Main Library reopens its doors in a limited way, with timing of full return and expansions hazy
The Cambridge Main Library has reopened its doors for people to browse five days a week, with no limit on how many can be inside or how long they can stay. One catch in this “Library Express” that began Wednesday is that there’s nowhere to sit.
Rally and public comment to MassDOT meeting show support for keeping focus on Route 28/38
The fight for improvements for the Route 28/38 intersection in East Somerville continued in a MassDOT planning meeting Tuesday that saw a parade of politicians and residents voicing support in a lengthy public comment period.
Police arrest man who charged with a pellet gun in Mugar Woods, among Arlington’s homeless
Arlington police have arrested a homeless man on charges he assaulted a town officer during an altercation in Mugar Woods, just outside Cambridge. Police said the has outstanding warrants out of Cambridge District Court.
Attend meetings on grad rates under Covid, charter changes and a Garage mall remake
Public meetings this week look at how Covid affected high school graduation rates, reforming the city’s Plan E charter, planning for a cohesive Alewife neighborhood, two potential Neighborhood Conservation Districts and a remake of The Garage in Harvard Square.
City disbands its Covid-19 Expert Advisory Panel, but warns that a need for masks may come back
Public health officials and scientists aren’t quite ready to declare an end to the pandemic that has upended ordinary life here and killed 123 residents.
Order inspiring 7.5 hours of public comment amended with critiques of ‘political charade’
The author of an order about Israel and Palestine came in for a drubbing from fellow city councillors seeing it as a “political charade” that traumatized Cantabrigians.
Similar proposals to change Cambridge policing are greeted by councillors on a grim anniversary
On the one-year anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, two proposals to change the nature of public safety were embraced Monday by Cambridge’s City Council.
Rally urges state to reprioritize promised repairs to the most dangerous intersection in Somerville
Residents and community leaders are calling on the state to improve the Route 28/38 intersection found to be the most dangerous in Somerville. Next in that effort is a 6 p.m. Wednesday rally.
Toner declares his candidacy for City Council, picking up where he left off from 2017 election
Paul Toner announced Tuesday that he is seeking a City Council seat, following up a run in 2017 when he was the final challenger eliminated in 19 rounds of ranked ballot counts.
Appeals for city to ‘divest’ from Hewlett-Packard are many, but misguided: Staff finds no contract
Nearly 70 people gave public comment at last week’s City Council meeting, making for some 2.3 hours in which Hewlett-Packard was mentioned some 136 times. But Hewlett-Packard does not have a contract with Cambridge, city staff say.
