Daily Table vs. Formaggio? Comparing prices among staples brings results you might expect
Formaggio Kitchen opened its (re)located Huron Village shop Monday, a sparkling space that offers the amenities of the original site and more. Does it make good on fulfilling the gap left by the Fresh Pond Market it replaced?
Acoustic music licenses could be fast-tracked, cost $100 a year under a commission proposal
Getting acoustic music into untraditional spaces such as bookstores began to look doable this week, as the License Commission took up the issue again after a rebuke from city councillors.
Alewife rezoning is still riddled with questions, risking approval despite bridge, housing, retail
Developer Cabot, Cabot & Forbes has some work to do in the next two weeks to win city councillors over to a plan to remake its acreage in the Cambridge Highlands, though it’s late changes to major projects that had some councillors annoyed.
Starlight Square adds to Popportunity weekends with Comfort Kitchen and eight farmers markets
With the most bitter winter weather expected to be behind the region, the Central Square Farmers Market is due for an opening Monday in Starlight Square, the open-air complex in Central Square. Weekend Popportunity events continue with new meal offerings.
CareWell clinic Covid vaccinations are disrupted, company denying report of state ‘disenrollment’
CareWell Urgent Care is telling some patients who got their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a CareWell clinic that the company can’t honor appointments for their second shots because it’s out of vaccine.
Just-A-Start moves free tax assistance online during pandemic for $56,000 incomes or less
Just-A-Start, a Cambridge nonprofit developer, has launched a free remote version of its tax preparation services to help income-qualified taxpayers file returns during the pandemic.
Opposition to acoustic music is brushed aside; vexed councillors order action after four years
After waiting four years for city staff to help bring more acoustic music to Cambridge businesses without them needing a license, city councillors showed frustration Monday at getting a response that was incomplete and unhelpful.
Another Boston Calling canceled by coronavirus
The coronavirus has canceled its second Boston Calling music festival. Organizers announced the cancellation in a Monday email. Full refunds are being offered to ticket buyers, or the option to move the tickets to next year’s event.
Court rules against Cambridge over Vail Court, giving ex-owner $3.7M even as he seeks return
The 0.65-acre property at 139 Bishop Allen Drive was taken in September 2016 by eminent domain after a decade of inaction on the vacant property. But the affordable, senior or transitional housing the city wants to build as a replacement continues to be slowed in court.
Conservation district study for East Cambridge continues, filled with questions and contention (corrected)
A study of whether to carve an architectural conservation district out of part of East Cambridge continues Wednesday, after a first try ground to a halt in March with the coronavirus lockdown. The first process had also grown notably nasty.
