Attend meetings in Cambridge from Feb. 9-16 about micromobility and toll of vacant spaces
Public meetings this week look at making a better Central Square, how to make City Hall contracting more equitable, the economic toll of vacant spaces and the use of “micromobility” devices on city streets.
Graham & Parks principal draws an investigation when parents see echoes of problems in Newton
A relatively new principal whose contract is up for renewal at Cambridge’s Graham & Parks School is being investigated by the school district after community complaints and accounts of a “toxic work environment” at a previous workplace.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Feb. 2-9 about school budgets, labs that pay for homes
Public meetings this week look at License Commission litigation, school budgets, student absenteeism, reclaiming Jerry’s Pond as a public amenity, coping with MBTA red line shutdowns, replacing a hardware store space with pet care and having labs subsidize housing and retail.
Man is charged with drug sales in Central Square
A drug dealer was busted Wednesday with nearly 90 grams of crack cocaine “after a monthslong investigation into drug activity in Central Square,” police said.
Man who stabbed two in a Porter Square eatery arrested in Boston after tip to identity, police say
A suspect wanted in connection with a January double stabbing in Cambridge’s Porter Square has been taken into custody, police said.
Police find shell casings by Danehy Park following reports of multiple shots fired
The first gunfire of the year in Cambridge came Thursday. Like many of the city’s such incidents, no victims were found – only evidence a weapon was fired.
Attend Cambridge meetings from Jan. 26-Feb. 2 about a Middle East cease-fire call, senior homes
Public meetings this week look at the return of a Middle East cease-fire resolution, bike lane installations, Lechmere Park changes and a project to put more units of affordable senior housing in the Cambridge Highlands.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from singing over silents to Britanik comedy
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, the Nightingale Vocal Ensemble performs its “Photoplay,” there’s art such as “Poems of Electronic Air,” academic talks on “The Rhetoric of Black Populism: From Malcolm X to the ‘Manosphere’” and the comedy duo Britanik takes the stage.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Jan. 19-26 about Jerry’s Pond, senior housing and charter
Public meetings this week look at the city buying the Cambridge Gas Light Co. Building near City Hall; plans to reclaim Jerry’s Pond in North Cambridge; affordable senior housing on Blanchard Road in the Cambridge Highlands; and wrapping up a review of the city’s governing documents.
Rachael Solem, who ran Cambridge guesthouses, dies suddenly, stunning the business community (corrected)
The proprietor of the Irving House, Turner House and Harding House guesthouses in Cambridge died Tuesday at 68 after a fall resulted in a blood clot.
