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Schools’ deficit shrinks, but so do ways to save
By Marc Levy
Published: December 22, 2010 at 04:54 PM
Cambridge schools will be short only $600,000 in the coming fiscal year, according to a five-year financial forecast given Tuesday. A year ago at this time, the projected deficit was $3.7 million.
Timing of meeting for MIT’s Kendall plan draws fire
By Marc Levy
Published: December 21, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology plans for Kendall Square are scheduled to be presented tonight to the Planning Board, prompting charges of poor timing, considering the holiday taking place three days later, if not outright secretiveness.
On the agenda: Toomey resigns from committee
By Marc Levy
Published: December 20, 2010 at 03:31 PM
Sure to be of interest at Monday evening’s City Council meeting: What some are calling a “legislative tantrum” by councillor Tim Toomey.
Arrest prevents bank robbery, police say
By Marc Levy
Published: December 20, 2010 at 03:11 PM
A Wakefield man was arrested Monday on suspicion he was about to rob a Porter Square bank, police said.
Architects applaud Cambridge Main Library
By Marc Levy
Published: December 20, 2010 at 01:53 PM
The Cambridge Main Library has received an Annual Design Review Award from Architect Magazine, one of the country’s leading national architectural magazines.
No travel means no hassle
By Marc Levy
Published: December 20, 2010 at 07:00 AM
Since I’ve no traveling to do in the next few weeks, I’m going to miss out on Boston’s Logan International Airport during the holidays and the hassles of getting there.
Commuter rail through Cambridge seen as cost of region’s fight for jobs
By Marc Levy
Published: December 17, 2010 at 01:06 AM
There was one very real and immediate concern emerging from two hours of talk Thursday about how Cambridge and Boston must work together to stay on top economically: A “Grand Junction” commuter rail line through Cambridge is all but certain, despite the howls of protest the plan draws from city officials and residents.
On tax cuts, conservatives won’t even listen to the Oracle
By Marc Levy
Published: December 13, 2010 at 07:00 AM
On the topic of the Bush tax cuts, America’s conservatives have stopped listening to common sense, the facts, themselves and even Warren Buffett, second-richest man in the country and the Oracle of Omaha.
Committee races to approve Chinese-language program
By Marc Levy
Published: December 13, 2010 at 01:43 AM
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School’s Chinese-language immersion program is official, approved last week by the School Committee.
T stop: MBTA breaks down in so many ways
By Marc Levy
Published: December 12, 2010 at 06:18 PM
Pointless announcements made by T workers to stranded riders are just the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority’s enduring cluelessness.