Change at Somerville intersection could be riskier for Stop & Shop crosswalk users, residents warn
Neighbors who joined a virtual Somerville community meeting about the upcoming revamp of the Powder House Boulevard intersection at Alewife Brook Parkway identified another pressing issue for the project team: Broadway at Alewife Brook Parkway.
Apartment building on track for East Cambridge, potentially bringing 90 homes and street retail
The Planning Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday for a preliminary plan at 75 First St., part of a larger development of the First Street corridor between Bent and Spring streets by the company Urban Spaces.
Four stories of survived mental health crises shared by police in release, raising questions
In an unusual statement Wednesday, Cambridge police said officers had successfully handled four incidents in the previous week involving severely disturbed people – three of them armed. The report appeared to counter criticism of a Jan. 4 fatal police shooting.
With weekend wind chills down to negative 30, officials urge and offer safety and shelter for all
Cambridge and Somerville are bracing for a snap of extreme cold Thursday, Friday and Saturday in which the National Weather Service warns of wind chills down to negative 30 degrees. That could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as a half-hour.
Why an exiled Chinese billionaire has protesters outside the home of a Cambridge schoolteacher
Third-grade teacher Isabelle Despins has endured months of protests outside her home from a far-right group for reasons that are tenuous at best.
Growing up in Cambridgeport was unforgettable for Louis Fenerlis, the child of Greek immigrants
Louis Fenerlis, of Louie’s Haircuts in Boston, considers himself to be a proud product of Cambridgeport. When his family moved during during his first year in high school, he says he never adjusted to the new town.
We’re searching for the Indigenous voices of Cambridge
How did you learn about Native American/American Indian people? Your experiences and memories will be helpful primary source material for our scholars.
Remembering Alice Wolf, local ‘political legend’ who was as kind as she was resolute on the issues
I am in awe of Alice Wolf and her 16 years in the Legislature after a legendary local political career. She was known for being an issues person, but she was much more.
Why we support lab regulation
We want to work toward a Cambridge where residents and locally owned, independent businesses are able to thrive in vibrant and affordable squares and corridors, shielded from further displacement pressures from many sources, including continued biotech expansion.
Almost one in four trees planted by the city die
A look at seven years of data testing suggests nearly 1 out of 4 saplings experienced “infant mortality” and died. The city should make three easy fixes immediately.
Muskrats weren’t named the way you suspect, aren’t beavers and may or may not taste good
Though they have ratlike tails, muskrats are not rats. And since muskrat pairs mark the border of their territory with musk, you might think this is the origin of the name – but you’d be wrong again. What is true about these creatures?
‘Framing Agnes’: Stories of the midcentury trans
Viewer are immersed in Chase Joynt’s ambitious, rapid-paced, comprehensive, experimental documentary, and likely even more so if one is unfamiliar with the stories of trans people in the 1950s and the media’s approach to them.
‘Knock at the Cabin’: Who’s there is not guests you’d want showing up on family glamping trip
Religious overtones and bigger themes feel tacked on and the final resolution may not be among Shyamalan’s best, but this is a family trip to tag along on.
Creole mahi, quail and fried oysters at Season to Taste
Season to Taste relocates, settling in as new kid on the strip between Porter and Harvard squares with offerings that blend New England fresh and Southern fried.
Foodstuffs: Bon Me will come to North Point; Eatery spaces available in Kendall and Central
Asian-inspired sandwich and bowl seller Bon Me is coming to the North Point neighborhood and a few locations for restaurants have come on the market.
Unrest in the Middle East, and it’s just 1933: Jonathan Wilson’s novel ‘The Red Balcony’ (corrected)
Jonathan Wilson’s “The Red Balcony” applies a novelistic sheen to a true-life, still unsolved murder set in the Palestine of 1933, a moment swastikas flew over Jerusalem.
Four stories of survived mental health crises shared by police in release, raising questions
In an unusual statement Wednesday, Cambridge police said officers had successfully handled four incidents in the previous week involving severely disturbed people – three of them armed. The report appeared to counter criticism of a Jan. 4 fatal police shooting.
With weekend wind chills down to negative 30, officials urge and offer safety and shelter for all
Cambridge and Somerville are bracing for a snap of extreme cold Thursday, Friday and Saturday in which the National Weather Service warns of wind chills down to negative 30 degrees. That could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as a half-hour.
Change at Somerville intersection could be riskier for Stop & Shop crosswalk users, residents warn
Neighbors who joined a virtual Somerville community meeting about the upcoming revamp of the Powder House Boulevard intersection at Alewife Brook Parkway identified another pressing issue for the project team: Broadway at Alewife Brook Parkway.
Apartment building on track for East Cambridge, potentially bringing 90 homes and street retail
The Planning Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday for a preliminary plan at 75 First St., part of a larger development of the First Street corridor between Bent and Spring streets by the company Urban Spaces.
Why an exiled Chinese billionaire has protesters outside the home of a Cambridge schoolteacher
Third-grade teacher Isabelle Despins has endured months of protests outside her home from a far-right group for reasons that are tenuous at best.
Concerns about Somerville kids abusing drugs inspire in-person education and Narcan events
After an online program on kids’ substance abuse drew nearly 400 participants, the City of Somerville plans in-person events for libraries in February and March.
Look at school district’s $245M budget proposal offers chance to dig into math, vocational issues
How to spend nearly a quarter-billion dollars on Cambridge Public Schools education was handled quickly at a budget discussion, with specifics drawing little attention from City Council and School Committee officials.
Foodstuffs: Bon Me will come to North Point; Eatery spaces available in Kendall and Central
Asian-inspired sandwich and bowl seller Bon Me is coming to the North Point neighborhood and a few locations for restaurants have come on the market.
