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Ethical procurement policy proposal names Israel and Palestine, and opponents cite antisemitism
The bottom of ‘Swan Lake’
They Might Be Giants play the hits for the hometown crowd
Author Foster Hirsch introduces us to the dark side of the screen
Retail mecca Assembly Row adds the thing demanded in years of surveys: a weekly farmers market
Cambridge shouldn’t be too shocked a city manager can change their mind, city manager says
Somerville prepares to pave a green path along the Mystic connecting Ten Hills with neighbors
Cambridge meetings, June 15-22: Deciding businesses for Cambridge Street and North Mass. Ave.
Somerville meetings, June 15-22: Somerville Avenue bike lanes and crunch time for budgeting
Moxy Hotel project is moving forward on the city line with 145 guest rooms
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An “ethical procurement” policy for Somerville got discussion and a referral to committee on Thursday that brought signs and chants back to City Hall, along with testimony about genocide overseas and antisemitism and fear locally. The ordinance from councilors Ben Ewen-Campen and Ben Wheeler calls on the...
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This article contains details about media that addresses sexual and psychological abuse, self-harm and eating disorders. “Black Swan” was first a movie about Nina, a dancer who will go to any length to play the part of the Swan Queen in her ballet company’s production of “Swan...
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A groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the Shore Drive Greenway marks the coming of a connection of Somerville with neighboring communities as significant as the opening of the Green Line Extension Community Path three years ago – but with trees. The greenway project brings a 12-footwide shared path...
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A weekly open-air farmers market launched Friday in Somerville’s Assembly Row with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and speeches, which mayor Jake Wilson accomplished in a suit (befitting his station) and holding a rapidly melting popsicle (in recognition of 84-degree heat). “I hereby endorse these popsicles,” Wilson said, and,...
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These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city’s Open Meetings Portal. ‘Active uses’ along corridors Ordinance Committee, 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday. This committee run by city councillors Marc McGovern...
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A hotel plan straddling the Cambridge-Somerville line at McGrath Highway heads to the Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday and Planning Board on Thursday. The revised, six-story Moxy Hotel is 145 rooms, down from the 199-room AC Hotel proposed in 2023 – though the first permits were...
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“Noir City Boston,” a noir film festival currently running at the Brattle, kicked off Friday with a pair of films introduced by noted author, professor (Brooklyn College) and film critic, Foster Hirsch. Hirsch has been a fixture at the festival over the years, lending the audience a...
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When Yi-An Huang released a memo late Wednesday announcing Ahern Field in East Cambridge would keep its natural grass, community members didn’t just feel surprised by the decision – they felt shock that a city manager had changed their mind. Yes, staff had just confirmed to city...
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These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City of Somerville website. Funding $376.8M for fiscal ’27 City Council Finance Committee, 6 p.m. Monday. This committee run by city councilor Ben Wheeler considers s $376.8 million...
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A 20-something wearing a wizard’s cap was spotted walking east along Lansdowne Street last Friday around dinnertime. It’s a wacky neighborhood, but it’s not that wacky. There was really only one destination to which this budding Gandalf was headed: the first night of the two-night They Might...
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