An agreement to eschew “dark money” campaign funding is in place for three Somerville state representative races.
Candidates in three races for state rep in Somerville reject ‘dark money’ donations
Cambridge meetings, June 8-15: Two zoning laws that speed home construction are targeted for changes
Take part in meetings on calls to alter residential zoning and how to explain school incidents to families, and a roundtable about boosting business start-ups.
Somerville meetings, June 8-15: Budgeting for City Hall and the school department
Take part in meetings on municipal and school district budgeting and making a new school with environmentally sustainable practices.
In a rematch of Decker and MacKay, her challenger from 2024, good government remains the theme
Opening remarks addressed government transparency, and the candidates sparred – but mostly drifted from questions to follow rehearsed remarks.
Vigil brings family, friends and strangers together for man who died alone in Davis T station escalator
A candlelight vigil outside the Davis Square T station mourned Steven McCluskey, who died because people ignored him.
A second vote against ShotSpotter leaves no room for pushback, and over a member’s complaint
Councillors voted May 18 to turn off the system and remove its microphones within 90 days, and now again to ensure zero wiggle room for noncompliance.
Somerville police begin test of ‘co-response,’ bringing health professionals to some crises
The co-responders are on duty to during two four-hour blocks each week, but Somerville officials say they hope to expand the program.
Translator Ken Kronenberg has disturbing things to say about America in 2026, and they’re from Germany in the 1930s
Kronenberg is translating toxic German propaganda from the fascist era of eugenics, racism and slaughter as it seeps through U.S. political speech.
Somerville meetings, May 31-June 8: Ending waste outfall in public waters and razing the city’s ‘First Pizzeria’
Take part in meetings on Combined Sewer Overflows, homes at the Florentine Gardens and a fix for temperature issues at the Edgerly school.
Cambridge meetings, May 31-June 8: New homes, stopping the sewage and a gun buyback
Take part in meetings on changes that can reshape Cambridge Street, 92 homes for Rindge Avenue and ending sewage outflow into public waters.