Cambridge Community Center fund launches with $50,000 contribution from Capital One
The Cambridge Community Center, a private nonprofit organization, launched its 90th Anniversary Fund on Tuesday with a $50,000 contribution from the bank Capital One.
Paul Wilson: Big guy with an even bigger heart whose memory will outlast headlines’ violence
Last week a brutal crime took from our city one of its kindest, gentlest souls. Paul Wilson, 60, was a stand-up human: generous, respectful, friendly and imbued with a deep sense of humor.
Bond is Distinguished University Professor for UMass Lowell, 11th to receive the honor
Cambridge’s Meg Bond, of the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, has been named the 2018 Distinguished University Professor for her research on workplace sexual harassment and efforts to transform organizations into more welcoming, equitable environments.
Victim of Putnam truck accident was Jie Zhao, 27, MIT grad and newly ‘adulting’ homeowner
Jie Zhao celebrated her 27th birthday Sept. 14. Four weeks later she was killed by a dump truck a little more than a block from her home on Chestnut Street.
Gyorog begins at Transition House this week, succeeding Mednick as its executive director
Transition House, a 42-year-old Cambridge-based agency addressing domestic violence intervention and prevention, is getting a new leader in Sarah Gyorog.
Group effort cleans Porter Square Saturday; power washing, window cleaning to come
If the T plaza at Porter Square and the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue around it look a bit trimmer and neater, thank a Porter Square and Massachusetts Avenue Cleanup that took place Saturday.
Cambridge to share kids engineering program with $50,000 funding secured by DiDomenico
Among the items in the 2019 state budget signed by Gov. Charlie Baker on July 26: $50,000 for programs in Cambridge and Everett meant to teach engineering to children as young as 3.
Crowdfunding page helps family say goodbye to Richelle Robinson, 15, at a Friday funeral
Richelle A. Robinson, who died July 23 after an assault on Cambridge Street, will be buried at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Paul AME Church, with services made easier for her family through a show of love and sorrow on a crowdfunding campaign page.
Samuel James Bixler
Sam Bixler, a Denver native who lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, died Feb. 14, 2018, after a struggle with complications of brain trauma caused when he was struck by a car while walking home on the morning of Jan. 13. He was 29.
Role of relationships at CRLS celebrated during Friends’ event that raises $65,000
More than $65,000 was raised Thursday at the Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School’s second Annual Bash, by turns lively and touching and called “a love fest for the high school, our many community supporters and supporters-to-be.”
