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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 17, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

A mayoral debate, a Ward 7 city council debate, and Scape Davis Square LLC will hold a public meeting

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 17, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

MAYORAL AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES RESPOND TO HOUSING QUESTIONNAIRE, PART 2

The Somerville Fair Housing Commission compiled a Fair Housing questionnaire for mayoral and City Council candidates to respond to. The Somerville Wire will be publishing the completed questionnaire in a six part series. The second is included below. (Somerville Wire) – What do you think are the most common forms

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 17, 2021
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: A LOOK AT THE RACES IN WARDS 5 AND 7

Ken Brociner weighs in on two candidates running for City Council.

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KEN BROCINER August 11, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 10, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

A kite festival, a mayoral candidates forum for issues relating to elders, and the City urges residents to access housing assistance

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 10, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: August 4, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

ONCE begins outdoor performances, the City urges people to mask indoors, and polling sites move to new locations

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN August 4, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

COMMUNITY MEMBERS REFLECT ON STEPHENSON AMAN’S EXCLUSION FROM ORS FORUM

City council candidate turned in a late questionnaire, triggering a series of events that led to a debate on equity in Somerville politics

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 29, 2021
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S DSA CANDIDATES AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE

“The last thing we need in the fight against the far-right’s attacks against everything we hold dear is for our fellow progressives to use the kind of rhetoric (like “defund the police”) that reinforces negative stereotypes about Democrats and plays right into the hands of the Republican Party.”

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KEN BROCINER June 24, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 22, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

The eviction moratorium is prolonged, City Council candidate Stephenson Aman barred from an ORS forum, and the annual Fourth of July fireworks

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 22, 2021
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BUDGET CRITICIZED BY COMMISSIONS

RSJ Director Denise Molina Capers calls allowing public testimony on her presentation to the Finance Committee unprecedented, Mayor Curtatone agrees (Somerville Wire) – On June 7, the Finance Committee of the Somerville City Council held a meeting, during which Director of the Racial and Social Justice Office (RSJ) Denise Molina

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN June 18, 2021
Somerville Live Wire - Episode 4 - YouTube 2021-06-08 10-43-30
SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF

VIDEO: SOMERVILLE’S ‘CORRIDOR OF DEATH’

Somerville Live Wire — Episode 4 Episode 4 discusses the Somerville “Corridor of Death”—McGrath Highway between Broadway and Route 38/Mystic Ave.—and how community advocates are fighting to make it safer for pedestrians and bikers. Guests: Wig Zamore of Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership and Community Assessment of Freeway Exposures and Health

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SOMERVILLE WIRE STAFF June 3, 2021
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