Petition asks preservation of K-8 schools; minor plan changes likely

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Published: February 28, 2011 at 02:00 PM

A 235-signature petition opposing the school district’s “Innovation Agenda” was sent Monday to school officials, even as a school official said Superintendent Jeffrey Young intends to offer amendments to the plan.

Cambridge rises above fiercest budget battles

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Published: February 28, 2011 at 07:00 AM

Over the past couple of weeks it’s felt a little like I’m in a high tower — maybe an ivory one from the leftovers of Harvard, Lesley and MIT construction — and I’m looking out over a smoking landscape of budget battlefields.

Public should see city manager’s proposed pay, order says

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Published: February 27, 2011 at 05:50 PM

A request to post the city manager’s salary and benefits ahead of its contractual approval (or rejection) appears amid a somewhat epic list coming up at Monday’s meeting of the City Council.

Fire strikes Fawcett Oil site facing development

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Published: February 25, 2011 at 01:59 AM

Fire briefly struck a Fawcett Oil Co. building in North Cambridge at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday — the same site for which the company has announced plans to raze the buildings and put up 104 apartments.

Inflated expectations from the quesadilla index

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Published: February 21, 2011 at 07:00 AM

My friends look at my taste in movies and say I can’t tell good from awful, but they’re wrong: I know when a movie’s awful and enjoy it anyway. The truth is that I have a hard time distinguishing good from great, and part of the reason for that is that I never get tired of the good.

Community splits on plan for middle schools

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Published: February 20, 2011 at 05:09 PM

The public school community has predictably split over the Innovation Agenda proposed by Superintendent Jeffrey Young, which would create four middle schools in existing school buildings.

Early morning shots reported in Area IV

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Published: February 19, 2011 at 03:10 PM

A report of gunshots early Saturday brought police to 1 Pine and School streets, but there was no evidence of a shooting to be found.

State sending Cambridge $9.5M, jobs via housing grants

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Published: February 17, 2011 at 03:26 PM

Gov. Deval Patrick has pledged $71 million in housing development awards for 21 communities across the commonwealth, with more than $9.5 million going to affordable housing in Cambridge.

City may help CCTV with move to new studios

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Published: February 17, 2011 at 01:19 PM

Cambridge Community Television is looking toward reopening Oct. 25 in its new studio and office space, and city councillors and the city manager are indicating the city might offer financial help to meet that goal.

St. James’s neighbors, losing vote, see pattern in condo struggle

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Published: February 16, 2011 at 11:51 PM

Opponents of the condominiums planned for around Porter Square’s St. James’s Episcopal Church suffered something of a setback Tuesday, a minor enough thing on its own, but bad for neighbors for whom every loss is a step toward construction.

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