Five affordable homes near Union Square are first for nonprofit Somerville Community Land Trust
An affordable-housing nonprofit founded in 2019 cuts the ribbon Wednesday on its first purchase: five permanently affordable homeownership units near Somerville’s Union Square.
With Jefferson Park housing deadline nearing, agency must make up lost $11M of $252M total
The 278-unit Jefferson Park affordable public housing development has an $11 million hole in its financing just five months before officials must close on funding.
Mahoney retires as leader of fire department
Firefighters said goodbye Wednesday to Gerard Mahoney, who has served as their acting chief since March 2017. His firefighting career spanned some 39 and a half years.
State law overrides effort on LGBTQ kids’ privacy as committee votes on nondiscrimination policy
A change that would have protected LGBTQ students against being outed to potentially unknowing or hostile parents was taken out of a school district nondiscrimination policy.
Security company had ‘run amok’ at Manning, leaving housing authority in search of solution
The Cambridge Housing Authority has hired replacement security at Central Square public housing but needs a longer-term answer, board members have been told.
The Foundry and Squirrel Brand Apartments share something: examples of adaptive reuse
Cambridge is no stranger to adaptive reuse projects, which revitalize an existing structure for new purposes. One has been around since 2002; the other is opening soon.
Lightning the way to a break in the weather
During a flash storm at around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, Pia Agliati caught a lightning strike over Harvard Stadium – a dramatic example of recent intense weather that’s due for a break.
Effect of quick-build bike lanes is questioned, with worries city is losing its unique character
Surely there must be a way to keep cyclists safe without wreaking havoc on the rest of the community with the scourge of vacant storefronts and congested side streets.
Move to close MIT campus to larger community contributes to the cold security of the ivory tower
Having the public present in campus spaces, our hallways and our libraries is a lovely reminder that there is a larger society we are a part of, and whom we are working for.
Inclusionary housing rent calculations are unfair
Many part-time and seasonal workers are being unfairly rejected or charged more than 30 percent gross income for inclusionary housing. All we ask is to pay what we make, not what city workers think we will.
Posh pescatarian small plates at Moëca
The dining experience at Moëca may – dare I say it – supersede Giulia, the sister eatery focused on pasta that’s run by Michael Pagliarini around the corner.
The Cambridge Chronicle posting no local news; Next step unknown for giant, debt-riddled owner
The lack of recent local news in the Cambridge Chronicle was explained Wednesday: The legacy paper’s sole staffer left to work at an independent site on the North Shore.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from bubbles to ‘Come to Pass,’ a hip-hop play
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s plenty of music (including new Sol Y Canto and Clem Snide) and theater (including the hip-hop musical “Come to Pass” and a production of “Eurydice”), and a return of the Evolution of Hip-Hop Festival, Floor Lords Breakdancing and MIT Swapfest, as well as bubbles and mini-horses.
In repertory, Liz Taylor’s ‘Identikit’ reemerges, classic horror; Reviews of ‘Day Shift’ and ‘Fall’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include repertory films such as “Identikit,” “The Birds,” ““The Night of the Living Dead,” “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” and John Carpenter’s deft remake of “The Thing,” as well as the new vampire-hunting “Day Shift” and acrophobia-inducing “Fall.”
Bald-faced hornets are gigantic and fearsome, able to sting and survive in defending their nest
These yellow jacket wasps get up to an inch long and scary looking, with a a well-deserved reputation for aggressiveness – though only when protecting their nest.
‘Emily the Criminal’: Student debt made her do it
Indie crime drama “Emily the Criminal” clicks because of Aubrey Plaza. Not enough can be said about her subtlety, or how much she does with a sneer or a shift of her large, luminous eyes.
Mahoney retires as leader of fire department
Firefighters said goodbye Wednesday to Gerard Mahoney, who has served as their acting chief since March 2017. His firefighting career spanned some 39 and a half years.
The Cambridge Chronicle posting no local news; Next step unknown for giant, debt-riddled owner
The lack of recent local news in the Cambridge Chronicle was explained Wednesday: The legacy paper’s sole staffer left to work at an independent site on the North Shore.
State law overrides effort on LGBTQ kids’ privacy as committee votes on nondiscrimination policy
A change that would have protected LGBTQ students against being outed to potentially unknowing or hostile parents was taken out of a school district nondiscrimination policy.
Five affordable homes near Union Square are first for nonprofit Somerville Community Land Trust
An affordable-housing nonprofit founded in 2019 cuts the ribbon Wednesday on its first purchase: five permanently affordable homeownership units near Somerville’s Union Square.
Security company had ‘run amok’ at Manning, leaving housing authority in search of solution
The Cambridge Housing Authority has hired replacement security at Central Square public housing but needs a longer-term answer, board members have been told.
Move to close MIT campus to larger community contributes to the cold security of the ivory tower
Having the public present in campus spaces, our hallways and our libraries is a lovely reminder that there is a larger society we are a part of, and whom we are working for.
With Jefferson Park housing deadline nearing, agency must make up lost $11M of $252M total
The 278-unit Jefferson Park affordable public housing development has an $11 million hole in its financing just five months before officials must close on funding.
Somerville bicyclist, 72, dies in ‘dooring’ incident
Stephen Conley was riding on Broadway near Somerville’s Teele Square when the driver of a Land Rover opened the driver-side door into him, officials said.
The Foundry and Squirrel Brand Apartments share something: examples of adaptive reuse
Cambridge is no stranger to adaptive reuse projects, which revitalize an existing structure for new purposes. One has been around since 2002; the other is opening soon.
Attend meetings on reviewing the city’s charter, zoning for off-street parking and a Cava eatery
Public meetings this week look at charter review on public records, conflict of interest and more; a Central Square apartment project and offstreet parking zoning; and a Cava Mezze Grill coming to Harvard Square.
