The Somerville Wire—a former initiative of the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism—is a web-based news service covering Somerville, Massachusetts that is now sponsored by the Somerville Media Fund, an independent municipal journalism foundation that is also a former SNG/BINJ initiative.
This page is an archive of all articles produced by the Wire when it was run by BINJ.
The new incarnation of the Somerville Wire can now be found at somervillewire.news.
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SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 15, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
A proposal to extend the eviction moratorium, a theatrical reading, and Taste of Somerville’s new dining passport program. Welcome to ...
OPINION: A SOMERVILLE FREED FROM THE VIOLENCE OF EVICTION
Photo by Ben Ewen-Campen "The time has come for evictions to end for good in Somerville!" The Eviction Response Network ...
THE DATA IS IN ON SOMERVILLE’S PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISED CONSUMPTION SITE
Photo by AdobeStock A team of public health researchers ultimately concluded that Somerville would benefit from at least one supervised ...
ELDER ABUSE: INSIGHTS INTO THE UNDERRECOGNIZED PANDEMIC
One in ten elders lead troubled lives, but the issue is not commonly disclosed ...
SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 8, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Pride Month begins, a COVID ambassador program, and Union United hosts a walking tour relating to displacement Welcome to the ...
OPINION: THE CASE AGAINST BODY CAMERAS FOR SOMERVILLE POLICE
“Expanding the role and number of police officers inherently contradicts the mayor’s stated goal of eliminating systemic racism.” ...
ASIAN AMERICANS REFLECT ON RACISM, DISCRIMINATION
A newly formed group aims to identify what it means to be Asian in Somerville ...
WEST BRANCH LIBRARY ON TRACK TO OPEN SOON
The newly renovated space just opened for curbside service ...
AUDIO: WEEKLY WIRE — EPISODE 10 — JUNE 4, 2021
Kensington Connector Project installed; Finance Committee reflects on Somerville police reforms ...
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 ...