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Execs named finalists in entrepreneur awards
By Marc Levy
Published: May 18, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Three Cambridge executives are finalists in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year New England Award.
City manager defends one example of Law Department work
By Marc Levy
Published: May 17, 2011 at 07:09 PM
Criticism of the city’s Law Department in Cambridge Day drew a public rebuke from the city manager, who called it “propaganda.”
Sad lessons from the sunshine state
By Marc Levy
Published: May 16, 2011 at 02:56 PM
My first job out of college taught me so many painful life lessons that thinking through the period is like watching the 64 saddest movies ever made, but on fast-forward, because the entire experience lasted only four months.
City faces uncertain fight for Lechmere market; some unsure it will fight
By Gal Tziperman Lotan
Published: May 13, 2011 at 06:03 PM
The plan to build a public market in the proposed Lechmere Square in East Cambridge is not yet out of the question, but the city will have to doggedly negotiate with state transportation officials.
FCC commissioner is latest, and fastest, through revolving door
By Marc Levy
Published: May 12, 2011 at 10:50 AM
The mind reels. Coincidentally, it reels in perfect synchronicity with the revolving door in Washington, D.C, where an FCC commissioner has accepted a job with Comcast — less than four months after voting to approve its merger with NBC Universal.
SchoolTree’s “Metal Mother” makes you want more (but hold the cheese)
By Marc Levy
Published: May 11, 2011 at 05:39 PM
SchoolTree’s “My Metal Mother” has all the 1980s prog-rock synthesizer cheese the artist loves so much, and a dark side and mordant wit for the rest of us.
Re-imagining Central and Kendall, councillors think (very) big
By Marc Levy
Published: May 10, 2011 at 06:00 PM
In remaking Central and Kendall squares, city officials seem prepared to go big — even asking what the city might look like if it added 15,000-plus people and returned to a population of more than 120,000.
Pemberton stores to merge as market closes after 85 years
By Marc Levy
Published: May 10, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Pemberton Market, the liquor and convenience store outside Porter Square, will close May 31 and merge into the Pemberton Farms garden center and gourmet shop across the street.
Climate Week nears, encouraging cut in carbon diet
By admin
Published: May 9, 2011 at 02:31 PM
As part of Cambridge’s GoGreen Month, climate change activists are hosting a week-plus of educational and festive happenings throughout the city running Friday through May 21.
Law Department failings cost city
By Marc Levy
Published: May 9, 2011 at 09:00 AM
When passage of a $3 million bond item failed Monday, it was an inside job with an unlikely accomplice: the city’s Law Department. It’s not the first time, city lawyers have made things complicated, uncomfortable and even contentious for elected officials.