Cambridge teen is accused of stealing a BMW, from which he threw out the dog found inside
A teen from Cambridge was taken into custody by police Wednesday after a five-day investigation involving a BMW stolen out of Brookline with a dog inside.
Stormwater overflow brings alert to avoid contact with Charles River, Alewife Brook, parts of Mystic
For the second time this winter, people are warned to avoid contact with local bodies of water due to the presence of sewage in stormwater overflow.
Results of municipal broadband feasibility study: City-owned Internet has big pluses and price tag
City-owned Internet would cost the city as little as $150 million to build. After a decision to go ahead, Cambridge would be fully wired within seven years.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from March 13-19 on city-owned Internet and two bike-lane plans
Public meetings this week look at municipal broadband, a schools budget, a possible finding in a voter challenge and Main and Hampshire bike lane projects.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Pi Day celebrations to a ‘Cherry Orchard’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Pi Day arrives (one event starts at 3:14 p.m.), there are nature walks and seed plantings, board game nights and cozy teas, sacred songs and the scoring of a silent film, St. Patrick’s Day, a “Cherry Orchard” staging and the chance to break a world record.
Eight holidays created by geeks, nerds, wonks and the counterculture grown since the 1970s
Sure, our calendars are filled with increasingly commodified holidays, but they’re also filling up with new days of nationwide significance.
Board decision will dismantle Starlight Square after three years of outdoor Cambridge events
A fourth season of the outdoor entertainment complex Starlight Square was rejected Thursday by Cambridge’s Board of Zoning Appeal, getting three out of five members’ votes when four were needed to pass.
All MBTA train lines are on a safety slowdown, restricted to as little as one-fourth max speed
You’re not imagining the T is even slower than usual – it really is slower than usual. The MBTA instituted systemwide restrictions late Thursday.
Drury is exiting from Redevelopment Authority, where she was key in rebuilding after a scandal
A farewell to Margaret Drury was announced Wednesday by the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, where she has been a board member since 2012.
Unhoused couple sets up a tent at Cambridge City Hall
A tent set up Tuesday on the lawn at Cambridge’s City Hall holds an unhoused couple. A man inside said the plan is to stay “until they provide us with shelter.”
