Suspect in three shootings over past two years pleads guilty, to serve up to 8.5 years in prison
A plea has been entered by a man involved in three Cambridge and Somerville gunfire incidents, and sentencing of 8.5 years imposed by a judge.
Rentable Bluebike e-bikes arrive in Cambridge, starting with 20 in Kendall Square, soon to be 750
The first 20 e-bikes in the Bluebikes rental system are expected to become available at 4 p.m. Wednesday at a Kendall Square valet station, to be joined by 730 more over the next few months. More stations are coming to Cambridge too.
Riddick, tracked down in a 2000 cold-case rape, pleads guilty and is sentenced to up to 12 years
The rapist tracked down in March after eluding police for more than 20 years has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison.
Big tech construction won’t face standards proposed to seal off final 10% of emissions
An attempt to toughen rules cutting greenhouse gas emissions from big buildings lost 5-4 before the Cambridge City Council on a day “it’s 60 degrees outside and pouring rain in December,” a backer noted.
Armed officers on a rooftop were not snipers, commissioner says, and were there to protect
A call for Cambridge police reforms such as “eliminating the department’s military weapons arsenal” came before the City Council by coincidence shortly after protesters learned armed officers had been stationed on a rooftop overhead before an expected rally.
Items for under tree are at small businesses featured in Cambridge Local First gift guide
If the holiday-season buying situation feels dire, a 2023 gift guide from small-business organization Cambridge Local First can help.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Dec. 15-22 about reforms for police and renaming a school
Public meetings this week look at evaluating the city manager, police reforms and municipally owned Internet, a review of Cambridge’s governing document, renaming a school and honoring a School Committee member and more.
Belt-tightening time has arrived for Cambridge, putting projects in competition with each other
A period of austerity that’s been warned about for years has arrived, and elected officials have to start setting priorities for what projects get a go-ahead for the next five to 10 years and what must be scaled back or halted.
Rat infestation complaints drop in Cambridge after combination of efforts, and more to come
Calls of rodent infestations peaked two years ago at 784 after they were added as an option to the SeeClickFix complaint system in 2020. This year, looking back over the past 365 days leading up to Nov. 23, the reports had dropped by half to 396.
ImprovBoston is shutting down as a nonprofit, ending four-decade run of comedy and classes
The closing of ImprovBoston ends more than 40 years of improvisational comedy in Cambridge that enlivened nightlife with clubs in Inman and then Central squares before being shuttered by the Covid pandemic.
