Four people – and now an alpaca – are infected with West Nile, raising local virus risk to ‘high’
State health officials raised the risk of West Nile virus in Cambridge and 26 other communities on Friday to high from moderate. The Department of Public Health acted after reporting the first infection in an animal this year, diagnosed in an alpaca in Middlesex County.
Police find 78-year-old who went missing during a trip to Boston for an appointment (updated)
Police were asking the public’s help late Thursday in finding a missing 78-year-old Cambridge man who has dementia.
Cambridge and Boston form one tourism district for Covid recovery and battle for traveler dollars
A combined Boston-Cambridge Tourism Destination Marketing District was created Wednesday with a Boston City Council vote; Cambridge councillors had approved the idea June 7.
Honk! goes all-local for the second year of Covid, multiplying its sites but telling bands not to travel
After the Honk! festival of activist street bands went online-only during last year’s pandemic, this year’s celebration in October will look different yet again from what people have enjoyed since its launch in Somerville in 2006.
Theaters to demand masks, proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for indoor performances
The American Repertory Theater and Central Square Theater have joined a dozen other stages in Greater Boston to announce requirements for their indoor performances: masks and proof of vaccination or a negative Covid-19 test.
Just A Start nonprofit rebrands, equity in mind and aided by design firm with a related mission
Just A Start, a Cambridge nonprofit, has updated its brand with a new website, logo and tagline – “Building homes, careers and futures” – with the help of teen artists and designers at the Artists For Humanity studio.
Summer’s heavy rains meant many mosquitoes, but so far just a ‘moderate’ risk of West Nile virus
No human cases of West Nile virus have been reported so far this season in Massachusetts, but state health officials reported Thursday that a mosquito sample in Cambridge has tested positive for the virus.
No ‘mystery’ behind three closed restaurants, despite hundreds of inquiries, an owner says
Grafton Street and Park will reopen in the fall, and information on Temple Bar will be available “soon,” said a member of their Grafton Group ownership – a message delivered to “hundreds” of people individually instead of being publicized.
Project Restore Us adds 150 families to its work delivering culturally appropriate food support
Project Restore Us, launched last year by restaurateurs Tracy Chang of Pagu and Irene Li of Mâe Asian Eatery, has expanded by partnering with the Asian American Resource Workshop and Vietnamese American Initiative for Development.
Dinner made by robots at Spyce
Spyce’s “infinite kitchen” looks like something from Disney World’s Tomorrowland, a series of silos with prepped and precooked foods such as rice, quinoa, beets, corn and cucumber slices.
