After announcing a return via tweet more than six months ago, the pool and pinball hall Flat Top Johnny’s appears closer to reopening in Kendall Square.
A visit Thursday by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley highlighted progress on the Clarendon Hill Redevelopment Project, which will upgrade 216 affordable homes and add 80 moderate-income units and 295 market-rate units.
Starbucks closed after 25 years citing crime as a factor. But Dunkin’ has a franchisee saying it’s looking forward to opening “in the vibrant heart of Central Square.”
Cambridge public notices about Rebelle Artisan Bagels, Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District Commission cases, Beantown Donuts and Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District Commission cases.
Early public comment suggests an uphill battle for a $3.3 billion project at the Somernova business complex, though the group behind the proposal is adding sweeteners such as more investment in the community and the potential for housing,
Cambridge and Eversource have rejected a compromise offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on underground cable routes through the MIT campus for the utility’s huge transmission project in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.
An attempt to toughen rules cutting greenhouse gas emissions from big buildings lost 5-4 before the Cambridge City Council on a day “it’s 60 degrees outside and pouring rain in December,” a backer noted.