Editorial: District shouldn’t lock community out of schools
December was the last month at the Maria L. Baldwin School for Design Hive, the fashion and crafts fair run by Cambridge resident and business owner Valerie Fox. This is bad for Cambridge, its schools and its students.
Bank robbery suspect was caught twice, police say
A suspect in a Wednesday unarmed robbery of a Sovereign Bank was arrested and charged at 12:21 p.m. — then charged again hours later for apparently giving police a false identity.
Trader Joe’s brings some cool to renovated Fresh Pond plaza
Trader Joe’s in Fresh Pond has opened, packing the shared parking lot solid and drawing a steady stream of shoppers.
Police seek unarmed Cambridge Savings Bank robber
Cambridge police are searching for the robber of the Harvard Square Cambridge Savings Bank. The unarmed robbery took place just after 1 p.m., committed by a young man — said to be in his early 20s — in a blue Red Sox cap and dark-colored jacket.
City love
I am one of those people who loves living in the city. I also love the country. As far as I know, there is no word to describe such schizoid existence. We have all sorts of “bi” words: bicoastal, bisexual, bilateral, bimonthly, bipartisan, but nothing …
Hunger is on the increase at Thanksgiving time
Jules Cesar, who volunteers every week at the Haiitian-American Food Pantry in Jefferson Park, hands out turkeys to residents and others Nov. 22, 2005. The pantry plans to distribute some 300 turkeys this Thanksgiving. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) Charities …
Boom in associations may be boon for businesses
Mara Kustra stands in October 2005 in her Boutique Fabulous, the store from which she launched and helps lead Cambridge's young Inman Square Business Association. (Photo: Lawrence E. Miller) If being in a business association sounds dull, conside …
Missing in actually
“Harvard Square is in crisis,” one shopkeeper said tonight after a two -hour public brainstorming session on the square at Christ Church, and the sentiment was hardly unique. While the event offered optimism alongside group critiques of the area, the afterparty was distinctly dark
Bank on it
I have been made redundant by those whippersnappers at the Harvard Crimson! Viewing with alarm the coming incursion of Sovereign Bank into Harvard Square, already thick with the stench of bank branches, I intended to alert the world, be hailed as a her …
Float like a butterfly, sting like a fee
Supporters say it was the 9/11 terrorist attacks that inspired the “Check 21” law allowing banks to exchange data instead of paper checks. That means, starting Oct. 28, checks will clear much more quickly. They will also bounce much more quickly, for t …
