Accumulated debts from Covid’s rent freeze makes it harder to save those facing eviction
More tenants have reached the last step in the process – when they may be forced to leave their homes – and those trying to help face greater obstacles.
Somerville Planning Board asks who’s the boss; Cambridge project plans turn 3 and need a change
Tensions over Somerville Planning Board powers emerge in two projects, and two plans get continued near Cambridge’s Porter and Central squares.
There’s a new community newspaper out there, but consider being the community that creates it
Some of the news, features and letters that get posted to Cambridge Day can also be found Fridays in a newspaper called The Week.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from June 16-23, from Alewife Quad zoning to manager evaluation
Public meetings this week look at sloped roofs and Alewife Quadrangle zoning; laws around historical buildings and landmarks; evaluating the city manager; and $50 million in Massachusetts Avenue reconstruction in a project springing from the city’s Cycling Safety Ordinance.
Attend meetings in Somerville from June 16-23, including the annual budget season ‘cut night’
Public meetings this week take on budget decisions (including the budget-trimming “cut night”), preservation and repairs to an 1892 building and more.
Bottle trees are sprouting up in new locations, continuing to honor the enslaved in cambridge
If you travel regularly along Brattle Street west of Harvard Square, you may have asked yourself in recent weeks, “Where are the blue bottle trees?”
Thanks to Cambridge from councillor Carlone
I have been honored to serve Cambridge for the past 10 years. The next phase of my life will focus more on family, writing and perhaps consulting.
Cambridge needs progress reports, engagement on feasible, popular municipal broadband plan
Cambridge faces many issues, some quite divisive. Municipal broadband is one that unites Cambridge through our shared values of social justice and equity.
Cambridge Families of Color group withdraws from school district town hall event in protest
Based on various district actions they cite, leaders of the Cambridge Families of Color Coalition say they no longer feel like authentic partners in discussions.
Catching fish without a river
We live in the places we make – and now that means we must plan greenspaces to mitigate heat island effects from our paved roads, settle the particulate pollution from our cars and ease the stresses of living in dense enclaves.
‘Evita’: Pure, epic entertainment overrides weaker elements of the Broadway original
“Evita” is the most striking evening of theater to hit Boston stages in a while, making it almost possible to overlook the major drawback of the evening – the play itself.
Viceroy butterflies are mimics in all stages of life, adapting cleverly to look the least savory as prey
Look for viceroys now – they reach peak numbers in mid-June and again in late July – but don’t mistake them for the monarch butterflies they ape.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Juneteenth, Dance Party, Sedaris and ‘Savitri’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are events for Pride and Juneteenth – including a parade – as well as the return of Cambridge’s Dance Party, a visit from storyteller David Sedaris, the history of ice and plenty of poetry, music and theater, including the little-seen opera “Savitri.”
Meet the maker of ‘City of a Million Dreams’ doc and catch ‘Drylongso’ and new ‘The Blackening’
These looks at what’s on screens in the coming week include new restorations of “Drylongso” and “Party Girl,” a visit from the maker of the New Orleans-focused “City of a Million Dreams” and a review of the hilarious new “The Blackening.”
‘The Flash’: This speedster, even with guest stars, shows the multiverse idea is running out of time
Time rewinds too many times in this “Flash,” and in the end, feels pointless. At nearly two and a half hours, a film with a speedy protagonist should feel faster.
Catching fish without a river
We live in the places we make – and now that means we must plan greenspaces to mitigate heat island effects from our paved roads, settle the particulate pollution from our cars and ease the stresses of living in dense enclaves.
Accumulated debts from Covid’s rent freeze makes it harder to save those facing eviction
More tenants have reached the last step in the process – when they may be forced to leave their homes – and those trying to help face greater obstacles.
There’s a new community newspaper out there, but consider being the community that creates it
Some of the news, features and letters that get posted to Cambridge Day can also be found Fridays in a newspaper called The Week.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from June 16-23, from Alewife Quad zoning to manager evaluation
Public meetings this week look at sloped roofs and Alewife Quadrangle zoning; laws around historical buildings and landmarks; evaluating the city manager; and $50 million in Massachusetts Avenue reconstruction in a project springing from the city’s Cycling Safety Ordinance.
Attend meetings in Somerville from June 16-23, including the annual budget season ‘cut night’
Public meetings this week take on budget decisions (including the budget-trimming “cut night”), preservation and repairs to an 1892 building and more.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Juneteenth, Dance Party, Sedaris and ‘Savitri’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are events for Pride and Juneteenth – including a parade – as well as the return of Cambridge’s Dance Party, a visit from storyteller David Sedaris, the history of ice and plenty of poetry, music and theater, including the little-seen opera “Savitri.”
Cambridge is the best place to live in the U.S., according to wellness rankings by Fortune
Fortune said it evaluated nearly 1,900 cities, towns, suburbs and villages across 50 states and found Cambridge was the best place to live.
‘The Flash’: This speedster, even with guest stars, shows the multiverse idea is running out of time
South African saint behind the Soccer Grannies inspires many, including new Somerville author
Somerville resident Jean Duffy never imagined herself an athlete, much less a soccer granny like Beka Ntsanwisi, but the South African inspired her.
