State adds 400,000 educators to list for vaccine; Health Alliance says it is working with schools
Cambridge Health Alliance is working with local public schools to support Covid-19 vaccination efforts of teachers beginning next week.
One dead, one critically hurt in stairwell collapse during preservation work at First Street Garage
A collapsing stairwell at the city’s First Street Garage in East Cambridge killed a construction worker and left another man with “significant” chest and arm injuries early Wednesday.
CareWell back on the list for second Covid doses; city recipients must book at a mass site for now
CareWell Urgent Care will get 3,000 vaccine doses of Covid-19 vaccine next week from the state to use for people awaiting their second shot, while Cambridge Health Alliance disclosed that it had to postpone 2,400 appointments for first doses.
Police are investigating early Tuesday shooting that left one man wounded in East Cambridge
Police are investigating a shooting at Fifth and Spring streets in East Cambridge at approximately 1:30 a.m. Tuesday that left a 33-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries.
Second shots of coronavirus vaccine grow elusive at Health Alliance, clinics despite state promises
The administration of Gov. Charlie Baker has promised that any Massachusetts resident who gets a first shot of Covid-19 vaccine will get a second shot. That’s not the case at either CareWell Urgent Care clinics or at the Cambridge Health Alliance.
Tight timeline to find a schools superintendent, starting with an interim leader in place by July 1
An interim Cambridge Public Schools superintendent will begin work July 1 and serve through the end of the academic year so a search for a permanent superintendent can begin in the summer, with the goal of an accepted offer by October and a start date in July 2022.
Somerville’s Curtatone opts out of reelection
Joe Curtatone, 54, has been mayor since 2004, making him the city’s longest-serving mayor.
Police reports on use of force show a spectrum, with little deescalation; Complaints hint at bias
Cambridge police use their fists and nightsticks, as well as pepper spray, and some have pointed guns at suspects who turned out to be unarmed. Officers ordered people out of a car at gunpoint and handcuffed them – in a case of mistaken identity. It’s all in their use-of-force reports.
Attend meetings on condo conversion fee idea, neighbor groups, Envision goals, Alewife plan
Public meetings this week look at the city’ credit ratings, zoning plans and whether to add affordable housing to a city parking lot in West Cambridge; services for students; neighborhood group representation and the goals of Envision Cambridge; and a possible condo conversion fee.
Health Alliance stops doses in another zigzag along complicated path to Covid vaccinations
In the latest twist in the state’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution program, Cambridge Health Alliance stopped offering its patients first doses of vaccine Wednesday at the same time other hospitals resumed inviting their patients to get a shot. As usual, there was no explanation.
