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As MBTA meeting nears, unused snow, ice money emerges as service saver
By Marc Levy
Published: February 27, 2012 at 09:59 PM
Another source of cash was revealed Monday that might help ease the mass transit crisis facing Cambridge and the state: up to $25 million in snow and ice removal funds that have gone unused in an unusually mild winter. A meeting Wednesday at City Hall will bring this suggestion and others to the MBTA.
Courthouse developers court residents, assuring ‘We heard you’
By Marc Levy
Published: February 23, 2012 at 10:08 PM
The former Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse will be mainly offices or apartments a decade from now, not lab space, and could wind up with four fewer floors or 15,000 square feet of new park space, developers told a crowd in East Cambridge.
Meeting tonight seeks to ally council, legislators to save mass transit
By Marc Levy
Published: February 22, 2012 at 01:56 AM
A special City Council meeting tonight at 5:30 is intended to elect a mayor and plot strategy to save the city’s bus and T service.
Developers to discuss their courthouse plans Wednesday
By Marc Levy
Published: February 20, 2012 at 12:06 PM
Five developers have agreed to give 15-minute presentations and answer questions Wednesday about their plans for the former Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse in East Cambridge.
Radical cuts to T, bus service could end development, some say
By Marc Levy
Published: February 13, 2012 at 01:07 AM
The gloom has been gathering for weeks about proposed cuts to MBTA service, and one city councillor worries Cambridge “may have to ban further development until the T is back on stable footing.”
Parking director takes responsibility for garage charges
By Marc Levy
Published: February 7, 2012 at 02:09 PM
A city official took blame Monday for residents being charged double what they should have been for winter parking at the city’s First Street Garage, drawing city councillors’ eyes to other city facilities that might get residents’ cars off the street.
‘Overwhelming interest’ in redeveloping courthouse, state says
By Marc Levy
Published: January 12, 2012 at 03:05 AM
There has been “overwhelming interest” from developers in redeveloping East Cambridge’s 22-story former courthouse, but no proposals yet, a state official told residents Wednesday.
Q&A: From grocery store to Constellation Center, Travis McCready talks future of Kendall Square
By Marc Levy
Published: December 15, 2011 at 09:31 PM
The Kendall Square Association’s executive director is confident about the square, as well as about how many residents the square needs, how big a grocery store that calls for and that the Constellation Center will be great — whenever it arrives.
State: Courthouse developer will be chosen before Cambridge gets say
By Marc Levy
Published: November 14, 2011 at 08:21 PM
Developers get their first tour inside the Edward J. Sullivan Courthouse this week, and one will be chosen as soon as June — but input from the Cambridge community comes after the selection, state officials said Monday.
City grants company permission to violate its noise law
By Bob Sprague
Published: November 3, 2011 at 04:48 PM
Idenix, a pharmaceutical company in East Cambridge, has never paid a $300-a-day fine for violating the city’s noise ordinance. Instead, for the past three years the city has granted the company exemptions from the law.