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Bike rentals may come with helmet dispensers, safety brochure
By Marc Levy
Published: January 24, 2012
When 20 bike rental stations arrive in the spring, city councillors expect them to be accompanied by helmet dispensers designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology students and a brochure with the rules of the road.
Q&A: From grocery store to Constellation Center, Travis McCready talks future of Kendall Square
By Marc Levy
Published: December 15, 2011
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.
Central Square can take 1,000 new homes, commission says
By Marc Levy
Published: December 14, 2011
Along with the rest of an exciting, arts-based vision for Central Square described Monday came a call for 1,000 units of housing to be built atop what are now parking lots or one- or two-story buildings.
DA arraigns Swartz on hacking charges
By Marc Levy
Published: November 30, 2011
Programmer, writer and open-information activist Aaron Swartz was arraigned today in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn for what authorities are calling computer intrusion, fraud and data theft — trying to provide unpaid access to the contents of Jstor, a not-for-profit archive of scientific journals and academic work. He was released by Middlesex Superior Court Clerk [...]
Council challenger: Williamson dislikes developer donations to councillors
By Marc Levy
Published: November 2, 2011
James Williamson first ran for City Council two years ago, saying he would “really pay attention to what’s going on in our city and … not be afraid to speak up and do something about it.” He sounded the same themes for this year’s campaign.
VCs put $4 million on expansion of Alewife startup Modo Labs
By Marc Levy
Published: November 2, 2011
Modo Labs, a maker of smartphone apps based on open-source software that are serving businesses and universities around the world — including a notable one right here in Cambridge, namely Harvard — got $4 million in venture capital Tuesday.
This coffee klatch was really about the coffee
By Marc Levy
Published: October 15, 2011
Coffee is many things to many people, but all coffee makers revere its role in bringing people together to talk — which is what it did Friday, as some of Cambridge’s coffee elite met up at Toscanini’s in Central Square.
Comics events rush in heroically to free weekend
By Marc Levy
Published: September 22, 2011
Tonight at 7 is the release party for an anthology of local comics put out by Harvard Book Store; Friday brings at MIT comic book fair; and Saturday is the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo in Porter Square.
All Asia Bar heads toward its Valhalla
By Marc Levy
Published: August 13, 2011
All Asia will soon be no Asia at all. The nightclub is moving up Massachusetts Avenue and renaming itself Valhalla, manager Marc Shulman said.
Governor gets threat resulting from forcing Grand Junction rail
By Marc Levy
Published: August 4, 2011
The administration of Gov. Deval Patrick got a warning this week from Cambridge officials angry about being forced to accept a Grand Junction commuter rail line.