More details, but little action, in pursuit of Area IV charity

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Published: June 30, 2011 at 11:58 PM

Outrage and questions continued this week over what an Area IV neighborhood group did with $1.6 million and land that was given them to develop, with city councillors eager for action and the city’s attorney counseling caution and patience.

Mild suggestion to ‘buy local’ sparks surprising debate

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Published: June 29, 2011 at 11:41 PM

City councillors spent 25 minutes Monday debating and expressing moral outrage over a suggestion to remind City Hall employees — by putting up posters, for instance — to buy from local merchants “whenever possible.”

Cambridge food inspectors alone in lacking power to fine

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Published: June 29, 2011 at 09:00 AM

Fines for restaurants with food safety code violations, a meaure available to inspectors in all neighboring communities, don’t exist in Cambridge.

Neighbors break on ‘upzoning’ issues in vote delayed to August

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Published: June 28, 2011 at 10:17 PM

A vote on changes to city zoning law will wait until Aug. 1, city councillors confirmed at their last regular meeting before a summer break, but a committee will look at the issue July 18.

Gem Club signs with label, preps full-length album

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Published: June 28, 2011 at 02:28 PM

Gem Club has signed with the Hardly Art label for the September release of its full-length album, “Breakers,” it was announced Tuesday.

Controversial zoning vote is delayed to Aug. 1

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Published: June 27, 2011 at 04:02 PM

It’s the Aug. 1 meeting of the City Council — the sole council meeting scheduled for the summer — that will decide changes to controversial city zoning laws.

How the Fourth was won — by Cambridge

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Published: June 27, 2011 at 07:00 AM

Normally it would be unimaginable for a U.S. city of 105,162 people to let the Fourth of July pass without official recognition. But a trick of history and geography lets Cambridge get away with it.

Explosive school meeting reveals lengthy toll

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Published: June 24, 2011 at 02:12 AM

The final School Committee meeting before summer was civil, but three members would have been within their rights Tuesday to tell the other four, “Told you so.”

Neighbors see flaws in citywide zoning to be voted Monday

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Published: June 23, 2011 at 03:35 PM

Small neighborhoods that happen to host big business buildings, schools or churches should be riveted by a City Council vote coming Monday: whether those big buildings can be turned into very large amounts of housing.

Superintendent gets unanimous vote for contract renewal

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Published: June 22, 2011 at 04:27 PM

Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Young’s contract renewal got an enthusiastic and unanimous vote Tuesday from School Committee members.

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