Camberville & beyond is a community-focused newsletter that covers the smart, joyful, quirky cities of Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts. Each week, Cambridge/Somerville editor Joshua Miller reports on a unique part of what’s going on among the cities’ 200,000 residents. Sometimes it’s an exploration of a piece of public art. Sometimes it’s an investigation into eye-popping municipal spending. Sometimes it’s 12 hours of reporting with firefighters in a record-setting blizzard. What this newsletter always delivers is a voicey reported top that is interesting and on the ground in the communities it serves.
Each week, the newsletter also includes a widely popular trivia contest (can you guess where this aerial image of your city is?), at least 20 links with the latest news, and opportunities to engage with Miller (scores of people usually write in). Intermittently, the newsletter features pop-up items including “One Good Text” with someone like a mayor, “Blast from the Past” old archival photos, and other nuggets to surprise and delight Camberville & beyond’s 40,000 readers.
