Barr will leave behind city streets and bike lanes for leadership role at Amtrak starting in the fall
Cambridge’s director of Traffic, Parking & Transportation since 2015, Joe Barr, announced on Monday that he plans to step down to become director of network development for the Eastern United States for Amtrak.
Exposure to PFAS chemicals can sound alarming, but new precautions precede scientific certainty
A deeper look into the science behind measuring the risks of the group of chemicals known as PFAS shows a great deal of nuance and uncertainty.
Attend meetings on linkage fees and bike lanes, pot shops and improving the city’s playing fields
Public meetings this week look at linkage fees and playing fields, banning fur and fake health clinics, after-school program buses, bike lanes on Garden Street, a Porter Square pot shop, eliminating parking minimums, planning North Massachusetts Avenue and much more.
Meeting on keeping Saturday ‘Riverbend Park’ finds support, but sympathy for Riverside effect
A community meeting highlighted strong support for the continued closing of Memorial Drive to car traffic to create Riverbend Park on Saturdays and Sundays.
Costs of Cambridge having its own water supply is spelled out for the agenda of October hearing
While Cambridge is using MWRA drinking water only until next year out of caution around the presence of chemicals, some city councillors want a conversation about whether the switch should be permanent.
After the fourth sound of shots within four days, Bostonian is arrested on several charges (update)
The year’s 11th gunfire incident was Sunday, police said, describing another case in which there are no known victims – similar to all of the year’s reported gunfire except for one in August in the Riverside neighborhood that left two teens injured.
Attend meetings on MBTA cuts, lab buildings, housing, Memorial Drive, bike safety and more
Public meetings this week look at reversing plans for bus cuts; zoning around lab buildings, parking and multifamily housing; Memorial Drive closings and bike safety in Somerville; a greenhouse gas emissions law; and much more.
Huang’s vision for City Manager’s Office forms with a chief of staff, O’Riordan as acting deputy
After stepping down Tuesday from filling in as city manager, Public Works head Owen O’Riordan was asked Friday to come back as acting deputy city manager.
Handgun is recovered in Wellington-Harrington, near schools and scene of teen’s shooting in 2012
Police recovered a handgun early Thursday at Donnelly Field, a location that’s behind schools and a youth center and near the scene of the unsolved murder of a teen.
Cambridge primary voters went their own way regarding some key races. Here’s a comparison.
Primaries held Tuesday showed Cambridge voters bucking some statewide trends, including around the reelection of secretary of state William Galvin over challenger Tanisha Sullivan; and the selection of a Trump-favored Republican gubernatorial candidate.
