Middlesex Superior Court Judge Maureen B. Hogan ruled for the City of Cambridge and dismissed a second lawsuit against the city that had argued bicycle lanes were an improper use of taxpayer funds and broke the law.

Requests by Cambridge’s City Council have gone weeks, months or years before a formal response from previous city managers. An “Awaiting Report Status Update” changes that dynamic.

The City of Cambridge removed words – “Globalize the Intifada” – painted in Central Square’s Graffiti Alley out of a concern that they can advocate violence and could intimidate the Jewish community.

This year’s School Committee election remains basically a coin flip between Andrew King and Richard Harding. If King requests a recount, a change in a single ballot could swing the election in his favor. Or maybe not.

Cambridge has won at steps along the way in lawsuits filed over its deployment of bike lanes, and arguments on Thursday were familiar from past court dates.

In the latest skirmish in litigation over bike lanes in Cambridge, a Superior Court Judge heard argument on whether to stop the city from proceeding with bike lane deployment on Brattle and Garden streets. 

The Cambridge City Council has scheduled a “a communications training” retreat for Wednesday, without explanation of what that means.

A City Council-staff retreat is closed to the public, officials said, because it is being classified as a “training” and is therefore exempt from Open Meeting Law.

In the midst of the search for a new city manager, the city failed briefly to obscure candidates’ personal information, then didn’t quickly warn candidates after the problem was corrected.

With meetings by video conferencing no longer demanded by a pandemic, City Manager Louis A. DePasquale ordered city staff on Tuesday to not permit remote public comment if a meeting was otherwise in person – conflicting with council orders without explanation.