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Andrea Shapiro (founder and CEO) and Jessica Callaghan (program manager) sort donations at Second Chances. Photo by Kat Rutkin.
LINDA PINKOW

SECOND CHANCES FOR YOUR CLOTHES AND YOUR NEIGHBORS

Somerville nonprofit partners with service providers to match used clothing with people in need Do you need some motivation to get rid of those clothes taking up space in the back of your closet? Consider this: It’s relatively easy for you to get those clothes into the hands of people

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LINDA PINKOW May 10, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 12, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Sleep In Sleep Out event … and an SPD injury Articles EDITORIAL: SHIRA LAUCHAROEN SAYS GOODBYE After a wonderful year serving Somerville, the reporter begins new steps CITY PARTNERS WITH FENWAY HEALTH FOR SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE Managers, officials, and task force members say we must save people from overdoses Shorts

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN April 12, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: September 21, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

The results of the preliminary election, the Somerville Homeless Coalition’s Road Race, and the Ignite festival to take place in October

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN September 21, 2021
MICHAEL VENTURA

OPINION: A SOMERVILLE FREED FROM THE VIOLENCE OF EVICTION

Photo by Ben Ewen-Campen “The time has come for evictions to end for good in Somerville!” The Eviction Response Network is fighting for a Somerville freed from the violence that is eviction. We are Somerville tenants, workers, homeowners, and allies against eviction and united by the belief that housing is

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MICHAEL VENTURA June 15, 2021
Image courtesy of the Somerville Homeless Coalition
SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 6 — May 7, 2021

Services for the homeless, Nibble Kitchen pushes through the pandemic

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF May 7, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

CITY, MBTA RESPOND TO HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE CHARGES

Advocates say additions to benches in the Davis Square T stop send a striking message to the homeless

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN April 20, 2021
housing and affordability
JORDAN FRIAS

IN BOSTON, A REOPENED HOSPITAL BUILDING HOUSES INFECTED AND VULNERABLE

“We were realizing what a big problem this is. We needed to take a larger, more system-based response to it.”

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JORDAN FRIAS April 27, 2020
JASON PRAMAS

GREENFIELD BLUES

Homelessness is not just a big-city problem in Mass

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JASON PRAMAS August 7, 2018
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