Councillors want the city bidding on property that Lesley University plans to sell in Baldwin
As Lesley University prepares to sell property to pay for part of a campus renovation, one interested group has already stepped forward: the City Council.
New Section 8 rent approach unsettles tenants, but Housing Authority approves it in a 4-1 vote
The Cambridge Housing Authority has approved a new way of setting rent levels for more than 4,000 low-income tenants despite objections that as many as 28 percent of them – many elderly and disabled – will face rent increases. The average rent will fall, however, according to CHA estimates.
Chang Shing Tofu remains, a rare manufacturer whose presence might surprise newer neighbors
Though Cambridge was once famed for its factories, the manufacturing and wholesaling base has shrunk over the decades to a handful of businesses surrounded by homes and office buildings, and at times they can feel like the interloper.
CHA is cutting urgent care hours in Somerville when it reopens doors after water main break
Cambridge Health Alliance will reduce hours at its urgent care clinic in Somerville when it reopens after a water main break that forced the closing of the entire CHA Somerville Campus on Sept. 28. The clinic at the former hospital will lop one hour off weekdays and more on weekends.
‘Free cash’ will again lower tax rates on homes, but a long-promised hearing will examine need
The city will use free cash to lower homeowner tax bills for the 17th year in a row – to the tune of $22.5 million – but some councillors continued to question the need.
Nighttime work at former courthouse is stopped with License Commission’s rejection of variance
A bid to keep working into the night constructing the 40 Thorndike office tower project in East Cambridge was rejected unanimously Thursday by license commissioners, who didn’t see the hardship demanded for the variance.
Water main break closes CHA Somerville Campus for an anticipated ‘several days’ of repair efforts
Cambridge Health Alliance closed its entire Somerville campus Tuesday, including the urgent care center, after a water main break damaged the building and disabled the electrical system, elevators and fire sprinklers.
Community center? Museum? Municipal offices? Buy bank building and decide its use, council says
A city purchase of the circa 1904 beaux-arts style Cambridgeport Savings Bank Building in Central Square got enthusiastic backing Monday by city councillors, even if there wasn’t a firm idea of what the building should become.
Cannabis shop looks easier in North Cambridge until storefront tenant vows to stay for 15 years
After deciding not to oust a struggling arts business in The Port, a recreational cannabis entrepreneur thought she had a good fallback location – a storefront in North Cambridge being vacated by a small grocer. The grocer, however, has no plans to leave, and in fact had just this year expanded.
Businesses tell of the impacts of facing Amazon in hopes Congress will renew its antitrust efforts
While there are countless factors causing small businesses to close, local owners have identified a source of many of their problems: Amazon.
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