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Hours added, rates doubling in Central Square parking lots
By Marc Levy
Published: August 20, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Parking rates are doubling and pay hours extended by four hours in two city-owned lots in Central Square.
Palmer, Humanwine cross Atlantic into the Bizarre
By Marc Levy
Published: August 19, 2010 at 07:12 PM
It’s unlikely anyone could miss the piece about Amanda Palmer in this week’s Phoenix — she’s the cover story, and she’s pictured clutching her naked breasts — but it’s just as unlikely many have seen Palmer in last month’s Bizarre magazine.
Police charge three with violent January robbery
By Marc Levy
Published: August 19, 2010 at 06:28 PM
Cambridge Police Detectives arrested three men Monday on suspicion of committing a violent robbery Jan. 20 on Western Avenue.
Porter Square Galleria loses third large tenant in Jennifer Convertibles
By Marc Levy
Published: August 18, 2010 at 02:31 AM
The Jennifer Convertibles furniture store in Porter Square is liquidating, leaving a third large vacancy in the Porter Square Galleria. Pizzeria Uno and Blockbuster left within the past year.
Closing of annex takes 6,000 more books from city shelves
By Marc Levy
Published: August 17, 2010 at 08:34 PM
Window shopping is all you can do at The McIntyre & Moore Booksellers Annex. The space is close, taking another 6,000 used volumes off the streets in a city already losing 100,000 titles from the closing of Rodney’s in Central Square.
Condo developer chooses jury trial
By Marc Levy
Published: August 16, 2010 at 01:45 AM
The case of a North Cambridge developer inched forward last week, as Joseph Perroncello, serving as his own lawyer, agreed to a jury trial and to return to court Oct. 21.
‘Cooking for Geeks’ author signs amid ice cream with Nerds
By Marc Levy
Published: August 15, 2010 at 10:18 PM
It’s a natural: Toscanini’s ice cream, the rec room of entrepreneurs, students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visitors for the annual Ig Nobel Prizes, is hosting a book signing Monday for Jeff Cooper and his “Cooking for Geeks.”
Seniors’ picnic full of music, pleasant memories
By Marc Levy
Published: August 14, 2010 at 11:16 PM
WIth three musical groups performing under sunny skies in historic Harvard Yard, the year’s Harvard Senior Picnic was a musical affair.
It’s $250 a seat to celebrate century with Harvard Square Business Association
By Marc Levy
Published: August 14, 2010 at 06:22 PM
For those still mourning the old Harvard Square — the funky one alive with buskers and late-night rowdiness at The Tasty, the one before Abercrombie & Fitch and all the bank branches — the announcement of the Harvard Square Business Association’s 100th anniversary gala will seem a bitter epilogue.
Invite to ‘last Backyard BBQ’ sparks concern for CCTV
By Marc Levy
Published: August 12, 2010 at 09:59 PM
Mailed invitations to Cambridge Community Television’s annual Backyard BBQ has alarmed people around the city — an unintended but not wholly undesirable result, said Shawn Clarke, associate director of the cable channels.