Introducing Boston.com/somerville

[daviddahl.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone,

    David Dahl from the Globe here.
    I'm writing to introduce Boston.com/somerville, a new website focused on your community.
    The site is the spot where you can catch up with news and information about Somerville.
    It provides links to local blogs and discussion groups, as well as opportunities for you to post comments and listings about local events. You'll also see blog postings from Travis Andersen, the town correspondent, and other stories about Somerville that appear elsewhere in the Globe and on boston.com.
    We heard from many of you when we made the difficult decision to close City Weekly. This site is an answer to those concerns, providing an online outlet for you to get news about Somerville. Rest assured, though, this is not the only spot you will get news and information from the Globe and Boston.com: we're still covering Somerville in Globe North, and in other parts of the daily Globe.
    As many of you may know, the Globe and boston.com have launched a series of these Your Town hyperlocal sites. We now have 12 sites around the region. We've had a great response from readers and the sites have helped us focus even more intently on local news.
    The sites work best when you, the readers, participate. We have places where you can do that now -- by posting a comment, an event listing, or by submitting a column that we can post. We are interested in hearing from you to find out how we can do more.
    Check out the site, and tell us what you think. You can reach me at dahl@globe.com or Travis at travis.m.andersen@gmail.com.
    Thanks for your interest.

Comments

[balsamicdragon.livejournal.com]

Hey! About time :)

Actually, thanks very much! I look forward to checking it out.

There was an interesting story about the Wheel.

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

A week ago. Wanna publish that? The local Somerville News will not. :)

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this, it looks very promising. Is there any chance of an RSS feed for your site? I have a "Somerville news" feed of this site (DSLJ), the Somerville news, and a few other local news outlets, and would love to add the Globe's. If I have to check it separately, I'm much less likely to see it on a regular basis.

RSS feed

[daviddahl.livejournal.com]

Here is the address to the Somerville RSS feed, which picks up stories that mention Somerville that appear throughout the paper. However, it does NOT pick up the items we post via a blogging tool onto the Somerville site. We ar working on that. Until then, I encourage you to check out the site.

Here is the RSS address:
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/somerville/rss/

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

It'd be really awesome if you would set up a RSS feed for the stories.

RSS feed

[daviddahl.livejournal.com]

Here is the address to the Somerville RSS feed, which picks up stories that mention Somerville that appear throughout the paper. However, it does NOT pick up the items we post via a blogging tool onto the Somerville site. We ar working on that. Until then, I encourage you to check out the site.

Here is the RSS address:
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/somerville/rss/

Re: RSS feed

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

Awesome! thank you!

[fefie.livejournal.com]

Hey that was quick, good to see it! I thought it would be a year before we'd see the Somerville Your Town.(I was one of the Globe readers who emailed you at the demise of City Weekly.)

Is this something we will eventually be paying a fee to read? I hear rumors that boston.com will start charging ....

[ron_newman]

Please try to improve the 'Things to Do in Somerville' box. Right now it lists:

Free Friday Flicks
Blue Man Group
Movies by Moonlight
Jersey Boys

none of which are in Somerville or even Cambridge or Medford.

Meanwhile, you're ignoring a real Somerville event in Union Square tonight.