Professor Martin Blatt knows his history and is concerned local officials are about to repeat it – namely arrests and violence against protesting students.

Soon-to-be displaced nonprofits and activist groups were again dangled the possibility of returning to The Democracy Center after renovations.

Information promised about the closing of The Democracy Center was scant at a Thursday meeting where it was promised, but came in a statement provided Friday: Tenant organizations will be supplanted by another program.

The Democracy Center meetinghouse for progressive organizations in Cambridge’s Harvard Square announced it would close for the foreseeable future, disrupting the work of groups such as the Heart unarmed response team.

Pro-labor politics could raise construction costs in Cambridge, where city councillors have been concerned about spiraling project expenses.

A plan to reshape Cambridge transportation over the next decade includes more than 30 action items for people who need cars in daily life and others.

Cambridge residents’ water and sewer bills are rising – though by less than $100 on average – for reasons ranging from inflation to the war in Ukraine.

Cambridge maintains its top credit scores for the 25th year in a row and is one of only 24 cities nationwide with a trifecta of highest-possible ratings, said City Manager Yi-An Huang, but several factors threaten the city’s long-term financial standing.

A website dedicated to data visualization, commentary and meeting recaps for Cambridge politics, The Cambridge Review, launched last week, said Charles Franklin, a Cambridge software engineer.

Perceptions of Cambridge Public Schools among faculty and administrators, families and students are stuck in the doldrums and in some cases quite bad, according to a survey that compares districts nationwide. A town hall will discuss it.