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PAT JEHLEN

OPINION: TROUBLE WITH A CAPITAL T

People are furious at the state of the MBTA: the fatality, the fire, the explosion, the derailments, the injuries, the delays, the actual and proposed cuts in service, the month-long closure of the Orange and Green Line. In 2009, two reports looked at Gov. Cellucci’s 1999 Forward Funding plan, which was developed

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PAT JEHLEN September 6, 2022
LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 30, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Sanctuary City Coming to Somerville Museum … and More! Article CONNECTING FAMILIES WITH RESOURCES Interactive database offers access to programs, knowledge for children and caregivers   Shorts City Promotes Overdose Awareness, Addiction Recovery In recognition of International Overdose Awareness Day on Wednesday, Aug. 31, and Recovery Month in September, the

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LINDA PINKOW August 30, 2022
LINDA PINKOW

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

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LINDA PINKOW August 30, 2022
Bus or Billboard? Union Square, Somerville, Mass., August 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
LINDA PINKOW

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

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LINDA PINKOW August 23, 2022
New Parts and Crafts space in July 2022. Photo courtesy of Parts and Crafts.
LINDA PINKOW

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

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LINDA PINKOW August 23, 2022
Lost Somerville. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
LINDA PINKOW

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

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LINDA PINKOW August 16, 2022
Photo credit: Somerville Community Land Trust board and volunteers in front of 7 Summer Street. Photo courtesy of the Somerville Community Land Trust.
LINDA PINKOW

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

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LINDA PINKOW August 16, 2022
LINDA PINKOW

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

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LINDA PINKOW August 9, 2022
Somerville residents participate in 90 Washington design workshop. Photo by Molly Farrar.
MOLLY FARRAR

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

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MOLLY FARRAR August 9, 2022
"Somerville, Mystic Avenue, Service Station" by MIT-Libraries is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 2, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Free Meals for Youth, “Moving Wall” Veterans Memorial, and More! Articles TENANTS RALLY IN FRONT OF 6-8 MORTIMER PLACE Protest “tidal wave of gentrification sweeping the new Green Line Extension corridor” https://binj.news/2022/08/02/tenants-rally-in-front-of-6-8-mortimer-place/ CURB USAGE TO CHANGE Last chance to weigh in on proposed new rules; final report expected this summer

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LINDA PINKOW August 2, 2022
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