Program feeding households isolated for Covid wins for health department, CEOC, Food for Free
Cambridge’s Public Health Department and partners got national recognition for a program supplying food to individuals and families isolating after a positive test for Covid.
Plans by Eversource to install a high-voltage line are pointed to train tracks and away from homes (updated)
The City Council urged Eversource to place a high-voltage electrical line away from homes, where there’s concern at the prospect of heavy construction and health effects.
Checking success of Affordable Housing Overlay, councillors wonder at walkaways and rejections
The first report on the effects of the Affordable Housing Overlay raised many questions, but councillors decided to keep wondering until they could hold a comprehensive hearing.
Tasty Burger’s plans to open in Central Square are delayed by snafu from city’s permit system
Tasty Burger is taking a second swing at the Central Square market. The eatery walked away from a 2013 bid to replace a nearby bakery after license commissioners voted against allowing late-night beer and wine in a residential area.
Early project community engagement meetings should have an in-person option, board agrees
Developers have introduced plans remotely during the Covid pandemic, but may be expected to hold either a hybrid meeting or two meetings, including one that’s in-person.
Plan presents ‘blue sky’ ideas for a greener city, but progress to circular economy appears slow
After a year of research, an initiative to create a greener economy in Cambridge was presented in June, though some worried that the initiative wouldn’t make it off the drawing board.
Yamba Boutique plants a cannabis lifestyle brand for the ‘left out’ amid bricks built up for the police
It may seem like a sign of changing times when the Yamba Boutique cannabis shop opens in what is often referred to as Harvard Square’s “Carriage House” – which started life as a police station. It is to store owner Leah Samura.
Ninawa’s upcycling may be the future of fashion, but owner struggles to stay sewing in Cambridge
For the past two years, Aelen Unan has been both homeless and a small-business owner. Her Ninawa Zero-Waste shop promotes sustainable fashion by turning unwanted clothing into upcycled dresses and tote bags – but it too is about to be homeless as her time at the Popportunity small-vendor market in Central Square runs out.
Infrastructure-first approach is eyed in Alewife as working group charts out six-month process
A group trying to help define how the Alewife area develops for the coming decades is expected to wrap up in December – capping work begun more than 40 years ago.
Asian food court eateries in flagship Lesley hall are told to expect move to more prominent spot
Lesley University signaled last year that there would be big changes at its University Hall building in Porter Square, and what that means is starting to come into focus with news that its famed Asian food court will move.
