Businesses tell of the impacts of facing Amazon in hopes Congress will renew its antitrust efforts
While there are countless factors causing small businesses to close, local owners have identified a source of many of their problems: Amazon.
Talk of raising ‘linkage’ fees suggests unanimity that big developers can pay more toward housing
Past debates over setting “linkage” fees for commercial development have divided the City Council into factions who want to push the limits and those who fear scaring off the builders who pay those fees. These was no hint of division as councillors talked about a 66 percent increase.
Attend meetings on after-school program anger, courthouse work and clubbing in Central Square
Public meetings this week look at after-school program problems, big changes in a Kendall Square project, conflict over neighborhood conservation districts, construction on the former East Cambridge courthouse, Subcentral adding dancing in Central Square and more.
Road rage leads to the second stabbing of 2021, taking place on a Saturday outside a mall store
An apparent road rage incident resulted in the stabbing of a 34-year-old man Saturday outside the CambridgeSide mall Best Buy.
Wide-ranging lawsuit against masks in schools adds Cambridge to its targets in a Tuesday filing
A group of parents and activists based in Bristol and Plymouth counties has sued the state education department, Cambridge, its school district and 13 other school districts, contending that their mask mandates for schoolchildren are illegal.
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Suzanne Revaleon Green has tales of May Parties, Magazine Beach and ‘pungs.’ Meet her here first.
Brilliant, eloquent, strict, caring, dignified, dedicated, revolutionary – some of the words often expressed to describe Suzanne Revaleon Green by those who knew her. Meet her here before reading her stories of Cambridge over the past 90 years.
Sara Chapman Bull, intrepid lady of Brattle Street, introduced stars, swamis and seminars to town
At age 20, Sara Chapman was married in a semi-secret ceremony in Norway to 60-year-old renowned concert violinist Ole Bull. Things only got more interesting from there.
Fix the traffic circle at New Street and Concord before a bicyclist or pedestrian is seriously hurt
After my bike commute this morning I was left wondering if I needed to die before the city does something about the traffic circle at New Street and Concord Avenue in front of Sozio Appliances.
Now’s the moment for universal prekindergarten
Early education is a wonderful thing, and it’s time that Cambridge provides this for every child and the parents – and women in particular – who have made the difficult decision to step back from their careers to care for their children during the pandemic.
Covid and the colder months can drag you down. Here are some free, simple ways to stay healthy.
The mental and physical tolls of Covid have been well documented and. As days get shorter, the weather colder and the delta variant curbs our activities and social lives, taking steps to support our health and wellness becomes essential.
Zimbabwean soul and American cool are unified in Bless by Bless’ CambridgeSide fashion pop-up
Bless Mazarura’s Bless by Bless capsule collection of limited-edition “luxury wardrobe essentials” is available at a pop-up shop at Cambridgeside until the end of the year, displaying the designer’s African-influenced fashion and uniting continents through his Army of Luv nonprofit line.
Cinemas of resistance and silence at The Brattle, and new releases ‘The Guilty’ and ‘The Voyeurs’
These reviews of what’s on the big screen and streaming include doings at The Brattle Theatre, including documentary picks from local John Gianvito and two days of silent greats, as well as a sense of what’s watchable among Jake Gyllenhaal’s “The Guilty,” the sexy “Voyeurs” and “Seeding Change.”
Asian jumping worms are an invasive species destroying our forests, and already in our yards
If your garden mulch is disappearing, you might have Asian jumping worms, for they consume mulch and even wood chips rapidly. And bringing in even one jumping worm can lead to an infestation, because these worms do not need a mate to reproduce.
Tobin and Vassal public art decision nears end, though one of the proposals will need 100 years
Four finalist art proposals are in for the remaking the Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools in West Cambridge. The winner of the $650,000 commission won’t be announced until November, but the first step to a decision is homework: learning about each project.
Chicken and egg choices at Loyal Nine
Loyal Nine is an intimate and cozy place to have dinner but also a nifty place to have lunch or brunch. I dig its smooth and creamy nitro cold-brewed coffee, but one of the more recent reasons I’ve been popping in is the simple things it does with chicken and eggs.
Bar Enza, a ‘neo-trattoria,’ to open this month under Ladner, cooking anew in Harvard Square
Bar Enza is expected to open before October in Harvard Square’s Charles Hotel, serving the Italian brasserie food of Mark Ladner in a space that until April hosted Benedetto (and Rialto for 22 years until June 2016).
Candidate followed Covid isolation protocols after realizing she had a ‘breakthrough’ case
The buzz was that a City Council candidate had been campaigning with Covid and without warning the people she met. The Covid diagnosis was real; the lack of warning was not.
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Attend meetings on after-school program anger, courthouse work and clubbing in Central Square
Public meetings this week look at after-school program problems, big changes in a Kendall Square project, conflict over neighborhood conservation districts, construction on the former East Cambridge courthouse, Subcentral adding dancing in Central Square and more.
Road rage leads to the second stabbing of 2021, taking place on a Saturday outside a mall store
An apparent road rage incident resulted in the stabbing of a 34-year-old man Saturday outside the CambridgeSide mall Best Buy.
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Wide-ranging lawsuit against masks in schools adds Cambridge to its targets in a Tuesday filing
A group of parents and activists based in Bristol and Plymouth counties has sued the state education department, Cambridge, its school district and 13 other school districts, contending that their mask mandates for schoolchildren are illegal.
Back-rent program is so complicated to apply for that the CHA is having trouble getting any money
Housing Authority employees will go door-to-door in October to “walk residents through the process” to sign a release allowing the agency to seek rent relief for them – part of a confusing and cumbersome process.
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Businesses tell of the impacts of facing Amazon in hopes Congress will renew its antitrust efforts
While there are countless factors causing small businesses to close, local owners have identified a source of many of their problems: Amazon.
Bike and bus lanes will change driving Mass Ave, introducing loading zones and side street meters
Protected bike lanes are installed on Massachusetts Avenue between Inman and Trowbridge streets in Mid-Cambridge; plans for North Cambridge include bike lanes in both directions and the elimination of a car lane in favor of a bus lane toward Porter Square.
Flyer from Housing Coalition is misinformation about three bills to support tenants, state rep says
A mailing from the Massachusetts Housing Coalition warning of tax increases from tenant protection laws is misleading, Cambridge and Somerville state Rep. Mike Connolly said.
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