Neville Place assisted-living gets $5.7M loan from city despite unexplained lapses in terms
Cambridge is increasing a loan to its city-affiliated Neville Place assisted-living facility near Fresh Pond despite a failure to accept the original loan for undisclosed reasons. Neville Place did not carry out many requirements attached to the original.
Meet Lyn Hardy, whose focus is on his grandkids but whose fondest memories begin in California
From his first moments as a bawling baby in 1948 to his days rifling through the news and visiting his grandchildren as a silver-haired man, Lyn Hardy lived what many would consider to be the quintessential American life.
Housing Authority’s commercial kitchens get use filling for tenants and fulfilling for entrepreneurs
The Cambridge Housing Authority’s four shiny commercial kitchens remained unused for the most part since 2013, but now serve residents daily meals from budding food businesses who need a place to cook.
Attend meetings in Somerville from March 14-21 about Somernova benefits and historical homes
Public meetings this week look at potential community benefits from development at Somernova and a Historic Preservation judgment of three homes on Winter Hill and Spring Hill dating back to 1900 and 1920 and facing demolition.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from DNA dancing to Family Opera and fungi
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s St. Patrick’s Day and Prince, choreography by Crispr DNA editing, the North Cambridge Family Opera, a Danehy Park documentary and fascination with fungi.
Attend meetings in Somerville from March 7-14 about cheap Internet ending, a pot shop for Davis
Public meetings this week look at how aging affects driving skills, an affordable-Internet program’s end and a recreational pot shop proposed for Davis Square.
Senior affordable housing project in Cambridge would build space for services on its ground floor
A project to build affordable housing for seniors in the Cambridge Highlands has been mostly welcomed in early hearings by the Conservation Commission and Planning Board, with some debate over parking and height.
Mount Auburn geriatric care levels will stay high despite closing of Quimby Center, exec assures
Though Mount Auburn Hospital is closing two centers in 2024, none of their services are leaving the Cambridge area. Mount Auburn says it is is upgrading some of its facilities and investing heavily in new technology.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Jan. 26-Feb. 2 about a Middle East cease-fire call, senior homes
Public meetings this week look at the return of a Middle East cease-fire resolution, bike lane installations, Lechmere Park changes and a project to put more units of affordable senior housing in the Cambridge Highlands.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from singing over silents to Britanik comedy
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble performs its “Photoplay,” there’s art such as “Poems of Electronic Air,” academic talks on “The Rhetoric of Black Populism: From Malcolm X to the ‘Manosphere’” and the comedy duo Britanik takes the stage.
