Carl Barron Plaza and confusing traffic patterns eyed for a remake in River Street, Central project
There are sweeping changes proposed for Carl Barron Plaza at the heart of Central Square, including new bus stops, bike lanes, a renovated plaza and sculptural elements.
Attend meetings on reparations, name changes, police technology and aging elementary schools
Public meetings this week look at reparations through cannabis revenue, name changes to the Agassiz neighborhood and Central Square branch library, police surveillance technology that worries civil libertarians, aging elementary schools, tree tear-downs and much more.
After 3.5 years away, Toscanini’s ice cream expects to reopen this summer near Central
Toscanini’s ice cream is looking to reopen in Lafayette Square at the end of July or beginning of August, making it 3.5 years after closing there for construction of the boutique hotel 907 Main.
Clubs battered by coronavirus travel a tough path to promised federal aid; It’s easier for restaurants
Six months after Congress approved roughly $16 billion in aid for entertainment venues shattered by coronavirus, only 411 have received money out of 14,214 applications. The Small Business Administration says it’s working to catch up.
Thinking big at Central Square’s library branch imagines a housing tower and replacing garage
The Central Square branch of the Cambridge Public Library was approved Monday for a study of its space needs, but city councillors say staff needs to think bigger – such asbuilding a tower of public housing with the library on its lower floors. Maybe even expanding to the neighboring parking garage.
Attend meetings on buying land around Alewife, keeping options for remote speaking and more
Public meetings this week look at buying land in Alewife, updating green space, keeping options for remote speaking at City Council and School Committee meetings, a boutique hotel proposal and improvements to The Port neighborhood.
Police: Man is stabbed nonfatally in the forehead, suspect already taken into custody on a warrant
A Cambridge resident in his mid-20s was taken to a local hospital early Thursday after sustaining a non-life-threatening stab wound to his forehead near Central Square.
Cantab Lounge to relaunch with improvements, welcomed by city officials and licensing board
Approval for a revived Cantab Lounge was granted Wednesday by license commissioners with an acknowledgment of “excitement” in the community.
Possible revival of ManRay club after 16 years leads signs of hope from wreckage of Covid-19
Perhaps the biggest news among potential post-pandemic reopenings: Don Holland is seeking to resurrect his legendary ManRay nightclub at the former ImprovBoston comedy club space in Central Square.
CCTV’s ‘Who Knows Cambridge?’ comes back with contestants who really know their stuff
The city trivia game show “Who Knows Cambridge?” was brought back Wednesday by Cambridge Community Television for an open-air Starlight Square edition, this time with Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui as host.
