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The top 10 employers in Cambridge (2012 edition) and how to contact them
By Marc Levy
Published: March 11, 2012 at 08:52 PM
Look at the continuing growth among Cambridge’s top 10 employers and it’s easy to extrapolate what’s at risk with the proposed MBTA service cuts. Until and unless those cuts kick in, though, there seems to be job opportunities aplenty right here in town.
First, Harvard, MIT Republicans seek state committee seats. Then they face their city.
By Marc Levy
Published: March 3, 2012 at 05:22 PM
Young Republicans in Cambridge have it pretty tough, but Cambridge is fielding its fair share of young candidates for the Tuesday elections to the Republican State Committee. One from Harvard, and one from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Bike rentals may come with helmet dispensers, safety brochure
By Marc Levy
Published: January 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM
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 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.
Central Square can take 1,000 new homes, commission says
By Marc Levy
Published: December 14, 2011 at 06:27 PM
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 at 12:52 PM
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 at 04:14 PM
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 at 01:51 PM
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 at 08:31 PM
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 at 10:13 AM
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.