Foundry gets a four-hour open house Saturday to tout community arts option
The Foundry finally opens Saturday – but just for a four-hour arts open house that organizers hope is just long enough to make the argument that the city-owned building should be open regularly and permanently as a community arts space.
Candidate Vasquez asks positive tone, united stance among campaigners
There’s a lot of us in this field. As challenging as that can make things on our end, voters have a strong pool to choose from, which is a beautiful thing.
Candidates for Nov. 5 election can pick up papers July 1 from Election Commission
It’s official: Nomination papers for City Council and School Committee candidates become available July 1, according to the city’s Election Commission.
Council’s co-sponsor system breaks law, state says in answer to citizen Stohlman
The City Council violated state law in its vote to appoint Richard C. Rossi city manager, according to a June 4 finding by the attorney general’s Division of Open Government.
Make voices heard before development destroys the Silver Maple Forest
Razing a beautiful and rare space such as the Silver Maple Forest and uprooting a rich wildlife corridor that runs through Cambridge, Belmont and Arlington is simply unacceptable.
Connolly opts out of race for City Council
The candidate, who made a strong run for Tim Toomey’s 26th Middlesex District seat last year, opted out of a campaign Friday in a blog post, saying “in looking at the very large field of likely contenders, I think it’s clear that voters will have no shortage of promising choices on Nov. 5.”
Candidate von Hoffmann: Send letters to U.S. reps, senators to stop ethanol trains
On Tuesday I attended the ethanol train safety briefing at the King Open School. I hoped that the presentation would allay my initial concerns surrounding the ethanol trains. I left the meeting believing we need to fight even harder than we have against this proposal.
10 ways the City Council embarrassed itself this term
Here’s a look at some council actions of the past year and a half that could inspire challengers to step in or serve as flashpoints in upcoming candidate debates:
Trustees held private meeting, didn’t vote on cuts to CHA’s child psychiatry units
Cambridge Health Alliance’s board of trustees did not vote on a controversial plan to cut psychiatric services for children under 8 and discussed the proposal only in private session, a hospital spokesman acknowledged.
House was unanimous on important criminal justice reform for youth
Massachusetts is one of a distinct minority of states that tries 17-year-olds as adults automatically, but the House of Representatives has voted 154-0 to reverse that. Next up, the legislation will need to pass the Senate.
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