Three changes for the next City Council to consider

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Published: October 31, 2011 at 07:00 AM

A City Council committee just for national and world issues? A different system for voting? A no-deals law for affordable housing? Here are some suggestions for the winners in voting Nov. 8.

Artist’s 70-year path started with escape from Nazis

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Published: October 30, 2011 at 10:00 AM

The more you know about Jacek von Henneberg, the humble artist and architect down Walden Street, the more amazing he gets.

Area IV candidates forum features talk on race, development

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Published: October 29, 2011 at 03:39 PM

An Area IV forum for City Council candidates produces clashes over race and some news: Councillor Ken Reeves said he had filed an order to take an undeveloped 10,000-square-foot parcel at 161 Harvard St. by eminent domain.

City’s secrecy arguments weak in civil rights cases

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Published: October 28, 2011 at 05:53 PM

A look at the case file involving employees who sued the city and got secret settlements Oct. 13 suggests the city is holding back information regarding the cases.

Parents waiting for schools weren’t told of forced change in policy

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Published: October 28, 2011 at 01:11 AM

Without notice to parents and in what one School Committee member is calling “a breach of our protocol,” the district has been forced into changing the school choice formula more or less on the fly, likely costing some families their ideal campuses.

Sponsors bring class issues to forefront of election forum

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Published: October 27, 2011 at 05:35 PM

As cuts to housing programs nationwide loom, threatening some of the neediest, 16 Cambridge council candidates campaigned with words of support and some new ideas.

MBTA says it’s increasing publicity for red line shutdowns

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Published: October 26, 2011 at 01:34 PM

If you feel taken by surprise by the news of five months of weekend shutdowns for the T stops at Porter, Davis and Alewife, you’re not alone.

Lawsuit information stays blocked; costs stay untallied

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Published: October 26, 2011 at 11:55 AM

The city doesn’t know how much it’s spent fighting three civil rights lawsuits, and the mayor alone is blocking the release of other information. Those and other tidbits are emerging in the aftermath of the Monteiro case.

With chefs’ help, fourth Urban Barn Dance was ‘most successful’

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Published: October 26, 2011 at 12:01 AM

The Urban Barn Dance held Thursday was the most successful in the farmers-market fundraiser’s four-year history, organizers said.

New bike rules on the way, a victory for Kelley, Williamson

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Published: October 25, 2011 at 03:46 PM

Bicyclists aiming to roam Cambridge may soon have to register and be educated on city rules, as well as pay excise taxes on their gear, officials said Monday.

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