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‘Sweetness and Blood’: Smooth ride around world on Western tide
By Marc Levy
Published: May 31, 2010
As a foreign correspondent, Michael Scott Moore showed how events in Europe connected with what happened in Cambridge and the United States in general. Before then, he was that guy you saw getting on the red line with a surfboard under his arm. His “Sweetness and Blood” combines these into 10 brilliant essays on how the West rides into foreign tides.
Dark humor, raucous delights on soundtrack for dancing along abyss
By Marc Levy
Published: May 30, 2010
Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys is releasing a full-length album June 4 capturing the thunder and steam of a live performance — just before the troupe leaves on a monthlong tour.
Linking green, red rail lines at Porter draws interest
By Marc Levy
Published: May 28, 2010
A state transportation officials says a link between green line and red line trains in Porter Square could be in the future … the far, far future.
Neighbors’ Lechmere plans haven’t come to full stop
By Marc Levy
Published: May 28, 2010
Plans for a public market replacing a relocated Lechmere MBTA stop are still on track, with state designs for a new station acknowledging work by an East Cambridge group and City Manager Robert W. Healy clarifying he is not trying to shift the market to the site of a largely abandoned high-rise courthouse.
Restrictions remain for academy woods
By Marc Levy
Published: May 28, 2010
Restrictions for people wanting to walk Norton’s Woods at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences will stay in place — meaning dogs aren’t allowed and the woodsy area is closed weekends — until damage from spring flooding is assessed and repaired, sources said Friday.
Jimmy Tingle graduates Harvard, hinting at serious politics
By Marc Levy
Published: May 27, 2010
Cambridge-born comedian Jimmy Tingle graduated today from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government with a master’s degree in public administration.
Wolf amendment ends backlog in criminal record reports
By Marc Levy
Published: May 27, 2010
While Wednesday’s passage of Criminal Offender Record Information reform mainly reduces the period for which records can be accessed, state Rep. Alice K. Wolf’s amendment seems almost contrary to that spirit: ensuring there’s no backlog slowing the release of criminal records.
Schools restructuring is needed, but so is compassion
By admin
Published: May 27, 2010
Restructuring in Cambridge Public Schools is needed. The city employs more administrative staff than any other school district its size, and more than many districts significantly larger. But in making tough decisions, we must never lose our compassion.
Open space, affordable-housing funds to be addressed Tuesday
By Marc Levy
Published: May 26, 2010
The Community Preservation Act Committee, which uses city property tax money (and matching state money) to buy or create and maintain open space, affordable housing and historic buildings, meets Tuesday.
Foes of condo developer surprised that city can’t issue fines
By Marc Levy
Published: May 26, 2010
Answers about six years of troubled construction at Yerxa Road and Rindge Avenue didn’t satisfy area residents Monday, but further discussion was tabled until after a June 1 court date.