Attend meetings Feb. 23 to March 1 in Somerville about an Armory plan and resident displacement
Public meetings this week look an Armory master plan, alternatives to rat-trap poison, resident displacement and aid to the unhoused, a students’ health survey trivia event delated from Feb. 1 and talk about a wage theft ordinance.
Poverty is a leading cause of death in the U.S.: Poor People’s Campaign seeks to heal that
Although the poor and low-income account for an astounding 40 percent of the U.S. population, their problems are not recognized by our nation’s policies, laws or legislation. As a result, 250,000 people die every year.
Somerville families are redirecting their wealth into community, starting with Comedy Studio
An informal group of approximately 20 families in Somerville is directing newfound wealth into an initiative to invest locally, seeking to blunt some effects of gentrification and ensure that properties and businesses remain in community hands.
Cambridge should end exclusionary zoning this City Council term
Everyone should have the option to live in every Cambridge neighborhood, not just people who can afford a single-family home.
MBTA readies its new $1B fare collection system, rolling ahead over questions of equity and value
The MBTA is preparing to launch its long-delayed, billion-dollar fare collection system – and with it, a crew of “fare engagement officials” who will check whether subway and bus riders have paid their fares and cite those who have not.
Less pavement and more trees for Jerry’s Pond brings delay of two weeks as plans are updated
Reclaiming North Cambridge’s fenced-in Jerry’s Pond as a public nature area will wait a little longer for approval as land owner IQHQ submits revised plans to eliminate more paving, make a wetlands area slightly bigger and put additional trees along Rindge Avenue.
Attend meetings in Somerville from Feb. 9-16 about displacement, disabilities and tobacco
Public meetings this week look at local compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, job creation and retention and displacement and gentrification, zoning changes and a potential regulation restricting the sale of tobacco products.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, with hip-hop dancing and writing sex scenes
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop dance, Valentine’s, Galentine’s, Mardi Gras, Lunar New Year and Black History celebrations, operatic ballet not seen since the 1700s, “How to Steal a Presidential Election” and the arts of writing love poetry and sex scenes.
Somerville Foundation, fresh from name change, expands mission without leaving youth behind
With a name change in December, the Somerville Education Foundation is now The Somerville Foundation and looking toward next steps.
Affordable homeownership program sees change that leaves some feeling stuck, worrying for heirs
Gratitude as a formula is improved to add home value is muted by its limitations and inheritance rules that could force children of owners to stay poor if they wanted to stay where they were raised. The program could also slow the availability of units.
