Every Eversource customer in the state is exposed by data breach, but solar program is hit the worst
All 1.8 million Massachusetts customers of electricity and gas utility Eversource Energy were affected by a recent data breach that is part of a worldwide hack.
Cambridge’s affordable assisted-living option, Neville Place, let slip money needed for repairs
Amid a senior care market in which a one-bedroom apartment in assisted living can cost $7,500 a month, Cambridge offers a rare affordable option. But that choice – Neville Place – faces financial challenges.
Influx of homeless to Cambridge upsets balance, raising tensions for business, law enforcement
Tensions are rising among police, businesses and homeless people and their advocates about people living on the street. Police say “a recent influx” has resulted in crime, flamboyant sexual behavior, trash and human waste, while some say police are harassing the homeless and taking away their belongings.
Overwhelmed funding means a delay in repairs addressing complaints with affordable housing
Cambridge affordable-housing developers have built or renovated hundreds of units for low-income tenants in recent years. But the pace is slowing, delaying improvements for many occupants of buildings that need work.
Covid is creeping back, health department says, and people should consider some precautions
Covid case numbers overall are low but increasing. The state health department reported 22 cases among Cambridge residents in the two weeks ending July 22 compared with 16 cases in the previous two weeks.
Black people seeking mortgages and refinancing apply less, get less than whites and Asians here
The numbers don’t prove discrimination, yet federal mortgage lending records show persistent disparity along racial lines in who gets housing loans.
More work to protect Cambridge water supply, this time with $1M state grant at Hobbs Brook
Cambridge has won a $1 million state grant to repair a gatehouse and dam outlet pipe that are part of the city’s drinking water supply system. The structures are at the Hobbs Brook Reservoir in Waltham.
With federal flood maps too focused on the past, Cambridge goes its own way on risk predictions
As regional government officials and residents recover from unexpected rains and floods, Cambridge planners say they have improved predictions by factoring climate change into flood preparations and projections.
Mount Auburn Hospital appoints Edwin Huang permanent president after serving interim period
Edwin Huang has been named president of the hospital after serving as interim president since Chad Wable left the post in January after a year.
Weakened Health Alliance looks forward fiscally to more stays, a possible Birth Center reopening
After a financially disastrous year that ended with layoffs and an estimated $50.3 million loss from health care operations, the Cambridge Health Alliance expects improved results in the next 12 months but still anticipates losing money.
