On April 11th, over 200 Somerville High School (SHS) students kept their mouths shut all day – no easy task for teenagers. Up until the last bell, they communicated with teachers and each other using hand signals or by writing on white boards...
Ducks and boaters don’t seem to mind, but many humans and associations do, and so does the Environmental Protection Agency. The water in the Mystic River is consistently graded “D” for its poor quality. More on this story!
To cap his series on affordable housing, Somerville Neighborhood News reporter Peter Balonon-Rosen, a senior at Tufts University, sat down with Professor Emeritus Reebee Garofalo.
Somerville Neighborhood News reports on the recent protests held by Tufts University students in favor of janitors and against poor treatment of sexual violence victims. Read more on this story.
Attend two demonstrations at Tufts and hear from workers and students, head out on the Mystic River, learn about the Gay-Straight Alliance at the Somerville High School, hear from seniors about issues impacting them.
Last fall, the Somerville Police Department welcomed nine new officers into it’s midst. Many female candidates for the nine open positions, but only one made it through the training: Cassandra Goncalves.
Climate change is the most devastating issue that our world faces right now, and we all feel that Somerville can do it’s part to say ‘We don’t stand for this,’” Shoshana Blank of Fossil Free Somerville told the Somerville Neighborhood News.
What if you had only three weeks before the Internet you know and love was about to disappear? Would you spend your time binging on listicles or the final season of Breaking Bad? Or would you do something about it?
Who are the candidates for Master Developer in Union Square? To find out more info, visit Greater Somerville's new blog at: www.greatersomerville.wordpress.com.
Every year, 65,000 undocumented youth graduate from U.S. high schools. With 66 percent of its student body “minority,” many of them immigrants, each class at Somerville High School likely has a dozen, or even several dozen, undocumented youth.
Concerned over the pace of the Union Square redevelopment process, organizations, residents and local businesses have been organizing: circulating talking points, a petition and lists of priorities.
SCATV is happy to announce that there will be a series on the Union Square Master Developers. This is one outreach effort to provide the residents with an opportunity to learn more about developer's plans for Union Square.
What happens to Somerville High School's grads who don't have documentation? How is the Union Square redevelopment process going? Why would a young woman join the police force? Should Somerville divest from fossil fuels?
Candidate for Governor, Martha Coakley, guest on GREATER SOMERVILLE! Tune into Greater Somerville, every Tuesday at 7:30pm on SCATV Ch. 3 or online at www.scatvsomerville.org/WATCH.