Police commissioner among ‘outstanding city employee’ winners

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Published: April 30, 2011 at 08:24 PM

Winners of the year’s Outstanding City Employee Award have been announced ahead of Friday’s official ceremony, with one surprising name on the list: Police Commissioner Robert C. Haas.

Music at Kendall, desserts in Harvard Square

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Published: April 30, 2011 at 06:53 PM

The musical installation is working again at the Kendall Square T stop and Pinkberry is open in Harvard Square, a starting point for what is quickly becoming an unofficial walk of desserts.

Lounge gets seniors up to speed on Internet

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Published: April 30, 2011 at 05:17 PM

People over 50 who find themselves on the wrong side of the “digital divide” are invited to an Agassiz lounge with free labs and classes — starting next week with a class on online banking and shopping, followed by a one on PowerPoint presentations.

Bookseller shutting down in Porter Square

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Published: April 30, 2011 at 02:32 PM

Porter Square’s McIntyre & Moore Booksellers is closing and going Internet-only, taking away 45,000 volumes for browsing and buying.

Mount Auburn gets cancer therapy that cuts time, side effects

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Published: April 27, 2011 at 10:01 PM

A cancer therapy introduced last month at Mount Auburn Hospital reduces treatment time to 10 minutes from three days and causes fewer side effects, hospital officials said.

Another late change asked for church condo project

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Published: April 27, 2011 at 02:15 AM

There was another surprise change for the condominium project going in around St. James’s Episcopal Church in Porter Square, developers said Tuesday, and many were wondering why the three-year-old project is still offering surprises.

Lessons from a dubious triumph

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Published: April 26, 2011 at 09:54 AM

The folks who triumphed in something called the Learning Global Giveback Competition want everyone to know what they did. It’s just not clear why we care.

Budget unveiling: 1.8% hike seen, Law Department control sought

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Published: April 26, 2011 at 01:57 AM

The budget for the next fiscal year shows a 1.8 percent increase in spending and will likely call for property owners to pay between 6 percent and 6.5 percent more in tax levies. A potential $10 million court case, though, may have a different kind of impact.

Echoes of Cambridge discontent in Wisconsin petition claims

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Published: April 25, 2011 at 06:01 PM

Wisconsin Democrats are disputing signatures gathered to recall Democratic state representatives, citing “deception and fraud” by professional signature gatherers brought in from out of state — reminiscent of an experience in Cambridge last fall.

Committees to look at elderly housing, environmental issues

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Published: April 25, 2011 at 02:03 PM

Housing Cambridge’s future elderly, curbside collection of organic waste and decreasing the use of plastic bags in Cambridge are all being tackled within the next several days by committees run by vice mayor Henrietta Davis.

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