Somerville Archives

DETOXIFIED CONWAY PARK RETURNS TO SERVICE

Final ribbon-cutting to be held this Friday, 11 a.m. (Somerville Wire) – It’s been five years since Conway Park was discovered to be contaminated. In preparation for renovations to the 2.8-acre complex at 550 Somerville Avenue, a 2017 environmental site assessment found that chemicals had seeped into the soil, including

LINDA PINKOW May 24, 2022

DISPATCH FROM THE FIRST-ANNUAL BOSTON HOT SAUCE FESTIVAL

“Large or small, they may only have one or two sauces and it helps them get out in front of the public” Barry Shannon of Barry’s Hot Sauce and John Kasper, co-owner of Whitehouse Station Sauce Company, met at the NYC Hot Sauce Expo last October. It was a fun

MOLLY FARRAR May 18, 2022

Somerville porch flower. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

SOMERVILLE WIRE: MAY 17, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Can’t Eat at Jumbo’s & A Night In Bloom This Friday Articles COUNCIL WANTS COPS OFF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Final decision on using civilian flaggers to be made by Mayor Ballantyne and City staff The City Council has approved a resolution in favor of civilians taking control over traffic details at

LINDA PINKOW May 17, 2022

"A Message to the Future, 2021" by Julia Csekö, in collaboration with Eddie Maisonet. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Uhrhane.

SOMERVILLE ARTIST PAINTS MURAL IN JP

New work by Julia Csekö opens Saturday, May 21 (Somerville Wire) – As part of a long-term plan to uplift and celebrate the Stonybrook community in Jamaica Plain, Somerville-based artist Julia Csekö has created a new mural on an exterior wall of the Extra Space Storage facility at 141 McBride

LINDA PINKOW May 17, 2022

Road closure for Broadway bridge demolition March 2019. MassDOT, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

COUNCIL WANTS COPS OFF CONSTRUCTION DETAILS

Final decision on using civilian flaggers to be made by Mayor Ballantyne and City staff (Somerville Wire) – The City Council has approved a resolution in favor of civilians taking control over traffic details at construction sites. “I have never really understood why traffic details are exclusively worked by police

LINDA PINKOW May 17, 2022

Screenshot of Marc Levy and Jason Pramas video. Image by Jason Pramas.

VIDEO: JOURNALISTS DISCUSS PROBLEMS REPORTING RECENT DAVIS SQUARE DEATH

Share concerns about collapse of local news media and stonewalling by Somerville officials Early on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, a person died in the middle of Davis Square in Somerville, Mass., USA. No news outlet reported on it … and the City of Somerville and Somerville Police Department said nothing

MARC LEVY AND JASON PRAMAS May 13, 2022

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

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

LINDA PINKOW May 10, 2022

Andrea Shapiro (founder and CEO) and Jessica Callaghan (program manager) sort donations at Second Chances. Photo by Kat Rutkin.

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 the back of your closet? Consider this: It’s relatively easy for you to get those clothes into the hands of people

LINDA PINKOW May 10, 2022

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

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

PAT JEHLEN May 4, 2022

Fish house, Somerville. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

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

LINDA PINKOW May 3, 2022