Attend meetings on a 455-home Kendall tower, timeline for the ‘MassAve4’ bike lanes and more
Public meetings this week look at approvals and timelines for the next set of bike lanes and a study of their business impacts, a 400-foot tower for Kendall Square that would be the city’s tallest, a pause on office and lab development around Alewife, a possible guaranteed income program for the city’s poorest and much more.
Attend meetings on rats, dogs, snow spending, CharlieCards for students, Café Batifol and more
Public meetings this week look at stemming rat infestations, free dog licensing for seniors and an accounting for snow season; Café Batifol’s arrival in Kendall and Vitality Bowls in Central; ending off-street parking requirements; free CharlieCards for students; converting the Sacred Heart rectory into affordable rentals; and more.
Attend meetings on changing the city’s bike law and climate action; celebrate ‘nonprofit row’ too
Public meetings this week look at expanding Riverbend park and changing the city’s bike law; a climate resilience zoning report and emissions accounting zoning petition; preventing wage theft; school district budgeting; and an Alewife-area lab building proposal – and stop off at for a “nonprofit row” building ribbon-cutting event.
Protest of Raytheon profit from military sales ends with arrests of five who scaled building
Five protesters were arrested Monday after scaling a Raytheon BBN Technologies facility in the Cambridge Highlands, saying they hoped to call attention to the company’s weapons sales and “record of human rights violations.”
Attend meetings on a new problem at preschools, rodent solution, bike lane delay, Cherry Street lot
Public meetings this week look at problems with rats and a change in preschool hours, missing a May 1 deadline on bike lane construction, turning a vacant lot in The Port into affordable homes, special education policies, an energy-use disclosure law, Alewife-area lab moratorium, city manager search, law against wage theft and much more.
Is the latest ‘Chainsaw Massacre’ worth the time? ‘Rock Bottom Riser’ and ‘Dog’ are surer things
These looks at what’s on the big screen in the coming week include the latest pull at a “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and a putrid “Pursuit,” but also the devastating “Sundown,” delightfully weird “Strawberry Mansion” and feel-good “Dog.” The DocYard screens “Rock Bottom Riser” and there’s lots to look forward to at The Brattle and Somerville Theatre.
Starry will put $15 broadband into CHA homes; The Brook opens; Residences will cross city line
The wireless Internet provider Starry will provide low-cost broadband to more than 2,630 affordable homes citywide in partnership with the Cambridge Housing Authority; a high-end apartment building called The Brook has opened near Alewife; and 29 residential units are planned for a building crossing the city line between Inman and Union squares.
(Don’t) love that dirty water – sewage problem needs treatment with more balanced growth
To bend the curve of climate change takes more than the goodwill of Cantabrigians. In the case of waste escaping into the Alewife Brook and overdevelopment in Cambridge Highlands, the City Council, Planning Board and city manager must work together to ensure all new construction is part of a solution.
Catch some of the best of 2021 before the Oscars, get in on ‘Whaler Boy’ and maybe skip ‘Scream’
These looks at what’s on the big screen and streaming in the coming week include reviews for “Scream,” “The Whaler Boy” and “Shattered,” as well as the gems coming to The Brattle and Somerville Theatre, from some of the best of 2021 to the new “Days,” “About Endlessness,” “In the Earth” and “Censor.”
Another Alewife-area parcel sells to Healthpeak
It wouldn’t feel right to let a week pass without another multimillion-dollar purchase by Denver-based Healthpeak in the Alewife area – and on Thursday came news of a $72 million transaction for 67 Smith Place.
