Who was the woman killed on Massachusetts Avenue in East Arlington in December? Police said she was a homeless Bostonian – but she had a home in Cambridge and neighbors who cared about her.

Seven Democrats seek to win the Oct. 15 primary for the 5th Congressional District seat vacated by Ed Markey. Five have been invited to three local forums and the others aren’t happy.

Lakota’s cookies were sweet, and so was the Labor Day message for those seeking to boost the minimum wage.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology educator and jazzman Mark Sumner Harvey has was honored this week on both sides of the Charles.

Cambridge Police recovered a rare bronze statue by artist Cyrus Dallin Tuesday. It had been missing since 1980 and will likely return in the fall to its original home: Cambridge Rindge & Latin School, where it honored students slain in war.

City Council candidates agree campaign donations from developer do not affect their political decisions, and some say they take steps to ensure it doesn’t. Some just don’t accept the money.

Contributors to the City Council campaign are friends and relatives — and some notable others.

Tim Rowe, of the The Cambridge Innovation Center, made $2,740 in campaign donations to incumbents.

Idenix, a pharmaceutical company in East Cambridge, has never paid a $300-a-day fine for violating the city’s noise ordinance. Instead, for the past three years the city has granted the company exemptions from the law.

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.