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CAAS Tenant Rally on July 29, 2022. Photo courtesy of Community Action Agency of Somerville.
LINDA PINKOW

TENANTS RALLY IN FRONT OF 6-8 MORTIMER PLACE

Protest “tidal wave of gentrification sweeping the new Green Line Extension corridor” (Somerville Wire) – Responding to soaring rents and increasing economic uncertainty, the Community Action Agency of Somerville organized a protest last Friday in support of three Brazilian families who are at imminent risk of displacement in September, after

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LINDA PINKOW August 2, 2022
Photo courtesy of AACA
SUSAN CHIN

OPINION: CREATING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN SOMERVILLE

I am a longtime community services program developer and I wanted to share some good news with my friends in Somerville: The Asian American Civic Association is working with the City of Somerville to diversify its workforce.  The partnership will provide its low-income residents access to job training programs at

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SUSAN CHIN August 1, 2022
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LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: July 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

City Seeks Poll Workers, 35 McGrath Highway Development Proposal, and More! Articles STREET TREES NEED YOUR LOVE Residents encouraged to water and protect saplings during drought   DAVIS SQUARE DEVELOPER PLANS LAB SPACE AS SMALL BUSINESSES AWAIT UNKNOWN FATE “The Sligos of the world might become history a lot quicker

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LINDA PINKOW July 26, 2022
LINDA PINKOW

STREET TREES NEED YOUR LOVE

Residents encouraged to water and protect saplings during drought (Somerville Wire) – Have you ever thought about becoming a tree parent? Urban trees typically suffer from inadequate water and nutrient availability, small growing spaces, poor soil quality, and various harmful human behaviors. Our public trees, especially our young ones, need

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LINDA PINKOW July 26, 2022
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JASON PRAMAS

EDITORIAL: SOMERVILLE MEDIA FUND GIVES FIRST TWO GRANTS

Somerville Media Center and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism get equal shares of donations raised from community members I’m pleased to report that about 20 Somervillians became the first donors to the new Somerville Media Fund this spring. Generously giving $2,330.02 to help the Fund’s initial two member news organizations—Somerville

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JASON PRAMAS July 26, 2022
Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
RÓNÁN FITZGERALD

DAVIS SQUARE DEVELOPER PLANS LAB SPACE AS SMALL BUSINESSES AWAIT UNKNOWN FATE

“The Sligos of the world might become history a lot quicker than people might think” (Somerville Wire) – Scape North America, the US arm of the UK-based company of the same name that has for years planned to build in Davis Square, is set to officially propose its new project

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RÓNÁN FITZGERALD July 26, 2022
Collage by Jason Pramas, CC-BY-SA 2.0. Mailing Junk back to Junk Mailers by Oran Viriyincy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Somerville PD Ford Police Interceptor Utility by Jason Lawrence. CC-BY 2.0.
ALESSANDRA SEITER

LETTER: ARTICLE ON COUNCIL DEBATE OVER SHANNON GRANT ‘HEAVILY FAVORS SUPPORTERS’

Hi there, My name is Alessandra Seiter, and I’m a Somerville resident, a librarian, and a monthly supporter of BINJ. I’m incredibly grateful for the work y’all do in providing local news coverage (so we don’t have to rely on Twitter), and in empowering residents to report on their own

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ALESSANDRA SEITER July 21, 2022
LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: July 19, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Nonprofits Win Cummings Grants, Mobile Farmers Market, and More! Article SUMMER VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM APPROVED With shootings on the rise, councilors debate funding for annual regional policing initiative   Shorts Somerville Nonprofits Win Cummings $100K Grants Five Somerville-based community organizations were among the 140 Boston-area nonprofits to receive grants of

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LINDA PINKOW July 19, 2022
Somerville PD Ford Police Interceptor Utility by Jason Lawrence. CC-BY 2.0.
LINDA PINKOW

SUMMER VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM APPROVED

With shootings on the rise, councilors debate funding for annual regional policing initiative A state-funded grant that has been used for many years by the Somerville Police to combat youth violence was subjected to two heated discussions last week, before being approved by the City Council. The question was whether

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LINDA PINKOW July 19, 2022
OLIVIA DENG

CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER CRISIS

A crowd gathered in front of the Massachusetts State House on May 3 to protest the leaked Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Olivia Deng) The “industry is a sophisticated global network led by anti-abortion organizations.” In Mass, they outnumber actual abortion clinics 3 to 1 Kaylee started

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OLIVIA DENG July 18, 2022
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