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T checkpoints deter threats, officials say nearing four years without arrests
By Marc Levy
Published: August 31, 2010
No arrests or investigations have resulted from more than 1,420 security checkpoints MBTA police have run at T stations since Oct. 10, 2006.
High school in top 20 of Boston magazine
By Marc Levy
Published: August 31, 2010
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School has again been named one of the top 20 public high schools in Massachusetts by Boston magazine. The rankings appear in the September issue
Arts Center seeks charter members, students for fall
By admin
Published: August 30, 2010
The Maud Morgan Arts center, dedicated to providing high quality and affordable visual art classes and activities for all, is complete and, after a successful summer session, open for fall registration.
‘Quiet Desperation’ moving off Web to television
By Marc Levy
Published: August 28, 2010
Web-based reality sitcom “Quiet Desperation” is going off the air, kind of, only to take to the actual air. Musician and comedian Rob Potylo and director Warren Lynch said Friday they are ending the Web series and restarting it on MyTV, where it can reach a potential 2.4 million people.
The truth behind Obama’s sliding approval rating
By Marc Levy
Published: August 27, 2010
Neither pollsters nor top news sources acknowledge that the plunge in the president’s popularity results from more than a lingering recession — namely an extreme and unprecedented split of a rabid far right and disappointed progressives.
Father, son stabbed on Pearl Street, police report
By Marc Levy
Published: August 26, 2010
A 53-year-old man and his young son were stabbed early Thursday in their home by an unknown assailant who fled after the attack, police said.
Nice shot: Cat crossing
By Marc Levy
Published: August 26, 2010
A simple poster on a telephone pole warning neighbors of danger to their cat. That’s nice, right? Not to the cat owners.
Rain eases off after four days with no damage
By Marc Levy
Published: August 25, 2010
Four days of rain ending midday Wednesday didn’t give Cambridge flood problems like those experienced as recently as July 10. And now the bad weather has passed for a while.
Startup makes art collectors of apartment renters
By Marc Levy
Published: August 25, 2010
Turningart.com, a startup based in Central Square, could be the next Netflix, but its works of art aren’t cinema — they’re actual works of art.
Charter school says it’s bracing for 30% rise in enrollment
By Marc Levy
Published: August 23, 2010
A surge in enrollment has Community Charter School of Cambridge searching for extra classroom space. Faculty and staff at the tuition-free college prep school say it is a good problem to have