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Somerville residents participate in 90 Washington design workshop. Photo by 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

MOLLY FARRAR August 9, 2022

"Somerville, Mystic Avenue, Service Station" by MIT-Libraries is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.

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

LINDA PINKOW August 2, 2022

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

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

LINDA PINKOW August 2, 2022

Photo courtesy of the City of Somerville, Mass.

CURB USAGE TO CHANGE

Last chance to weigh in on proposed new rules; final report expected this summer (Somerville Wire) – Since last summer, the City has been studying possible changes to its rules governing parking and other curb use. The study will be coming to an end soon, as the final report is

LINDA PINKOW August 2, 2022

"Pie" by Eric Ferdinand is licensed under CC-BY 2.0

SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE: MAJOR FUNDERS NEED TO GIVE EQUALLY TO ALL NONPROFIT NEWS OUTLETS

Because the current practice of “every outlet for itself” is absolutely failing to rebuild local news in the US The original mandate of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism was to produce longform investigative reporting and syndicate it to independent community news outlets around Massachusetts that cannot afford to produce

JASON PRAMAS July 29, 2022

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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

LINDA PINKOW July 26, 2022

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

LINDA PINKOW July 26, 2022

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

JASON PRAMAS July 26, 2022

Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

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

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.

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

ALESSANDRA SEITER July 21, 2022