No ‘mystery’ behind three closed restaurants, despite hundreds of inquiries, an owner says
Grafton Street and Park will reopen in the fall, and information on Temple Bar will be available “soon,” said a member of their Grafton Group ownership – a message delivered to “hundreds” of people individually instead of being publicized.
Upgrades to Hyatt’s hotel along the Charles River finish in fall with new looks and a room-key app
The Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge’s long process of renovation and construction will be complete this fall, with new lighting for the iconic pyramid along the Charles and updates to the entrance and lobby and 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space.
Police talk with possible target of Sunday gunfire and recover a weapon and cellphone in The Port
On the eve of a rally and City Council discussions about ending a spate of gun violence, police were investigating another early morning shooting in The Port neighborhood, albeit another one with no known injuries.
Attend meetings on gun violence, reparations, trees and climate, apartments and much more
Public meetings this week look at gun violence, reparations and the environment; school reopening plans and resolutions for the deceased and the retiring; plans in Central and Harvard squares for apartments; hiring the next city manager; and much more.
With coronavirus Delta variant infections rising, vaccine mandates are getting new consideration
The Cambridge Housing Authority is “strongly considering” requiring employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 when it reopens offices fully, and Cambridge’s hospitals are looking at requirements as well.
Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett and family prospered as educators, lawyers, activists – and as Othello
This sophisticated Black man lived in the United States at a time most people who looked like him were enslaved and considered subhuman. Even those who were free were usually limited to a small set of occupations. Aaron Hewlett, however, managed to find a way to prosper here in Cambridge.
We’ve seen eight historical waves of migration, but Cambridge’s ninth will be more complicated
Why do people uproot their lives, move far from friends and family and suffer the indignities that often come with being “new” to a place? There are themes that play out time and again and together form the story of a city, from Native Americans onward.
City’s plan to remove old oak trees is hypocritical, says Vassal Lane graduate who got to enjoy them
The city plans to cut down trees at the Tobin/Vassal Lane property that it wouldn’t let anyone else remove. To be a good government, you need to live by your own laws and lead by example.
The climate emergency is a tree emergency
If we understand the science, we should be willing to pause and adjust construction projects at the Tobin School, Jefferson Park and the Volpe site to save mature trees, protecting environmental health and keeping Cambridge’s urban forest from collapsing.
Residents are urged to give testimony Monday that reparations orders aren’t ready to be voted
Residents who have been meeting weekly on the topic of reparations say they want more time to discuss what the policy means for them, so one is developed that reckons with Cambridge’s founding role in slavery and reflects the voices of more people.
Get free tickets to watch Leo Carax’s ‘Annette,’ catch up on Brattle films, take a ‘Jungle Cruise’
These reviews of what’s in theaters and streaming doesn’t include just reviews of new fare such as “Jungle Cruise” and “Blood Red Sky” and Brattle rewinds of pandemic-era offerings. There’s also a link to free tickets for Leo Carax’s latest with Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, “Annette.”
A brown-belted bumblebee buzz pollinates, meaning it shakes to make your blueberries
Each summer in early July, the brown belts arrive in the community garden en masse and take over for the rest of the summer, dependent on access to a succession of flowering plants and especially adept at pollinating the tomatoes, blueberries and eggplants that require “buzz pollination.”
Project Restore Us adds 150 families to its work delivering culturally appropriate food support
Project Restore Us, launched last year by restaurateurs Tracy Chang of Pagu and Irene Li of Mâe Asian Eatery, has expanded by partnering with the Asian American Resource Workshop and Vietnamese American Initiative for Development.
‘The Green Knight’: Arthurian odyssey, updated
David Lowery’s cinematic adaptation of the late 14th century Middle English chivalric romance is a hypnotic wonderment and one of the best films – if not the best – of the year so far.
Dinner made by robots at Spyce
Spyce’s “infinite kitchen” looks like something from Disney World’s Tomorrowland, a series of silos with prepped and precooked foods such as rice, quinoa, beets, corn and cucumber slices.
Taking orders from TikTok kids, vintage stores are selling through stock from the ’80s and ’90s
Gen Zers’ fervor for ’80s and ’90s fashion helps determine what makes it onto the racks of secondhand clothing shops in Cambridge and Somerville, but not as a result of the latest issues of Teen Vogue or posts from fashion websites. It’s the video app TikTok driving much of the style.
Police talk with possible target of Sunday gunfire and recover a weapon and cellphone in The Port
On the eve of a rally and City Council discussions about ending a spate of gun violence, police were investigating another early morning shooting in The Port neighborhood, albeit another one with no known injuries.
Attend meetings on gun violence, reparations, trees and climate, apartments and much more
Public meetings this week look at gun violence, reparations and the environment; school reopening plans and resolutions for the deceased and the retiring; plans in Central and Harvard squares for apartments; hiring the next city manager; and much more.
City’s plan to remove old oak trees is hypocritical, says Vassal Lane graduate who got to enjoy them
The climate emergency is a tree emergency
If we understand the science, we should be willing to pause and adjust construction projects at the Tobin School, Jefferson Park and the Volpe site to save mature trees, protecting environmental health and keeping Cambridge’s urban forest from collapsing.
No ‘mystery’ behind three closed restaurants, despite hundreds of inquiries, an owner says
Grafton Street and Park will reopen in the fall, and information on Temple Bar will be available “soon,” said a member of their Grafton Group ownership – a message delivered to “hundreds” of people individually instead of being publicized.
Upgrades to Hyatt’s hotel along the Charles River finish in fall with new looks and a room-key app
The Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge’s long process of renovation and construction will be complete this fall, with new lighting for the iconic pyramid along the Charles and updates to the entrance and lobby and 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space.
