Potential big changes to the city’s Affordable Housing Overlay were slowed as city councillors agreed to send them to two committees for preliminary discussion rather than to the bodies where language gets on track to be voted into law.

Restaurants citywide will soon have to pack up their makeshift street patios – some of which began to look as permanent as the restaurants themselves – as Cambridge’s city manager has turned down an appeal to keep outdoor dining throughout the winter.

The Goods had a soft opening Thursday in Davis Square to become Somerville’s first recreational cannabis seller. Sira Naturals said it is soon to follow. 

All four locations in the local coffee shop chain are being shut down permanently, not just the Harvard Square shop, workers said they learned Tuesday.

Hispanics make up nearly one-tenth of Cambridge’s population, yet a gathering of all of its Latinx business owners would be a lonely affair. There are ways to change that.

A three-story addition of 38 apartments to the Crimson Galeria next to Harvard Square’s historic Winthrop Park has been approved for the next steps in the process.

Somerville’s first recreational cannabis seller is preparing to open by mid-November in Davis Square – six years after three-quarters of city voters approved the idea.

A citizen zoning petition was forwarded Monday by the City Council that might regulate where labs can go in Cambridge, possibly prohibiting biotech construction in places such as Central, Harvard, Porter and Inman squares or major thoroughfares such as Cambridge Street and Broadway. 

Paid legal notice: Eversource Energy has filed two related petitions for a project designed to address long-term reliability needs in the Cambridge area, which is experiencing rapid economic development and sustained load growth.

A gaping space in the heart of Kendall Square came closer to being filled Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony and party celebrating the 16-story tower to come.