Harvard Square buildings sell for $108M, buyers promising no immediate changes
The historic Brattle Building at 1-8 Brattle St. and its near-neighbor the 17-41A ensemble of single-story buildings in Harvard Square will sell for $108 million to Charlotte, N.C.-based Asana Partners.
Lawyers seek release of jailed MIT janitor Rodriguez in time to celebrate Christmas
Lawyers for Francisco Rodriguez-Guardado filed an emergency motion Monday morning in federal appeals court in Boston seeking his immediate release from jail because immigration authorities can no longer “reasonably foresee” his deportation.
MIT janitor gets reprieve through summer in threatened deportation to El Salvador
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has granted a stay of removal from the country to Francisco Rodriguez-Guardado, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology custodian, for the duration of his case, which will run “at least into the summer.”
Two courts intervene to pause deportation of MIT janitor who sought asylum in 2006
Appeals courts have ordered that Francisco Rodriguez-Guardado, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology custodian, cannot be deported from the country until at least Dec. 7, blocking attempts by immigration authorities to send him to El Salvador this week.
&pizza, Milk Bar get unanimous go-ahead to open in prominent Harvard Square site
Does Harvard Square need more pizza? After nearly a year of permitting process and a dozen public meetings, the Board of Zoning Appeal said that it did, granting approval for an &pizza and attached bakery and drink shop.
New chance for election reform on ballot; Toomey proposes pledge approach instead
It seemed a proposal was dealt a potentially fatal blow over the summer by councillor Leland Cheung, but the city’s Law Department says it has another chance. Longtime city councillor Tim Toomey proposes a voluntary pledge program for candidates instead.
Court orders halt to Vail Court demolition, apparently catching officials by surprise
The city has been blocked – at least temporarily – from tearing down Vail Court, two boarded-up, rat-infested buildings empty for more than a decade near Central Square. Work was to have begun Monday.
Court ruling: Lights must stay off atop Zinc, but apartment owners can ask board anew
The rooftop uplighting at the Zinc luxury apartment building that brought neighbor complaints in 2016 must stay off, a judge said in a decision dated Monday.
&pizza eatery, with another design change, gets delay on Harvard Square site hearing (update)
Will the combined &pizza and Milk Bar eatery get the four out of five votes it needs to open at the center of Harvard Square? We’re unlikely to find out Thursday, when the beleaguered project has asked a delay before returning to the Board of Zoning Appeal.
Ballot question on public election financing goes to council at its sole summer meeting
A group called Cambridge Residents for Responsible Elections has petitioned the City Council for a nonbinding citywide ballot question in November, seeking to determine if voters would support adoption of a public financing program for elections.
