‘No preference’ protest voters ate into Biden win; Davis and Klekota are seated in primary balloting
Pro-Palestine activists chipped away at President Joe Biden’s landslide victory in the state’s Democratic primary on Super Tuesday, while Henrietta Davis and Justin Klekota were among State Democratic Committee winners with comfortable margins in Cambridge and Somerville.
Tenants facing evictions would get legal help under plan, part of a council focus on housing
Any lower-income Cambridge tenant who wants legal help fighting an eviction should get it for free, and money should be allocated in the next municipal budget to make that happen, city councillors told the city manager Monday.
Pair of weekend rallies call for economic reform, cease-fire in the Middle East and message at polls
Activists from the Poor People’s Campaign marched Saturday to the Massachusetts State House as part of a national week of action, while pro-Palestine protesters marched to MIT to decry an anticipated Israeli ground invasion.
Meet the Cambridge Math Circle’s Nataliya Yufa, who folds in her experiences from Kyiv and MIT
Nataliya Yufa’s experiences growing up in an oppressed Ukraine and dazzling but economically out of reach New York shaped her work as a founder and leader of the nonprofit Cambridge Math Circle, which aims to widen access to the sciences.
Covid halted trainings against ‘suicide by cop’ possibly crucial for fatal encounter with Faisal
When a Cambridge police officer killed Arif Sayed Faisal on Jan. 4, 2023, in what some regarded as a “suicide by cop,” most officers had not received the latest training on the issue, according to a consultants’ report.
Jerry’s Pond reclamation project leaps forward with an approval by Conservation Commission
If Planning Board approval follows the commission’s, work reclaiming the pond is expected to begin this summer and be complete in the summer of 2025.
State policy limits East Cambridge shelter hours, putting residents in the cold for partial solutions
City officials and legislators have been trying unsuccessfully for weeks to persuade the state to keep Cambridge’s overflow temporary shelter for migrant families open around the clock instead of closing during daytime hours.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from March 1-7 about a shooting, Central Square and bike lanes
Public meetings this week look at the police response to the shooting of Arif Sayed Faisal last year and how to use city-owned land in Central Square; the economic impact from installing bike lanes; and bringing ice cream and Coop renovations to Harvard Square.
Attend civic events in Somerville from March 1-7 such as citizenship test prep, fundraising dance (updated)
Public meetings and gatherings this week look at preparing people for U.S. citizenship, fundraising for the Community Action Agency of Somerville by dancing, finding kids’ summer activities and more.
Luke B. Santos, 20
Luke Bailey Santos, 20, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, passed away on February 20, 2024, in New York.
