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The Prisoner? Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: MAY 10, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

COVID-19 Risk High Again, Farmers Markets Reopening, and Library Offers Tech Support Article 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

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LINDA PINKOW May 10, 2022
CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA

SACRED SPACES: SPECIAL MOSQUE EDITION

Photo of Nigerian Islamic Society of Massachusetts by Derek Kouyoumjian While many Christians have been pushed out of their longtime places of worship, Muslims have spent decades configuring residential and commercial buildings The soaring brick facade of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC), nestled between neighboring Roxbury Community

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CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA May 5, 2022
Fish house, Somerville. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: MAY 3, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Proakis Seeking Job in Watertown, Youth March for Peace, and More Articles ANOTHER SEASON OF OUTDOOR DINING BEGINS City still working to help restaurants survive ICYMI: DONATE TO THE SOMERVILLE MEDIA FUND! Somerville Media Center and BINJ join forces to create municipal foundation to support nonprofit community journalism Shorts Proakis

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LINDA PINKOW May 3, 2022
Outdoor dining construction at Redbones, May 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
LINDA PINKOW

ANOTHER SEASON OF OUTDOOR DINING BEGINS

City still working to help restaurants survive (Somerville Wire) – Somerville’s dynamic restaurant industry is one of the pillars of the local economy. To keep it from collapsing during the unique challenges of the past two years, city leaders altered some licensing rules to make it a little easier for

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LINDA PINKOW May 3, 2022
Fall Cleanup 2021! Photo courtesy of East Somerville Main Streets.
LINDA PINKOW AND JASON PRAMAS

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

East Somerville Cleanup, Boynton Yards Concerts, and Diane Esmond Showing Articles SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND The theme of this year’s event is SPACE SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE End date now June 30, 2022 OPINION: COMMUNITY GATHERS FOR FILM SCREENING AND PANEL ON SCHOOL

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LINDA PINKOW AND JASON PRAMAS April 26, 2022
Signs in Davis Square, Somerville, April 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
LINDA PINKOW

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 19, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Yard waste, heating bills, summer jobs … and PorchFest! Articles EDITORIAL: NOW EVEN LESS NEWS IN SOMERVILLE DigBoston goes digital-only, yet another reason to donate to the Somerville Media Fund https://binj.news/2022/04/19/editorial-now-even-less-news-in-somerville/ ARTS AT THE ARMORY CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY WITH NEW CO-DIRECTOR Jess White promoted to chief operating officer https://binj.news/2022/04/19/arts-at-the-armory-continues-its-journey-with-new-co-director/  

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LINDA PINKOW April 19, 2022
Stephanie Scherpf and Jess White (right), co-directors of Center for Arts at the Armory. Courtesy photo.
LINDA PINKOW

ARTS AT THE ARMORY CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY WITH NEW CO-DIRECTOR

Jess White promoted to chief operating officer (Somerville Wire) – The Somerville Armory is changing. The former militia headquarters at 191 Highland Ave. was owned since 2004 by Joseph and Nabil Sater, owners of the Middle East nightclub and restaurant in Cambridge, who invested in substantial renovations to create spaces

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LINDA PINKOW April 19, 2022
DigBoston box among the boxes of defunct newspapers in Union Square, Somerville. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.
JASON PRAMAS

EDITORIAL: NOW EVEN LESS NEWS IN SOMERVILLE

DigBoston goes digital-only, yet another reason to donate to the Somerville Media Fund (Somerville Wire) – It’s rare that a journalist writes an editorial about an editorial, but careful readers may note that the principals of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism—Chris Faraone, John Loftus, and me—also run the commercial

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JASON PRAMAS April 19, 2022
JON LAMSON

WHERE CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR STAND ON THE ENVIRONMENT

Pictured: Weymouth Compressor Station With multiple ongoing environmental fights in the state, our next governor will have major power to protect residents’ health and prosperity Amid ongoing fights over the proposed East Boston substation, a proposed Peabody gas power plant, and the Weymouth compressor station, the race to succeed Charlie

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JON LAMSON April 14, 2022
ASHLEY PETTUS

PHONE CHECK

  Mass is still gouging the families of prisoners on phone fees. Will lawmakers finally change that? For the past 10 years, Beverly Ross has spent hundreds of dollars a month on a middle-school teacher’s salary to ensure that her son knows his father, who is incarcerated in a Massachusetts

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ASHLEY PETTUS April 11, 2022
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