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Who can challenge Charlie Baker in ’22?

February 19, 2021 By NorthShoreGrandma

This excellent opinion piece by Somerville mayor Joe Curtatone reminded me that there had been some discussion on this site of Curtatone as a possible Democratic candidate for governor. Until this week, I'd been thinking that Charlie … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: #magov, Ben Downing, charlie-baker, joe-curtatone, somerville

Natural Gas Leaks: Methane Management

June 13, 2014 By gmoke

This summer, the Squeaky Leak Project (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/squeaky-leak--2#home) will drive down every street in Cambridge and Somerville, MA with a high-precision methane analyzer and map all the natural gas leaks in these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, cambridge, greenhouse-gas, heet, ma, methane, natural-gas, somerville

Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring

March 10, 2014 By gmoke

HEET [Home Energy Efficiency Team http://www.heetma.com ], a Cambridge, MA nonprofit which organizes public weatherization parties and barnraisings, is crowd funding a natural gas leak monitoring project in Cambridge and Somerville. Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, bu, cambridge, climate-change, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, heat, heet, massachusetts, methane, Nathan Phillips, natural-gas, somerville

In Big Letters, News of Markey’s Election Reaches Somerville Last Weekend

July 1, 2013 By dougdavidoff

Passing through Davis Square in Somerville on Saturday, I chanced to read the latest news on the ticker above Middlesex Federal Savings Bank. Powered by www.WickedLocalSomerville.com, the ticker reported that U.S. Rep. Ed Markey had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: davis-square, ed-markey, ma-sen, Middlesex-Federal-Savings-Bank, somerville, Ticker, U.S. Senate 2013 special election, WickedLocalSomerville, youtube

Somerville Democratic Caucus is Postponed

February 10, 2013 By Katie Wallace

The Somerville Democratic City Committee has cancelled Monday night's caucus at Somerville High School. New date to be announced. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: caucus, democrats, somerville

Wal-Mart: Act like Costco if you want to do business in Somerville

November 9, 2011 By amfriedman

I just read local officials' and candidates' responses to questions about WalMart in the latest Somerville Scout and thought I would share an insight. Costco pays its workers an average wage of $17.00 per hour. Wal-Mart pays its workers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: big-box-ordinance, living-wage, local-politics, somerville, wal-mart

A Policy Wonk Runs for Local Office

June 1, 2011 By christinebarber

Greetings BMGers! My name is Christine Barber and I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to you. I’m a candidate in the open seat race to represent Somerville’s Ward 4 on our city’s Board of Aldermen. I would love to have your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Board of Aldermen, Christine Barber, election, health-care, policy wonk, progressive, somerville

Somerville jobs rally and picket line shuts down work at MaxPac

March 4, 2011 By Rand Wilson

"Support from the Board of Alderman has been strong, but we have to keep the pressure on," said Jack Lister, also from Somerville and a leader of the Heat Frost & Insulators Local 6.   "We really need more local jobs," said Roger … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: jobs, maxpac, save-our-somerville, somerville, somerville-community-corp.

Grateful for Jarrett Barrios endorsement

August 24, 2010 By tim-flaherty

Last week, our campaign was humbled and honored to earn the support and endorsement of former State Senator Jarrett Barrios. I'll post more on this later, but I wanted you to hear what he had to say about this campaign for state senate - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: allston, barrios, brighton, cambridge, charlestown, chelsea, everett, flaherty, ma, progressive, revere, saugus, senate, somerville

My Notes From State Senate Candidates Forum

April 12, 2010 By cos

In the first round, every candidate was asked what their top priority issue is, and about the #1 thing they'd do in the state senate.  The answers were quite uniform:Top issue: Jobs. What would you do in the Senate: Oppose cuts in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: allston, boston, cambridge, charlestown, chelsea, dan-hill, denise-simmons, dennis-benzan, election-2010, everett, massachusetts, michael-albano, revere, sal-didomenici, saugus, somerville, tim-flaherty

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