Archive for the ‘Featured’ Category

Face-Off

Across Massachusetts, town youth hockey programs are battling select clubs for players and ice time. How is Somerville Youth Hockey responding?

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Still waiting…

Almost six years after the city made its initial push to attract life science businesses, the industry has seen little growth in Somerville. Can we expect it soon?

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The Sound Between Two Lous

How Opensound co-directors Lou Bunk and Lou Cohen took different paths to end up in the same strange echo chamber.

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Carrying the Flag

How the Dilboy VFW was used to rescue an embattled condo project, and got shut down in the process.

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In the Ring and off the Streets

The Somerville Youth Development and Boxing Club steps forward.

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You Are (Still) Being Watched

The Somerville Police Department hopes to expand its network of surveillance cameras.
Will the public have a say?

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Married to the Music

Musicians Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola are so filled with ideas that even their side projects have side projects.

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The Path to Progress?

Waste Management has generated more than $7 million for Somerville in the last 10 years. The termination of its lease offers some insight into the City’s economic plans.

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Praying Out Loud

Before she could spread her message of peaceful inclusiveness – and find a home at Somerville’s groundbreaking temple – Rabbi Eliana Jacobowitz had to forge her own untraditional trail.

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Confessions of a Defector

Why I left Somerville, and why I sometimes wish I hadn’t By Shannon Cain Arnold Parking in Davis Square on a Friday night is a pain. Yes, I just realized this. No, I’m not a newcomer to the city who is just learning the ropes. I’m a 30-year-old defector who’s just now learning what she…

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