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Arts Center seeks charter members, students for fall
By admin
Published: August 30, 2010
The Maud Morgan Arts center, dedicated to providing high quality and affordable visual art classes and activities for all, is complete and, after a successful summer session, open for fall registration.
Porter Square Galleria loses third large tenant in Jennifer Convertibles
By Marc Levy
Published: August 18, 2010
The Jennifer Convertibles furniture store in Porter Square is liquidating, leaving a third large vacancy in the Porter Square Galleria. Pizzeria Uno and Blockbuster left within the past year.
Closing of annex takes 6,000 more books from city shelves
By Marc Levy
Published: August 17, 2010
Window shopping is all you can do at The McIntyre & Moore Booksellers Annex. The space is close, taking another 6,000 used volumes off the streets in a city already losing 100,000 titles from the closing of Rodney’s in Central Square.
Condo developer chooses jury trial
By Marc Levy
Published: August 16, 2010
The case of a North Cambridge developer inched forward last week, as Joseph Perroncello, serving as his own lawyer, agreed to a jury trial and to return to court Oct. 21.
Invite to ‘last Backyard BBQ’ sparks concern for CCTV
By Marc Levy
Published: August 12, 2010
Mailed invitations to Cambridge Community Television’s annual Backyard BBQ has alarmed people around the city — an unintended but not wholly undesirable result, said Shawn Clarke, associate director of the cable channels.
Central Square commission meets for first time
By Marc Levy
Published: August 5, 2010
More than 80 people from local business and government gathered this week for the first meeting of the Red Ribbon Commission on the Delights & Concerns of Central Square.
Green line extension design begins Monday
By Marc Levy
Published: August 3, 2010
The first meeting of the Design Working Group for the green line extension project is Monday, project manager Katherine Fichter announced.
Shrugging off iPad, maker of e-reader screens expands in Cambridge
By Marc Levy
Published: July 28, 2010
With Apple selling 3 million iPads in three months and makers of e-readers dropping out of competition, e-Ink might have cause to be worried. But the Cambridge-based maker of e-reader screens is expanding and hiring.
Commission on Central Square ‘Delights and Concerns’ launches in August
By Marc Levy
Published: July 24, 2010
City councillor Ken Reeves will lead a “Red Ribbon Commission on the Delights and Concerns of Central Square,” with the first meeting set for Aug. 3.
Green line design will fix platform flaw
By Marc Levy
Published: July 22, 2010
Design of the seven T stations to be built as part of the green line extension project doesn’t formally begin until fall, but there is one part of the plans that is certain: The stations will have central platforms on a single level, ensuring riders don’t have to leave and pay again if they realize they were headed in the wrong direction.