Neighbors wonder at cause of fatal fire
Harvard University-owned 47 Banks St. is torn down Nov. 25, 2005, after a fire inside killed an elderly resident. Neighbors worry that nearby Harvard construction was a cause for the fire and threatens them. (Photos: Marc Levy) An elderly city woman di …
Officials agree with residents on flood fears
The city’s plan for the Alewife area is so flawed that it is expected to die and require a total rewrite, according to the leaders of the City Council’s ordinance committee. The plan has at least one major flaw, said committee co-chairman Ken Reeves: I …
Rats run out of control, and agencies are a no-show
The public testimony at yesterday’s Ordinance Committee meeting was like something out of the era of the bubonic plague, when flea-ridden rats spread an incurable disease that killed 137 million people. Maybe it isn’t that bad in Cambridge yet. But ele …
Rift fades into history and college president becomes citizen
Professor Mahesh C. Sharma, president of Cambridge College, at Central Square’s 2005 Unity Dinner, for which he served as keynote speaker. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) For more than 30 years, Cambridge College president Mahesh C. Sharma has labored to provi …
Defying city manager on meters, councilor cancels meeting
A motorist uses one of the disliked city parking meters in November 2005. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) In an act of protest, last night City Council member Tim Toomey exercised his charter right to bump everything on the manager’s agenda until the council’s …
College grows under Sharma’s leadership
Mahesh C. Sharma’s teaching success as a world-famous mathematics professor who can bring students with learning disabilities up to speed — and the success of Cambridge College under his reign as president — is well known. When he started with the coll …
Officials urge poor to apply for fuel aid
Gasoline prices may be decreasing at the pumps, but the cost of home heating oil is still considerably higher than it was a year ago, leaving city officials concerned about how lower-income families will stay warm. Last year Cambridge provided fuel ass …
Tipped off by citizen spotter, cops save caps from theft
Merchandise stolen from Heavy’s Caps & Accessories is displayed by police Nov. 17, 2005. What’s seen here is only a small part of what was taken. (Photo courtesy Cambridge Police Department) Cambridge Police arrested two teens at dawn yesterday, sa …
Harvard construction worries neighbors
Martin Annis points Nov. 17. 2005, to Harvard University construction going on less than a dozen feet from his home. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) Bank Street residents next to a 144-unit Harvard dormitory construction project say excavation at the site is c …
Opponents of Alewife plan have fears of flood disaster
The Planning Board unveiled its rezoning petition for the Concord-Alewife section of Cambridge at a public hearing Tuesday, a rezoning city officials said is intended to guide development in a densely populated area and get people out of their cars. Re …