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PRAB releases day’s second report on Gates arrest
By Marc Levy
Published: June 30, 2010
Cambridge’s citizen police oversight board has issued its report on the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. — only two hours after the Wednesday press conference for the release of the Cambridge Review Committee’s report on the same topic.
Analysis: Report on Gates arrest seems hobbled by restrictions
By Marc Levy
Published: June 30, 2010
Reading the final report on the Gates arrest raises the question of whether a restriction on investigating that specific incident hobbled the panel’s dozen members. The report lacks in some striking ways.
Gates committee has 10 suggestions, one warning
By Marc Levy
Published: June 30, 2010
A 60-page report looking at issues surrounding the July 16 arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was to be released during a press conference today at 11 a.m., with 10 recommendations and a warning: Since it was not written to place blame for the incident, “Readers are strongly cautioned against attempting to read between the lines of this report or interpreting any sentence beyond what it says.”
Police report arrest of cocaine dealer near school
By Marc Levy
Published: June 29, 2010
A “known” cocaine dealer was arrested Monday near an elementary school, police said.
Green Line extension update to be heard Wednesday
By Marc Levy
Published: June 29, 2010
A public meeting on the Green Line Extension Project’s final environmental impact report is scheduled for Wednesday to discuss changes to the project and answer questions from the public.
Performing a temp job that is anything but routine
By Marc Levy
Published: June 29, 2010
Tim Devin has a great job. Pass by 55 Norfolk St. in Cambridge’s Central Square and you’ll see him at his desk, sipping coffee and reading graphic novels amid blissful silence and pure white, sparsely decorated walls. The job: performance art.
Release of Gates Committee report set for Wednesday
By Marc Levy
Published: June 28, 2010
The so-called Gates Committee — the 12-member panel examining the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. for lessons — will release its final report at a Wednesday press conference.
Classical, pop (and too many other genres to name) merge Sunday
By Marc Levy
Published: June 25, 2010
Sunday is a good day for the merging of musical forms. It starts with a free Area IV pops concert and wraps up with a trio of band whose mélange of musical styles have even forced the creation of terms for what they do, including “darkwave jazz” and “classipop.”
Buy-local meeting hears old complaints with new drive for solutions
By Marc Levy
Published: June 24, 2010
Some stories and complaints from the birth of Cambridge Local First were heard again Tuesday at a city committee hearing, and the buy-local campaign is fast approaching its fifth birthday. But there were also vows of fast action — including the creation of an action committee to jump on the “50 items” written down during the meeting by committee chairman and city councillor Leland Cheung.
City Hall gets revved up over electric bicycles
By Marc Levy
Published: June 24, 2010
Henrietta Davis rode her borrowed electric bicycle into the epicenter of public transportation interest Monday: City Hall, where fellow city councillors stopped to see (and ride) the bike and staffers even emerged into the afternoon sunlight solely to check it out.