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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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The Main Library is framed by a stone arch and struck by the sun Thursday shortly before a 5 to 7:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Photo: Mikki Ansin)Cambridge’s Main Library opened today — to show off its $90 million renovation only, with services to start Nov. 8 — drawing hundreds of eager residents, politicians and even librarians from every branch building.
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and his arresting officer continued their hops-inspired peace making again Wednesday at River Gods in Central Square, WBZ-TV has reported.
With just under a week to Election Day, it’s time to make an endorsement. As in the past, the endorsement is not for a specific candidate or set of candidates, but a reminder to voters to use the resources available at the Cambridge Civic Journal site.
Diesel, the best thing about Cambridge that isn’t actually in Cambridge, is changing its hours Nov. 8, adding morning time and closing earlier.
Central Square was central to Monday’s meeting of the City Council, with developments in businesses and the arts, a use for the old police station, public safety, cleanliness and growth in the homeless population all getting a going-over. But a man driven to desperation by truck traffic also got a hearing at public comment.
The Faces site on Route 2 in Cambridge is getting cleaned, possibly ahead of demolition and development. (Photo: Marc Levy) Work began Monday cleaning out and around the long-decaying Faces nightclub building on Route 2, although owner Anthony Martignetti would say nothing about his plans for the property.
Davis Square, Somerville, coffee shop Diesel opted for Xlerator hand dryers over paper towel in its restrooms, while Entertainment Cinemas in Cambridge's Fresh Pond relies on a slower, less effective kind of blower. (Photos: Marc Levy)It’s cool that businesses want to save money and the environment by cutting out paper towels in their restrooms, but a little less cool when the result is a global pandemic.
Young fans of the “Harry Potter” books and movies pose Thursday at Boston’s Museum of Science with a prop from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” part of an exhibit running through February. (Photo: Stephanie Schorow)A new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Science may be proof there’s a bit of wizard or witch in every Muggle. If you don’t know what a “Muggle” is, just ask any kid strolling through “Harry Potter: The Exhibition.”
The Greater Boston Alternative Comedy Sleepover was abruptly ended by the Cantab Lounge, the Central Square bar that hosted the weekly free comedy show in its basement bar, co-founder Chris Coxen said Wednesday. The show ran every Monday since June, including this past Monday, often with packed houses but more recently with erratic crowds and [...]
Candidates to lead the Police Review and Advisory Board and Human Rights Commission should be whittled to 12 from 84 by the end of this week, City Manager Robert W. Healy Jr. said.
Gates, Crowley reportedly drink again | 
Human Services agencies are likely candidates to take over 5 Western Ave., Cambridge’s former police headquarters.
