MENUMENU
  • About Us
        • Mission
        • Financials
        • Contact Us
        • Team Bios
        • Reporters
        • Press Room
        • TRANSPARENCY
  • Reports
        • Features
        • News Map
        • Arts
        • Columns
        • Working Projects
        • Pitch a Project
  • Events
        • Upcoming EventsUpcoming BINJ Events
        • Past EventsPast BINJ Events
  • BINJ Network
        • Reporting Partnerships
        • Work with BINJ
  • Services
        • Journalism Consulting
          • BINJ in a Box
          • Speaking
  • Community Impact
        • Journalism Education
          • Community Journalism 101 Workshops
          • Investigative Reporting Workshop
          • Journalism Research Methods Workshop
          • Neighborhood Media School
        • Community Interaction
          • Pop-Up Newsrooms
          • Community Summits
  • Signup for BINJ newsletter
  • Somerville Wire

BINJ

Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

Somerville Wire

The Somerville Wire—an initiative of the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism—is a web-based news service covering Somerville, Massachusetts. Its content is produced by professional journalists, area residents trained as journalists at SNG’s Neighborhood Media School, and Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism and DigBoston interns. All articles published on the Wire are available for republishing by other community news outlets for free—and by larger commercial news outlets for a fee. Interested news outlets can contact us at somervillewire@binjonline.org

The public at large has free access to all Wire articles here at somervillewire.news.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE SOMERVILLE WIRE EMAIL NEWSLETTER FOR WEEKLY ROUNDUPS OF OUR LATEST ARTICLES AND INVITATIONS TO SPECIAL EVENTS HERE: http://eepurl.com/hpBYPv


April 9, 2021
"Somerville Police are on hand" by -nanio- is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE – EPISODE 2 – APRIL 9, 2021

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, Somerville is working to reimagine public safety in the city Welcome ...
Read More
April 6, 2021
SOMERVILLE WIRE: April 6, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

SOMERVILLE WIRE: April 6, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Will Mbah begins a run for mayor, Virginia Hussey campaigns for city councilor, and a native plants ordinance is passed ...
Read More
April 6, 2021
CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF POLICE TAKES ROOT IN SOMERVILLE

CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT OF POLICE TAKES ROOT IN SOMERVILLE

The agency’s structure will be developed through a community process ...
Read More
April 6, 2021
LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES ENGAGE READERS DURING COVID

LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES ENGAGE READERS DURING COVID

Miniature houses provide page-turners to people of all ages ...
Read More
April 2, 2021
"Prospect Hill Tower - 3/4 Angle" by Eric Kilby is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

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

Listen to the new podcast from the Somerville Wire ...
Read More
March 30, 2021
SOMERVILLE WIRE: March 30, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

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 ...
Read More
March 30, 2021
TEAR GAS BAN HEADED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION

TEAR GAS BAN HEADED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION

The ordinance was a topic of contention at a Legislative Matters Committee meeting ...
Read More
March 30, 2021
SOMERVILLE WORKER CENTER COMBATS INJUSTICES

SOMERVILLE WORKER CENTER COMBATS INJUSTICES

The new organization has been defending worker rights and advancing education ...
Read More
March 23, 2021
SOMERVILLE WIRE: March 23, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

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 ...
Read More
March 23, 2021
POLS, ADVOCATES RESPOND TO MCGRATH HIGHWAY PLAN

POLS, ADVOCATES RESPOND TO MCGRATH HIGHWAY PLAN

Leaders and community members call for more change to MassDOT’s design ...
Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 9
  • ›
Loading...

Explore BINJ
Topics
Education
Criminal Justice
Engagement
Housing
Environment
Immigration
Opioids
Throwback
Transportation
Columns
Apparent Horizon
Terms of Service
Townie
Crowdfunded Projects
CROWDFUND: FILMING INTERVENING GETTING HIGH TEAM (F.I.G.H.T.)
CROWDFUND: HISTORY REPORTING
CROWDFUND: HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY
CROWDFUND: MANCHESTER DIVIDED
CROWDFUND: MUSIC & ARTS
CROWDFUND: POLICE, PRISONS & PAROLE
CROWDFUND: SOMERVILLE NEWS GARDEN
CROWDFUND: TRANSPORTATION
Events
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Somerville Wire
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Search in posts
Search in pages
BINJ publishes through multiple local and national partners including ...

Alternet
How Massachusetts Became Ground-Zero for Corporate Education Privatization
Boston Metro
Mass. considers new road fees, commissions yet another traffic study
Bay State Banner
In 1850s Boston, slave case sparked conflict
DigBoston
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Guns In Mass (But Were Afraid To Ask
El Planeta
Datos Reveladores Sobre El Uso De Pistolas Paralizantes Por Policías De Ma
KillerBoomBox
Around My Way: Jefe Replay is a Rox Star
Muckrock
A Close Look at Tasers in Massachusetts
The Shoestring
Hampshire County has the most violent small jail in the state, and one of the least transparent
Valley Advocate
Paramilitary Policing Infiltrates Western Mass
Watertown Tab
Who knew Boston cops were injured in the Watertown shootout? Who didn’t?
Worcester Magazine
Children and Swat Raids: An Unintended Consequence

Copyright © 2021 · Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism | Massachusetts Media Fund · Log in