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Casablanca owner has moved to the Casbah
By Marc Levy
Published: November 20, 2011
The owner of Harvard Square’s Casablanca restaurant, now for sale, already has a Casablanca-like restaurant open in Fresh Pond.
Project will add 429 apartments at Alewife, developer says
By Marc Levy
Published: November 16, 2011
For those who thought The Residences at Alewife were big at 227 apartments, here come The Residences at Fresh Pond — 429 apartments to be built about a half-mile away.
Council resists pre-election zoning vote, tells neighbors to wait
By Marc Levy
Published: October 17, 2011
Residents urged city councillors to help stop a looming surge in traffic and density, but councillors told them they should wait and rejected an attempt to handle the issue before the Nov. 8 election.
Pouf! An importer transforms herself at Alewife
By Marc Levy
Published: October 7, 2011
A glamorous popup store has replaced a high-end importer with more affordable goods and fashions from Asia, with a showroom manager becoming an import and fashion entrepreneur.
Faces, Norris and Lesley projects get Planning Board approvals
By Marc Levy
Published: March 3, 2011
Apartments to replace the former Faces nightclub on Route 2, more time for plans to replace a former school on Norris Street and an elaborate Lesley University arts building were all approved Tuesday by the Planning Board.
Bridges bypass Cambridge, while pipes could hit hard
By Marc Levy
Published: January 4, 2011
Two projects with radically different impacts were described Monday to city councillor: traffic improvements promising little effect on Cambridge and sewer and storm drainage improvements promising the opposite, good for most and potentially costly for some.
Facts contra-dict alarm over dances
By Marc Levy
Published: November 11, 2010
For the concern displayed Monday over dances at the West Cambridge Youth and Social Center, one would think the events were to be filled with angry rap music riling gang members and preteen girls lasciviously grinding away their honor. That’s not the case.
Dudley Street Halloween event thrives after decade
By Fran Cronin
Published: November 1, 2010
Dudley Street’s annual Halloween party was a screaming success Sunday, with neighbors gathering to create elaborate displays and hand out 10,000 pieces of candy.
Rain eases off after four days with no damage
By Marc Levy
Published: August 25, 2010
Four days of rain ending midday Wednesday didn’t give Cambridge flood problems like those experienced as recently as July 10. And now the bad weather has passed for a while.
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.