ONCE begins outdoor performances, the City urges people to mask indoors, and polling sites move to new locations
COMMUNITY MEMBERS REFLECT ON STEPHENSON AMAN’S EXCLUSION FROM ORS FORUM
City council candidate turned in a late questionnaire, triggering a series of events that led to a debate on equity in Somerville politics
OPINION: SOMERVILLE’S DSA CANDIDATES AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE
“The last thing we need in the fight against the far-right’s attacks against everything we hold dear is for our fellow progressives to use the kind of rhetoric (like “defund the police”) that reinforces negative stereotypes about Democrats and plays right into the hands of the Republican Party.”
SOMERVILLE WIRE: June 22, 2021 WEEKLY ROUNDUP
The eviction moratorium is prolonged, City Council candidate Stephenson Aman barred from an ORS forum, and the annual Fourth of July fireworks
RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE BUDGET CRITICIZED BY COMMISSIONS
RSJ Director Denise Molina Capers calls allowing public testimony on her presentation to the Finance Committee unprecedented, Mayor Curtatone agrees (Somerville Wire) – On June 7, the Finance Committee of the Somerville City Council held a meeting, during which Director of the Racial and Social Justice Office (RSJ) Denise Molina Capers presented a proposed budget […]