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.
Remembering Cambridge’s Black veterans
This Memorial Day, people will observe or not observe the holiday as they see fit. The Black veterans of Cambridge’s Isaac Wilson Taylor Post should be remembered and thanked for their courageous service.
After-school worker facing charges of child porn sentenced to five years in prison after guilty plea
A Cambridge man will serve five years in prison and five years of supervised release after pleading guilty to one count each of receiving and possessing child pornography.
Dog thief came back to the scene of the crime, police say, and was spotted (like the dog, Titus)
Police have arrested a suspect in a Friday dog theft because he returned – with the dog – to the scene of the crime.
You can take a Blue Bike for free for vaccinations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is sponsoring free Blue Bikes rides to and from coronavirus vaccination sites.
Met Pipe suing Alexandria over its Binney math; MIT preps update for 93-year-old dorm building
The hyper complicated Alexandria Real Estate Equities zoning petition that passed in 2020 brought together recreational land the city has wanted for three decades and made room for an entire Eversource electrical substation. But one player says it was left out, and is suing.
‘Defining Leadership’ Web series starts April 21, with Kaba exploring artists for Boston Compass
The Boston Compass newspaper, launched a little over a decade ago as a one-page zine, is now an eight-page paper with newsrack boxes across Boston – and expands again this month with the launch of its first Web series. Cambridge’s Pauline Kaba is the host.
Tear gas ban could be in place within 60 days, though council’s authority is rejected to do it
A policy prohibiting the use of tear gas, rather than a law, is “in the works,” Cambridge’s police commissioner said, because a surprise Law Department opinion says the City Council doesn’t have the power to enact one. Councillors say they may try anyway.
CareWell back on the list for second Covid doses; city recipients must book at a mass site for now
CareWell Urgent Care will get 3,000 vaccine doses of Covid-19 vaccine next week from the state to use for people awaiting their second shot, while Cambridge Health Alliance disclosed that it had to postpone 2,400 appointments for first doses.
Second shots of coronavirus vaccine grow elusive at Health Alliance, clinics despite state promises
The administration of Gov. Charlie Baker has promised that any Massachusetts resident who gets a first shot of Covid-19 vaccine will get a second shot. That’s not the case at either CareWell Urgent Care clinics or at the Cambridge Health Alliance.
