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TURF WAR: THE SAGA OF GENTRIFICATION IN SOMERVILLE IS PLAYING OUT IN THE CITY’S YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES

Written by DOUGLAS YU Posted September 21, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

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Longtime volunteer Bob Schofield, well known to his neighbors for greeting Somervillians who show up in the stands for neighborhood baseball action, is frustrated. As the Somerville Youth Softball president who also helped launch the ...  read more

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Babe Ruth, baseball, Bob Schofield, George Scarpelli, Massachusetts, Mayor Joe Curtatone, Medford, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Recreation Department, The Show. George Scarpelli, Trum Field, Youth Sports

SPEAKING WITH THE ENEMY: MY CHAT WITH THE GUY WHO IS ‘STANDING UP AGAINST ANTI-WHITE BIGOTRY’ AT BU

Written by DOUGLAS YU Posted July 15, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“I have never been involved in any ‘white supremacist’ group such as KKK, neo-Nazis, skinheads or whatever else,” Gage wrote. “That is why we founded the NYF."

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