The developers of 40 Thorndike, the office tower project that led to years of neighborhood and political conflict in East Cambridge, issued a progress report Wednesday, including that interior demolition and abatement for mold and asbestos is near completion.

The production of “The Rocky Horror Show” that came to Harvard Square in 2019 is back beginning Oct. 16 and naturally ending with a show Oct. 31, the night of Halloween.

There’s several good reasons to visit Grendel’s Den, a Harvard Square institution celebrating its 50th year. One is that the boho eatery won a Supreme Court case in 1982 that could become the precedent to flip the recent Texas abortion ban.

No recreational cannabis shops have managed to open in Cambridge since 69 percent of city voters approved recreational marijuana as part of a November 2016 statewide ballot question, but now smaller and minority or women entrepreneurs have more time to sell ahead of big dispensaries.

Porter Square is looking suddenly like a bubble tea hot spot. After years with the only options being inside Lesley University’s building or as part of a sit-down meal, a former kids art studio has been cleared out to make room for what could be the area’s third storefront boba tea seller.

With the high-tech firms and pharmaceutical companies that now dominate the landscape in Kendall Square and other parts of Cambridge, it’s hard to image that 50 years ago candy was king here.

Folks, you really need to hear this: Things are not good. The restaurant industry is in shambles, severely understaffed and doing a fraction of its typical sales. That’s why the federal government’s Restaurant Relief Fund needs to be refunded – and go to more than 30 percent of eligible businesses.

Public meetings this week look at a cannabis head start extension, forming a racial justice committee, security deposit reform, tree infrastructure; using school district relief funds and hiring a School Committee executive secretary; and recreational pot near Fresh Pond.

With evictions expected to swell, Cambridge tenants still have state and local protections to help them stay in their homes during a pandemic – yet one recent case shows how an eviction can take place without that help ever playing a role.

The team behind Highland Fried, the Inman Square purveyor of barbecue, fried chicken and tiki drinks, said Wednesday that it was “pressing the pause button” with an eye on the Covid-19 delta variant and closing to figure out its next move.