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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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INTERSECTIONAL POLITICS (A CRASH-NOT-ACCIDENT REPORT)

INTERSECTIONAL POLITICS (A CRASH-NOT-ACCIDENT REPORT)

When it comes to bike safety and infrastructure in Greater Boston, there’s a dangerous gap between the promises that cities ...
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EIGHT ISN’T ENOUGH

EIGHT ISN’T ENOUGH

A Somerville Housing Needs Assessment report notes that the majority of units at risk of losing their affordability are located ...
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THE OUTSIDERS

THE OUTSIDERS

Kicked out of home and misunderstood by social service providers, homeless LGBTQ youth often have nowhere to turn Author’s Note: ...
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SNUBWAY

SNUBWAY

This may help explain why you’ve had so much trouble renting and returning public bikes in Boston By most measures, the Hubway ...
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STATE OF THE BOSTON COMEDY UNION

STATE OF THE BOSTON COMEDY UNION

Seven comics. Two hours. One historic summit on the state of stand-up comedy in the Hub. Mr. Mayor, Mr. Governor, ...
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TURF WAR

TURF WAR

The saga of gentrification in Somerville is playing out in the city’s youth sports leagues Longtime volunteer Bob Schofield, well known ...
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