Published: October 31, 2005
Police are seeing younger heroin addicts, as well as many who have switched to heroin after using drugs such as OxyContin.
OxyContin is an effective painkiller designed to help people in severe distress, said Anthony Pettigrew, spokesman for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at its Boston headquarters. But when it became news people were using it [...]
Published: October 31, 2005
Laury Hammel, Frank Kramer and Simon Shapiro discuss Cambridge’s business environment at a Cambridge Local First meeting held Oct. 27, 2005, at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square. The three are leading the “shop local” effort. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha)Laury Hammel, Frank Kramer and Simon Shapiro discuss Cambridge’s business environment at a Cambridge Local First meeting held Oct. 27, 2005, at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square. The three are leading the “shop local” effort. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) |
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The small-business owners are gloomy, gloomy, gloomy.
The summer was wretched, the fall is proceeding poorly, the winter likely to be lost to the high cost of keeping warm. The shoppers are going to malls, or superstores and discounters such as Target, or buying online.
In Harvard Square, there’s desperation over the lack of customers, the national-bank [...]
Published: October 31, 2005
There’s a ghost at Harvard Square’s Harvard Lampoon building, seen decorated for the historic humor magazine’s Halloween pumpkin sale Oct. 29, 2005, but its occupants haven’t lost their sense of humor. (Photo: Lawrence E. Miller)There’s a ghost at Harvard Square’s Harvard Lampoon building, seen decorated for the historic humor magazine’s Halloween pumpkin sale Oct. 29, 2005, but its occupants haven’t lost their sense of humor. (Photo: Lawrence E. Miller) |
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A haunted sphinx lies in Harvard Square, brick upon brick with outstretched paws. Built in 1909, it houses the oldest U.S. humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon, and has a lot of personality.
Possibly too much.
Curator Joe Hickey will laugh if you ask how many rooms are inside, or if there are any hidden passages. He can’t [...]
Police patrol Inman Square on Oct. 30, 2005, as reports of drug use flare in Cambridge. (Photo: Ken S. Kotch)Police patrol Inman Square on Oct. 30, 2005, as reports of drug use flare in Cambridge. (Photo: Ken S. Kotch) |
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