Attend meetings in Cambridge for April 18-25 about after-school and transportation policies
Public meetings this week look at city-funded housing vouchers; transportation planning policy; universal after-school options and the middle-school experience; and what’s next for a church weathervane made in 1721.
Attend meetings in Somerville for April 18-25 about how to dump drugs, get hired by Tufts
Public meetings this week look at safe disposal of drugs and meds, scholarship committee updates, hiring at Tufts, the TSA and other employers and more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from zombies and Mummies to a Glowball party
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the vibe is strangely spooky with a Third Annual “Hafoween,” Crypt Night, Zombie Prom and Here Come the Mummies performing, but there’s also Arab American and Japanese festivals, a Glowball “anti-gala,” Taylor Swift trivia and comedian Emma Willmann.
Skate wing at June Bug
Late last year the Field & Vine crew opened June Bug with the same local, seasonal and sustainable aims, a veggie and pescatarian lean and a slate of wood-fired pizzas and intriguing small plates that include a rare skate wing.
Buenas beef empanada
This beef empanada from Bow Market’s Buenas shop was hot, fresh and seriously delicious – even better than the store’s frozen goods in local stores.
Businesses can bring in the bicycling crowd, one $5 lifetime helmet sticker at a time
Those $5 Bicycle Benefits stickers are still around, and the number of Cambridge-Somerville area businesses accepting them is back on the rise.
Chemicals from Rite-Way’s on-site dry cleaning have contaminated the ground and potential sale
Levels of contamination at the empty former Rite-Way Dry Cleaners are “high” and nearly unprecedented in their complexity in the experience of a 28-year environmental expert hired by the property owner.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from April 18-25 about digital navigators and success in net-zero
Public meetings this week look at a Net Zero Action Plan report, a test of “digital navigators” to help people get online from the wrong side of the digital divide and child care for Cambridgeport. There’s also a town hall about black business.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Paul Giamatti’s podcast to Earth Day events
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Paul Giamatti’s “Chinwag” podcast, The Bread and Puppet Theater, Record Store Day, “Secret Sounds of Ponds” and other Earth-related events, cake decorating and Shakespeare’s 460th Birthday.
Eat Greek Gyros wants to be open until 2 a.m. when it launches in Davis Square this spring
Eat Greek Gyros will take over the storefront of the Out of the Blue seafood restaurant to become Davis’ second shop focused on Greek and gyros.
