Officials promise improvements with planned T change

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Published: May 31, 2011 at 10:34 PM

The red line T serving Cambridge should see changes starting Sept. 3 that include more workers on train platforms for customer service, faster and safer boarding for people with disabilities and even shorter waits for service.

Three dimensions of film, and one-third pointless

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Published: May 31, 2011 at 09:00 AM

In theory, I’ll see almost any kind of movie, but it’s kind of a turnoff when the Hollywood-endorsed buzz about the movie is that it’s literally, purposely dumber than the chapters that came before.

Legal argument derails development auction for fourth time

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Published: May 26, 2011 at 12:46 PM

The auction of a North Cambridge apartment development has been delayed a fourth time — to June 10, nearly nine months after its first scheduled date — after a legal filing by a bankrupt real estate magnate.

City skirted law on school food service inspections

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Published: May 25, 2011 at 08:13 AM

Citing a misunderstanding, the city’s Inspectional Services Department has failed to comply with a state law requiring that all school cafeterias be inspected at least once every six months.

New developer holds mortgage on troubled Cambridge Crossing

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Published: May 24, 2011 at 05:04 PM

The auction of a stalled North Cambridge development is scheduled for Thursday, but it’s no longer a bank dealing with bankrupt real estate magnate Joseph Perroncello — now it’s another developer.

Council rejects attempts at control in legal issues

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Published: May 24, 2011 at 01:05 AM

Two efforts to address Cambridge legal issues failed Monday in City Council votes, including one asking the city to keep its options open on suing its own lawyers for bad advice.

Sleepless in Cambridge

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Published: May 23, 2011 at 07:00 AM

New York is the city that never sleeps. Cambridge is the city that sleeps because it’s forced to.

Nice shot: Rapture snacks

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Published: May 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM

There should be more available real estate in Cambridge since the rapture, which arrived Saturday — or at least more snacks for those of us who didn’t ascend.

Demand for parent role arrives just ahead of school action plan

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Published: May 19, 2011 at 10:50 PM

A thorough plan for the school district Innovation Agenda was offered Tuesday — not soon enough to head off parents’ worries they weren’t being included or to prevent them from starting work on their own.

Deadline nears for suit against city’s lawyers in Monteiro case

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Published: May 18, 2011 at 03:45 PM

The city has through the weekend to try to recoup a potential $10 million loss by suing its own lawyers in a wrongful-termination case, but the decision to sue won’t bear the endorsement of the City Council.

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