TV satirist draws line: He’ll give up East Cambridge to get Davis Square

By Marc Levy

Published: March 7, 2010

Nicholson

Nicholson  | read this item

Cambridge will annex Somerville’s Davis Square and Somerville gets East Cambridge in return, according to a plan laid out Sunday on “The Cambridge Rag,” a Cambridge Community Television show hosted by Roger Nicholson.

Neighborhood team envisions Lechmere with hotel, plaza, public market

By Marc Levy

Published: March 1, 2010

Plans for remaking Lechmere Square when the T stop moves includes transforming a garage area seen at top into a year-round, 30-stall public market like the one seen above. (Photo: On Land LLC)

Plans for remaking Lechmere Square when the T stop moves includes transforming a garage area seen at top into a year-round, 30-stall public market like the one seen above. (Photo: On Land LLC)  | read this item

First came a torrent of public support, then a unanimous City Council vote supporting a plan to remake the area around the Lechmere T stop with a 12-story hotel, plaza and year-round, 30-stall public market.

Progressive group looks forward after campaign loss

By Marc Levy

Published: February 3, 2010

The volunteer community group Cambridge-Somerville for Change is hosting a meeting called “Debrief, Regroup and Go Forward” on Tuesday in Central Square.

Somerville woman dies after fire engine accident

By Marc Levy

Published: January 28, 2010

Cambridge police are seeking witnesses to a fatal accident Tuesday involving a loose hose on a Cambridge Fire Department engine.

Original music, words of inspiration in MLK addition

By admin

Published: January 14, 2010

There’s a musical and poetic addition to Cambridge’s honors to Martin Luther King Jr., courtesy of the Harvard Square Business Association.

Editorial: District shouldn’t lock community out of schools

By admin

Published: January 2, 2010

Erika Lawson shows off her 3AM Confections line in December as the final Design Hive show in Cambridge gets under way. (Photo: Marc Levy)

Erika Lawson shows off her 3AM Confections line in December as the final Design Hive show in Cambridge gets under way. (Photo: Marc Levy)  | read this item

December was the last month at the Maria L. Baldwin School for Design Hive, the fashion and crafts fair run by Cambridge resident and business owner Valerie Fox. This is bad for Cambridge, its schools and its students.

Diesel brings back its mugs (if customers will)

By Marc Levy

Published: December 22, 2009

Your eyes, stomach and bladder are not deceiving you: Diesel’s large drinks have indeed gotten bigger.

Can Toad swallow The Doctors Fox? Band may be big draw at small club

By Marc Levy

Published: December 22, 2009

Ryan Aylward, Jon Dashkoff, David Ladon and Josh Kiggans are The Doctors Fox, playing Wednesday at Toad in Porter Square.

Ryan Aylward, Jon Dashkoff, David Ladon and Josh Kiggans are The Doctors Fox, playing Wednesday at Toad in Porter Square.  | read this item

Toad had better brace itself. The Doctors Fox plays Wednesday at the tiny Porter Square bar and music venue — so small its stage often doesn’t fit whole bands — and it has been packing larger houses lately.

Restaurants have moves, expansion on the menu

By Marc Levy

Published: December 17, 2009

Somerville’s Evoo and Arlington’s Za are converging in February in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. (Photos: top, Chompster_2009; above, courtesy of Za)

Somerville’s Evoo and Arlington’s Za are converging in February in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. (Photos: top, Chompster_2009; above, courtesy of Za)  | read this item

It’s been news to foodies since October that the restaurant Evoo is moving to Kendall Square from Somerville, and that its 350 Third St. location — called the Watermark Building — will also host the second Za, an Arlington pizza restaurant run by the same group. They should open in February, helping Kendall become more of a nighttime destination.

Boy, 5, wanders street after getting off bus early; parent says school blamed her

By Marc Levy

Published: December 1, 2009

A 5-year-old got off his school bus Monday at the wrong stop and was left to wander the streets, the School Committee heard from a parent upset at being blamed for the error.

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