Webb, leader of Kendall Square Association, arrives with plans for inclusion, art, MBTA
The Kendall Square Association named C.A. Webb its president today. She said she arrives with plans in place to make the tech destination more welcoming to all, and with “more ambitious plans” that include helping improving mass transit to the square via the MBTA.
High school mourns teacher Sam Bixler, 29, who lost fight to recover after hit from car
The pedestrian hit by a car last month – beloved high school history teacher and Cambridge resident Sam Bixler, 29 – died Wednesday after a struggle with the complications of brain trauma.
Celebration scheduled for Albert J. Gowan, late designer, writer, graphic design expert
A celebration of life for Albert J. Gowan – in the words of the organizers, “Designer. Teacher. Writer. Singer. International man of mischief. Player of the long game. Uncle to all” – will be held Feb. 11 at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston.
Remembering David Pendleton, film lover whose passion, generosity enlivened HFA
The film community in Cambridge and Boston dimmed Monday when Harvard Film Archive programmer David Pendleton, 52, passed away after a long battle with cancer.
Police Sgt. Charles E. Bradley to be honored Friday, 83 years after dying in line of duty
The Massachusetts Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation will honor eight heroes killed in the line of duty, including late Cambridge resident Charles E. Bradley, at a memorial ceremony held noon Friday at Ashburton Park, next to the Massachusetts State House.
Police hire a second licensed social worker, with experience in Juvenile Court in Boston
The Cambridge Police Department has hired its second licensed social worker: Elana Klein, a resident of the city who was a court clinician for seven years at the Dorchester Juvenile Court in Boston.
Miss Massachusetts pageant contestants include Harvard’s Vuong, dancer Thomas
Two women from Cambridge are taking part in the coming 78th annual Miss Massachusetts Scholarship Pageant, where the title will be handed off by Alissa Musto, a 2016 cum laude graduate of Harvard.
Schainker joins Franciscan Children’s; Mount Auburn greets Mukherji, Hreib
Cambridge’s Dr. Elisabeth Schainker has joined the Franciscan Children’s pediatric rehabilitation center in Brighton as associate chief medical officer. Mount Auburn Hospital has also appointed personnel, including Cambridge’s Dr. Emily H. Mukherji.
Two elementary schools get musical visits from Boston Lyric Opera artists program
Artists from Boston Lyric Opera’s community engagement department visited Cambridge schools in February to perform excerpts from composer Engelbert Humperdinck’s 1893 “Hansel and Gretel.”
Opioid prevention, needle exchange work wins $200,000 support grant from Pfizer
Pfizer has given a $200,000 grant to support the work taking at the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts’ Needle Exchange and Overdose Prevention Program in Cambridge.
