After call to help grouping of formerly homeless comes evidence of how elusive solutions can be
A plea for help sent in January to city and state officials has brought to light the challenges facing efforts to move people with long-term homelessness into permanent housing.
MIT clamps down at Sloan school over Covid rise; City considers sampling sewage for variants peril
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in Cambridge, more than one-quarter of new infections in the city last week were students and others connected with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With coronavirus variants making up more infections, the city is mulling a variant test for its sewage.
Council urges information on teenager’s killing, prevention of more violence, as family mourns
Police are being asked by city councillors to report as soon as possible what’s known of the Saturday killing of Xavier Louis-Jacques, 19, and what can be done to prevent further violence on Cambridge streets.
Advocates for the homeless sound the alarm around shelter, alarming those they accused
Accusations that they’re opposed to a temporary homeless shelter near Central Square took Cambridge officials and a business leader by surprise last week, especially since advocates for the homeless had already sent those allegations off to state officials.
Cantabrigians rally against Anti-Asian hate crime
More than a hundred people gathered by the Harvard Square T station Saturday to protest surging hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans. From elementary school students to elders, people of all races and walks of life stood together, held signs and gave speeches to “Stop Asian Hate.”
Attend meetings on rolling out solution for rats, single-use plastics answer and zoning proposals
Public meetings this week look at keeping rats out of the trash with new barrel and advice on a single-use plastics ban; the school district budget; and the “Missing Middle” and “Green Roofs” zoning petitions.
Overnight fatal shooting is under investigation; North Cambridge scene of week’s third gunfire
A 19-year-old Cambridge man was fatally shot at approximately 12:40 a.m. Saturday on Pemberton Street, North Cambridge, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge police commissioner Branville G. Bard Jr. said.
More gunfire heard in The Port neighborhood; Police have update on Wednesday incident too
Officers were on the scene of the second gunfire incident in three days in The Port neighborhood, police said Friday night.
School Committee has announced three finalists for interim superintendent; forums to be April 8
The School Committee has identified three finalists to move forward in the interview process for an interim school superintendent, as well as a schedule of candidate forums to meet them.
Coronavirus vaccinations creep upward to 24%, while variants lurk as threat to exiting lockdown
An additional 3,419 Cambridge residents got at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine over the past week, bringing the total to 26,618 people, or 24 percent of the community.
