Councillor calls for MIT to oust real estate official

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Published: October 29, 2010 at 09:54 AM

Citing lies, greed and a “insensitive and unseemly behavior,” city councillor Ken Reeves is calling for the Massaschusetts Institute of Technology to replace its lead investment manager.

License Commission losses come at worrisome time for taxi drivers

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Published: October 28, 2010 at 10:05 PM

The city, already down to two members in a three-person License Commission, is going to a single taxi inspector from two at the end of the month, even as violence flares between Boston and Cambridge taxi drivers.

Police investigate links in spate of robberies

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Published: October 27, 2010 at 07:23 PM

Cambridge Police are investigating four possibly related robberies within the past six days in Area IV, Cambridgeport and Mid-Cambridge.

Fast-moving commuter rail proposal meets obstruction

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Published: October 27, 2010 at 05:44 PM

In little over a year there could be up to 25 commuter rail trains a day barreling through Cambridge on the way to and from Boston’s North Station. A normally public transit-friendly city is up in arms over the idea.

Alewife-New York bus service launches

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Published: October 27, 2010 at 04:33 AM

Service starts today for World Wide Bus, which will pick up passengers at Alewife and bring them to New York for $10 (rising later this month to $15 on weekdays and $20 on weekends). The features are nice. The convenience is the winner.

‘Top eateries’ list includes 14 from Cambridge

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Published: October 26, 2010 at 10:33 AM

Fourteen Cambridge restaurants are on Boston magazine’s list of top eateries, the magazine announced today. The list appears in the November issue after the “expert staff visited hundreds of restaurants in and around Boston to present readers with a list of the absolute best restaurants the Boston area has to offer, be it high-end, casual, veteran or upstart dining.”

Voters likely to decide sign law after petition drive that raised questions

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Published: October 26, 2010 at 02:20 AM

The City Council moved Monday toward calling a special election to decide changes to a law about what kind of signs companies can install on office buildings — the result of a petition drive that raised questions along with signatures.

Mystery flier alerts tenants to problems at North Cambridge development

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Published: October 25, 2010 at 10:55 PM

The flier left this weekend warning tenants of problems at 45-47 Yerxa Road went largely unnoticed, although tenants were concerned upon hearing the details — mainly about the lapse of a certificate of occupancy, making it illegal for them to be there.

License Commission loses chairman, but can keep working

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Published: October 22, 2010 at 02:09 PM

Attorney Richard Scali, chairman of the city’s three-person License Commission, is on a personal leave of absence, according to city officials, but the work of the commission can go on.

Developer can avoid trial, but not auction of his property

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Published: October 22, 2010 at 12:22 AM

The developer of a troubled residential site in North Cambridge was given a new trial date Thursday, although he can avoid a trial altogether if city inspectors agree he has cleaned adequately. The site may not be his his much longer, though, as a foreclosure auction is scheduled for before the trial.

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