‘Ready for a bit of a break’ after 4.5 years, Covid, Kendall Square leader C.A. Webb will step down
The Kendall Square Association’s president since March 2018, C.A. Webb, said Thursday that she would leave at the end of February, assuring members facing a new search for leadership that “the KSA has never been stronger.”
Grendel’s Den has 50 years of stories to recount (and is doing it in the ‘People’s History’ podcast)
At 50 years old, Grendel’s Den is not only going strong, but has come to embody the essence of Harvard Square and how it (always) “used to be cool.” The podcast we’re putting together, “A People’s History of Food and Drink: Five by Ten in the Den,” is meant to bring people back to the nostalgia of each of its decades.
Edwards declares victory in special Senate race, will represent many residents along the Charles
Victory was declared by Lydia Edwards in the one-person race for a state Senate seat representing parts of Cambridge, Boston, East Boston and Winthrop and Revere.
A very grand Shoe & Leather Exposition Building went up along the Charles in 1909, but didn’t last
A Classical Revival building by an architect known for Roman Catholic churches featured five domes with two exhibition wings and a circular theater with seating for 3,000, and the world’s first Shoe & Leather Exposition drew 30,000 visitors on opening night. But success was short-lived.
First MIT dorm for women was far from campus, in the home of a grad who also provided shuttles
After just 22 women were admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1966. officials decided to improve the environment and resources available for female students. Katharine Dexter McCormick, from the Class of 1904, stepped in to bridge a gap between intention and construction.
Edwards is Cambridgeport’s choice for senator, with 95% of local votes helping win a primary
A special primary election for a state Senate seat Tuesday ended in win for Boston city councilor Lydia Edwards to represent parts of Cambridge, Boston, East Boston and Winthrop as well as Revere.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: ‘Beloved King,’ Savoy Night at Crystal Ballroom
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a swing dance Savoy Night at the Somerville Theatre’s new Crystal Ballroom, songs from Jade Sylvan’s “Beloved King: A Queer Bible Musical,” an MIT water summit, holiday market and plenty of music.
Attend meetings on remaking Carl Barron Plaza, giving electric cars a boost, pot in Harvard Square
Public meetings this week look at remaking Carl Barron plaza so it’s friendlier to the unhoused, giving electric cars a break on recharging fees, real-time traffic accident reporting, a Western Front pot shop for Harvard Square and more.
Redistricting now keeps East Cambridge united in more geographically ‘coherent’ 26th district
East Cambridge will stay a single district in the state House of Representatives, avoiding the split expected in a redistricting map proposed last week, state Rep. Mike Connolly said.
State redistricting would unseat Rep. Livingstone within Cambridge for Connolly, Moran and Ryan
A sweeping, statewide change in political mapping could remove state Rep. Jay Livingstone entirely from Cambridge politics, giving him an all-Boston district while carving up the Cambridge part of his current 8th Suffolk District among state Rep. Mike Connolly and two newcomers.
