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They’re anti-driveway, pro-democracy and a little dodgy up on Avon Hill

By Marc Levy
January 26, 2012
Considering the rhetoric like they get to hear on a proposed driveway up on ritzy Avon Hill — about the meaning of democracy, the future of a historic neighborhood and thinking of the children — it’s little surprise city councillors want out.
By Marc Levy
January 25, 2012
The fight to save the school district’s Intensive Studies Program has itself intensified, with students, parents and city councillors urging officials and administrators to at least let current ISP kids finish their promised years.
By Marc Levy
January 24, 2012
When 20 bike rental stations arrive in the spring, city councillors expect them to be accompanied by helmet dispensers designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students and a brochure with the rules of the road.
By Marc Levy
January 23, 2012
This update on the mayoral election isn’t much of an update at all: The votes are the same as they were during the City Council’s second ballot, held two weeks ago.
By Marc Levy
January 20, 2012
The future of North Cambridge is back on the table, with residents and city officials trying to limit an incursion of housing.
By Marc Levy
January 17, 2012
Cambridge’s Law Department has released the City Council’s notes of closed-door meetings about the civil rights lawsuit filed against the city by Malvina Monteiro.
By Marc Levy
January 12, 2012
There has been “overwhelming interest” from developers in redeveloping East Cambridge’s 22-story former courthouse, but no proposals yet, a state official told residents Wednesday.
By Marc Levy
January 10, 2012
Cambridge schools are projected to be in the red $2.7 million next year, but administrators and city officials have already begun whittling away it, and two budget retreats are scheduled for the School Committee.
By Marc Levy
January 9, 2012
In their quests to be mayor, city councillors Leland Cheung and Marjorie Decker each gained a vote from fellow councillors, meaning two votes lost for David Maher, who was mayor for the past two years. Now each has three votes, with five needed.
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Features  
By Justin T. Martin
January 21, 2012
The Community Charter School of Cambridge’s robotics team brings excitement to tackling their “da Vinci” project.
By Marc Levy
January 16, 2012
Do you remember W Ketchup? It's a conservative condiment named after, um, Ronald Reagan.
By Marc Levy
January 6, 2012
In Cambridge, Martin Luther King Day is not just a day off. City groups have planned events that make it easy for people to not just recognize the contributions and call to action by King — but to actually take action.
By Marc Levy
January 5, 2012
The city’s winter farmers market starts Saturday with nearly two dozen vendors, live music and an art exhibit.
By Marc Levy
December 7, 2011
Students were excited when Henry Louis Gates Jr. came to Cambridge Rindge & Latin School to film a segment for an upcoming television show, but they didn’t know he was impressed enough to plan a second trip.
By Marc Levy
December 2, 2011
We just want to ask you five questions — or, rather, get five recommendations of things to read, listen to, watch, eat and buy. First up is Erica Milia, who is well-read in the display of quantitative information and not so big on TV.
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Commentary
By Marc Levy
December 9, 2011
With an eviction notice hanging for Occupy Boston’s Camp Dewey and the future of the movement in flux, here’s a suggestion for a way forward that could benefit literally everyone.
By Marc Levy
November 21, 2011
The antics of the Occupy movement apparently crowds out a Republican suggestion to rethink child labor laws.
By Paul Steven Stone
November 10, 2011
Last time I saw the American Dream was Tuesday, down at the unemployment office. He was looking pretty worn out, as if being unemployed for over a year was finally getting to him.
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Letters
By admin
January 25, 2012
Sunday’s “The Little Engine That Could!” family concert included many who could not have afforded to attended without the help of the Cambridge Trust Co.
By admin
January 19, 2012
Theories abound as to why sales were so good this year — everything from Occupy Harvard to an abusive Amazon.com. But staff was struck by the frequency of customer comments about supporting an independent bookstore and local business.
By admin
January 10, 2012
The longer the delay in having permanent chairs for the City Council and School Committee, the greater the challenge to our important and vital work, said Marc McGovern, a committee member.
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By Marc Levy
January 5, 2012
I think the Porter Square Panera Bread is here to stay for a while — and I suddenly have warm feelings to hope that’s so.
By Marc Levy
January 3, 2012
The Sinclair, a live-music hall and two-story restaurant, is on track for a fall opening in Harvard Square.
By Marc Levy
December 21, 2011
A plan for basement apartments passed 7-2 at Monday’s meeting of the City Council, despite councillors having a week to think it over since passing it 6-2 and a new round of comments from residents who are opposed.
By Marc Levy
December 15, 2011
The Kendall Square Association’s executive director is confident about the square, as well as about how many residents the square needs, how big a grocery store that calls for and that the Constellation Center will be great — whenever it arrives.
By Marc Levy
December 13, 2011
A test basement apartment program is almost, but not quite, in place for 13 buildings in Cambridge, having been stalled for a week in a parliamentary maneuver called “reconsideration.”
By Marc Levy
December 4, 2011
Knucklebones, a provider and seller of athletic services and goods, has its “epicenter” grand opening Monday in Davis Square, and a Michaels art store is coming to Porter Square.
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Arts+Culture
By Marc Levy
January 23, 2012
For those inclined to look at art and complain, “My kid could have done that,” here’s an art exhibit where they probably did. But with the level of accomplishment at Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, that’s hardly an insult.
By Marc Levy
January 16, 2012
Somerville’s Zoé Dance Company leads off a trio of new works at Harvard Square’s Oberon this weekend that explore international politics as well as merging rock ’n’ roll and yoga in a piece called “Rock Om.”
By Marc Levy
January 13, 2012
Harvard Square institution Mr. Bartley’s Burgers has named a dish after Mindy Kaling, and the Cambridge native and Hollywood hyphenate is honored.
By Marc Levy
January 5, 2012
You may have known her from her role in “The Three Little Pigs’ when she was 3. But glamorous Sophie Flack returns to Cambridge on Tuesday to read from “Bunheads,” her much-praised novel about her time as a ballerina in New York.
By Marc Levy
December 19, 2011
As the world waits for all of the firsts of 2012, the ImprovBoston theater in Central Square plans to kick off the year with two Jan. 1 shows at which 100 comics will tell their first jokes of the year.
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