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.
Grants to CHA, Forsyth Institute give dental care to vulnerable, including Somerville kids in pain
The Cambridge Health Alliance Foundation and Forsyth Institute in Cambridge have each been awarded $15,000 by the Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation for helping provide oral health care to vulnerable populations.
Manager confirms: Border Cafe won’t reopen, victim of a fire, though pandemic proved fatal
The Border Cafe in Harvard Square is no longer closed for renovations since a fire broke out Dec. 1, 2019 – now it’s just closed permanently, a restaurant manager confirmed Wednesday.
Cantabrigians are mourning a loss of identity, reporting shutdown of People’s Republik bar
The People’s Republik, the iconic bar in Mid-Cambridge, has apparently surrendered the cold war, with multiple social media posts reporting seeing furniture being removed, the bar’s phone line going dead and an online menu service listing it as “permanently closed.”
Liquor store business booms in pandemic panic
More than half the staff at Somerville liquor store Downtown Wine & Spirits quit in the first weeks of Covid-19 due to fears of contracting the virus – just as the shop saw an exponential increase in sales. Things have just gotten more interesting since.
Cost and coronavirus complications change plan, forcing a hybrid Formaggio-Fresh Pond Market
Formaggio Kitchen announced last week that it would close down its original store at 244 Huron Ave. and relocate fully to the old Fresh Pond Market locale at 358 Huron Ave., though when rescuing the closing grocery store in 2019 owners said they planned to keep both businesses.
Harvard going all-electric on four buses in fleet, in accord with state car plan and ahead of MBTA
Harvard plans to buy four all-electric buses to replace four existing biodiesel buses – expected to be operational this fall in a 12-bus fleet facilitating approximately 600,000 student trips a year across Harvard’s campuses. The MBTA recently opted for hybrids instead.
‘ECBeeA Crosspollinator’ campaign highlights ECBA’s lively business-to-business ecosystem
Important relationships between business owners and how they support each other can be missed, but an East Cambridge Business Association campaign is designed to show off those connections.
