Michele Daley, of Cambridgeport Place, walks 2-year-old Isaac through Fort Washington Park on Nov. 1, 2005. The park is a likely place for a dog run. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) No issue at Monday’s City Council meeting inspired as much passion from citize …

The West Cambridge Youth Center took another delicate step through a minefield Monday, nearing its end after a decade-long crawl. Before it moves forward, though, vice mayor Marjorie Decker had to once again assure people that — rumors aside — the deal …

Pedestrians cross through traffic on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge's Harvard Square on Nov. 1, 2005. This stretch of road has been a frustration to drivers and a danger to pedestrians who ignore signals to cross when convenient. (Photo: Schuyle …

Husam “Sam” Azzam shows off his Porter Square condominium and office project, once the Long Funeral Home. The development is controversial among neighbors, who are suing Cambridge for allowing the project to go forward as it has. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha …

Police are seeing younger heroin addicts, as well as many who have switched to heroin after using drugs such as OxyContin. OxyContin is an effective painkiller designed to help people in severe distress, said Anthony Pettigrew, spokesman for the U.S. D …

Police patrol Inman Square on Oct. 30, 2005, as reports of drug use flare in Cambridge. (Photo: Ken S. Kotch) Heroin is here, and it’s cheap. The people of Inman Square say they can see it every day, in the form of needles left in bathrooms, open-air d …