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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE – EPISODE 1 – APRIL 2, 2021

Listen to the new podcast from the Somerville Wire

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF April 2, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: March 30, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Denise Molina Capers appointed as City’s first racial and social justice director, a Civilian Oversight meeting, and a vaccination clinic for veterans.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 30, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: March 23, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Willie Burnley Jr. announces campaign for City Councilor, an ordinance banning and regulating the use of tear gas and other weapons meets resistance, while a civilian oversight meeting will take place this week.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 23, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: March 16, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Katjana Ballantyne runs for Mayor, Judy Pineda Neufeld campaigns for City Councilor title, and SPESO holds a rally in support of reopening schools.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 16, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: March 9, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Somerville High School building opens, Charlotte Kelly launches a campaign, and the Union Square Projection Series hosts a panel.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 9, 2021
JULIET ISSELBACHER

PSYCHEDELIC SYNERGY

You’re not hallucinating—there is actually agreement and momentum toward psychedelic decriminalization in Mass.

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JULIET ISSELBACHER March 9, 2021
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JASON PRAMAS

WHAT IS THE SOMERVILLE WIRE?

BINJ staff and Somerville News Garden volunteers have not undertaken this effort to compete with existing or future news outlets in Somerville. We are simply working on creating a replicable model that cities and towns around Massachusetts and the US can use to stop their municipalities from turning into “news deserts,” in the parlance of journalism academics.

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JASON PRAMAS February 23, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: FEB. 9, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Vaccine call-in lines, new artist spaces, and Laura’s Law.

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN February 9, 2021
JORDAN FRIAS

FROM MASS TESTING TO MASS INOCULATION: A COVID RESPONSE IN THREE SCENES

Jordan Frias has reported on the response to COVID-19 through our Pandemic Democracy Project for nearly a year. Published together below, his three latest dispatches from the field show the movements of public health workers and officials on the ground, as they continue testing for coronavirus and attempt to get as many vaccines into biceps as possible.

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JORDAN FRIAS February 3, 2021
JEAN TROUNSTINE

DISPATCH FROM THE DISASTROUS DOC HEARING ON ITS SNAIL MAIL OVERHAUL

Department in denial that officers smuggle in drugs. Prisoner advocates cry foul.

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JEAN TROUNSTINE February 1, 2021
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