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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 independent community news outlets for free—and by larger commercial news outlets and chains for a fee. Interested news organizations can contact us at somervillewire@binjonline.org

The public at large has free access to all Wire articles here at somervillewire.news. Somerville Wire articles are also syndicated by BINJ’s MassWire state news service at masswire.news.

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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.

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 ...
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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 ...
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Outdoor dining construction at Redbones, May 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

ANOTHER SEASON OF OUTDOOR DINING BEGINS

City still working to help restaurants survive (Somerville Wire) - Somerville’s dynamic restaurant industry is one of the pillars of ...
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Fall Cleanup 2021! Photo courtesy of East Somerville Main Streets.

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 26, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

East Somerville Cleanup, Boynton Yards Concerts, and Diane Esmond Showing Articles SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND ...
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Admirers get a preview of this year’s First Look exhibit at the Somerville Museum. Photo by Ron Newman.

SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS: VISIT ARTISTS AT HOME THIS WEEKEND

The theme of this year's event is SPACE (Somerville Wire) - More than 300 visual artists across Somerville will open ...
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A real Somerville fixer-upper. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

SOMERVILLE EXTENDS EVICTION MORATORIUM ONCE MORE

End date now June 30, 2022 (Somerville Wire) - After the City of Boston lifted its eviction moratorium on March ...
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Photo Credit: Sara Halawa

OPINION: COMMUNITY GATHERS FOR FILM SCREENING AND PANEL ON SCHOOL POLICING

On Monday, April 11, about 100 people attended a screening of the award winning documentary "On These Grounds". The documentary ...
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Signs in Davis Square, Somerville, April 2022. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

SOMERVILLE WIRE: APRIL 19, 2022 WEEKLY ROUNDUP

Yard waste, heating bills, summer jobs … and PorchFest! Articles EDITORIAL: NOW EVEN LESS NEWS IN SOMERVILLE DigBoston goes digital-only, ...
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Stephanie Scherpf and Jess White (right), co-directors of Center for Arts at the Armory. Courtesy photo.

ARTS AT THE ARMORY CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY WITH NEW CO-DIRECTOR

Jess White promoted to chief operating officer (Somerville Wire) - The Somerville Armory is changing. The former militia headquarters at ...
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DigBoston box among the boxes of defunct newspapers in Union Square, Somerville. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2022 Jason Pramas.

EDITORIAL: NOW EVEN LESS NEWS IN SOMERVILLE

DigBoston goes digital-only, yet another reason to donate to the Somerville Media Fund (Somerville Wire) - It's rare that a ...
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