Future of the Alewife floodplain is the topic of Saturday symposium to be held at Tufts
A symposium on the Alewife floodplain called “Collaboratively Framing Scenarios” takes place Saturday at Tufts University, bringing together the Alewife corridor communities of Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Belmont, Medford and Winchester.
Regional housing partnership is formed; will set unit goals, construction timelines
Days Construction, out of Everett, works on a home rehabilitation in Cambridge in September. (Photo: Days Construction via Facebook) A new regional 14-city housing partnership has formed to speed housing construction throughout the Boston metropolitan …
Green line extension stop for Route 16 being reexamined, though funding lacks
With the green line extension project funded for more than $1 billion as of Nov. 20 and back on track to bring light rail through Somerville and into Medford within four years, there’s also movement on extending rail another mile to reach Route 16.
Bid of $1.1 billion for green line extension allows for more amenities at seven stations
A low bid for completing the stalled MBTA green line extension project means not just that the project can go forward, but that its seven light-rail stations won’t be as bare-bones as feared.
Five things to do this weekend: Nov. 17-19
“Restructured” feminist art exhibit reception, and other art events; International Pop Overthrow music fest; You Gotta Be KidNME! family and children’s concert; an Afternoon with Henry David Thoreau; and Dance Complex Teaching Artists & Student Concert.
Kickoff for international film festival: Saturday, followed by four-day event
The kickoff of the seventh annual Arlington International Film Festival is a showing of “The Promise,” a 2016 documentary of special interest to Cambridge’s Serbs. The festival itself draws more than 2,000 cinema fans annually to its more than 50 screenings.
Cambridge hangs onto some starring roles in 7th Arlington International Film Festival
Student films from Cambridge and as far away as Australia, Canada, China, India, Mexico, Netherlands and Portugal are among 20 showing next month at the seventh Arlington International Film Festival.
Health officials warn it’s West Nile season after city trap nabs virus-bearing mosquito
A mosquito sample from a trap in West Cambridge tested positive for West Nile virus Thursday, health officials said, and positive mosquito samples have also been detected in Belmont and Boston.
Plenty of damage in Cambridge, Somerville from just 15 minutes of intense rainstorm
A veritable monsoon took down wires, tree limbs and even entire trees as tall as a triple-decker Tuesday in Cambridge, Somerville and Medford, soaking fleeing people within seconds and even bringing hail.
Discussion of criminal justice reform bills to be held Tuesday with state Sen. Jehlen
The Greater Boston Interfaith Organization invites constituents from Cambridge, Somerville and Medford to a Tuesday meeting to discuss bringing about meaningful reform to the criminal justice system.
