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"Stop Abortion Bans Now" by Fibonacci Blue. CC-BY 2.0. Original photo cropped for the Somerville Wire by Jason Pramas.
PAT JEHLEN

OPINION: R.I.P. ROE?

Freedom is a constant struggle When my family moved to Massachusetts, my mother couldn’t legally get birth control or even learn about it. By the time I was in college, the Supreme Court had ensured that married women could get birth control, though unmarried women couldn’t. By the time our daughter was born, the

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PAT JEHLEN May 4, 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
KEN BROCINER

OPINION: TYING UP SOME LOOSE ENDS

Reflecting on the “Curtatone era” and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne’s time, so far While I realize that it’s possible that no one thought twice about something I wrote about Joe Curtatone in my last column, I regretted it immediately after seeing it in print on December 22. And I am not

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KEN BROCINER March 11, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: MARCH 1, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

James Beard Awards, a town hall with A.G. Maura Healey, and a Western Washington Street mobility improvements meeting Articles ARTIST PROFILE: SAKURAKO KANEMITSU How the musician brings a joy and love of piano to East Somerville PARENTS CALL FOR SWIFT ACTION ON BROWN SCHOOL PLAY YARD The deterioration of the

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN March 1, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: JANUARY 25, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

An honoring of outgoing city councilors, a Gilman Square public art search, and a Somerville Museum exhibit on chocolate Articles HOW DO WE KEEP ARTISTS IN SOMERVILLE? The City held a discussion of the Somerville Arts Space Risk Assessment BUSINESS PROFILE: RAZORS BARBERSHOP & SHAVE CO. Stop by Highland Avenue,

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 25, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

VACCINE MANDATE IN SOMERVILLE IS DEFEATED, 2-1

The Somerville policy would have required that proof of vaccination be shown at the door of certain indoor spaces A vaccine mandate for certain indoor businesses was defeated 2-1 by Somerville’s Board of Health on Thursday, after an earlier meeting was “bombed” by a group led by an Internet personality

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 20, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE VACCINE MANDATE VOTE WAS DISRUPTED BY A GROUP LED BY PEABODY INTERNET PERSONALITY

Officials expressed concern about comments that turned aggressive and violent Somerville’s Board of Health will try again Thursday to vote on a vaccine mandate for certain indoor businesses after a delay Friday caused by a group crashing its virtual meeting, unleashing heated barbs that officials called “aggressive” and “violent.” The

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 19, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: January 18, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day, banning hostile architecture, and Washington Street Gallery’s call for art Articles MAYOR KATJANA BALLANTYNE RELEASES 100 DAY AGENDA Addressing the COVID crisis stands as a chief concern THE LYNDELL’S TRANSCRIPT: WHAT LIES AHEAD A look into the future of the historic bakery Special Section:

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 18, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

MAYOR KATJANA BALLANTYNE RELEASES 100 DAY AGENDA

Addressing the COVID crisis stands as a chief concern (Somerville Wire) – Mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced her 100 Day “Somerville Progress for All” agenda on Jan. 12, outlining her vision “for an administration that is inclusive and transparent, examines every issue through an equity lens, and strives to ensure progress

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 18, 2022
SHIRA LAUCHAROEN

SOMERVILLE WIRE: January 4, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Katjana Ballantyne sworn in as mayor, Somerville recognized as a Global Climate-Action Leader, and the Co-Incidence Festival takes off Articles BOARD OF HEALTH TO VOTE ON PROOF OF VACCINATION POLICY While facing questions about the fate of small businesses, the Board postponed the vote to mid-January BUSINESS PROFILE: DOÑA ESTELA

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SHIRA LAUCHAROEN January 4, 2022
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