. It was certainly labor, though.

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JASON PRAMAS September 5, 2018
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