Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line: I Grew Up in the Somerville Boxing Club

Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,

Today I feel like a part of my life is changing drastically, I grew up in the somerville boxing club, I met so many new people, so many amazing people I am still close to to this day. The gym brought structure to so many peoples lives & so much growth to everyone. Continue reading Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line: I Grew Up in the Somerville Boxing Club

Are Our Displaced Winter Hill School Children Going From Bad to Worse This Coming Fall?

By William Tauro

Please check out this video on my Facebook page of the uncovering of the floor panels of the former Somerville Boxing Club that’s located in the basement of the Edgerly Education Center located at 8 Bonair St., in Somerville that have been sealed up and ignored since 1977 and you will notice the old contaminated standing water and oil contaminants residue and oil deposit still existing in this building. Continue reading Are Our Displaced Winter Hill School Children Going From Bad to Worse This Coming Fall?

Come on Somerville we’re better than this? 

By William Tauro

Update:Please let me be perfectly clear that the good people of the Somerville Department of Public Works are doing a great job especially under these following conditions:They are understaffed, underpaid and unappreciated for all the hard work that they do! The problem comes from the top with poor leadership leading the way! Continue reading Come on Somerville we’re better than this? 

Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Residents Once Again Being Ignored By Mayor and DPW Commissioner Costing Taxpayers a Fortune

Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,

I am a resident of Sartwell Avenue in Somerville that’s located directly across the street from the John F Kennedy School. Continue reading Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line:Residents Once Again Being Ignored By Mayor and DPW Commissioner Costing Taxpayers a Fortune

Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line: It’s more like our leadership has their heads buried in the sand, leaving everyone to fend for themselves

Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,

Billy go around the city and look at every single tree like this. The city plants them then doesn’t de-weed them. Continue reading Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line: It’s more like our leadership has their heads buried in the sand, leaving everyone to fend for themselves

REQUIRE RETAILERS THAT SELL TOBACCO TO ALSO SELL PRODUCTS TO HELP SMOKERS QUIT (S 1341)

By Bob Katzen

This bill Would require any retailer that sells tobacco products to also sell at least one type of nicotine replacement therapy drug or device that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for assisting with helping people quit tobacco use. Continue reading REQUIRE RETAILERS THAT SELL TOBACCO TO ALSO SELL PRODUCTS TO HELP SMOKERS QUIT (S 1341)

$250,000 FOR PROTECTION OF RIGHT WHALES (S 3)

By Bob Katzen

The Senate 39-0, approved an amendment that would provide $250,000 for the protection of right whales by increasing the patrols of officers to identify and remove abandoned fishing gear and to enhance their ability to enforce speed restrictions through use of drone technologies to minimize potentially harmful interactions between vessels and right whales. Continue reading $250,000 FOR PROTECTION OF RIGHT WHALES (S 3)