Church weathervane watched America be born, and may have a future sold to pay for missions
The First Church in Cambridge congregation is divided on what happens next to their historic weathervane: restoration and preservation, or a sale to bolster finances. The church says it won’t move forward until all are consulted.
Cambridge Promise program will fund a degree from Bunker Hill for up to 30 CRLS grads a year
As many as 30 students will get a tuition-free education at Bunker Hill Community College in what is expected to be the first year of a permanent program.
Reimbursement approach to Covid relief funds keeps most nonprofits in Cambridge waiting
Cambridge nonprofits are still waiting to get American Rescue Plan funds more than a year after award letters arrived showing their approved amounts.
Police consultants have an officer-naming policy expected to make Cambridge a leader within state
Consultants told Cambridge police that the public should know preliminary information about officers involved in violence within 24 to 36 hours, as well as a time frame for the release of further information – and possibly officer names within days.
Too many good sites are still going undeveloped as affordable housing, councillors say of report
The successes of Affordable Housing Overlay zoning described in an annual report pleased city councillors, but there were concerns about properties that had rejected development offers or were “under continued review.”
Small protest marks six months after killing; three groups maintain demands about police (corrected)
A demonstration Saturday in Harvard Square marked six months since a killing in Cambridgeport and the first since a police commissioner memo saying the city was barred from identifying the Cambridge officer who shot him.
Saundra Graham dies at 81, a legislator and leader who stormed Harvard stage against displacement
Saundra Graham, Cambridge’s first Black city councillor, a former Massachusetts state representative and namesake of the Graham & Parks School with fellow civil rights activist Rosa Parks, has died.
Relocating postal annex strains mail carriers while clearing the way for life-sciences giant
Moving a postal facility has added up to 40 minutes daily to some letter carriers’ travel time, according to a U.S. Postal Service labor leader, resulting from changes underway in Cambridge’s rapidly changing Alewife Quadrangle area.
Local Boston Marathon runners make history, finishing in first class of nonbinary competitors
Danny Riordan, 24, of Cambridge, and Alyssa Moskites, 30, of Somerville, made history Monday as nonbinary runners in the 127th Boston Marathon – a first-of-its-kind category for the oldest marathon in the world.
Phil’s Towing closes, citing street-cleaning test that gives cars tickets before impounding them (updated)
Phil’s Towing closes Friday after nearly 40 years in business, and owners blame Cambridge’s one-year street cleaning pilot program that began this month with the goal of reducing the financial impact of towing on residents.
