The Christopher’s Restaurant & Bar and attached Toad nightclub in Cambridge are set to change hands after a sale fell through in the fall. The new buyers will likely be exciting to many: They’re the owners of The Burren in Somerville’s Davis Square.

Cambridge residents’ water and sewer bills are rising – though by less than $100 on average – for reasons ranging from inflation to the war in Ukraine.

Support was heard at a Somerville City Council meeting to allocate funding for the city to continue providing Covid rapid tests and masks at public libraries.

The New Year’s Day inaugural for the Cambridge City Council brought city councillor E. Denise Simmons back as mayor after a six-year gap.

The first “state of the schools” address in Cambridge was called a moment to reflect, and uplift meaningful work and communicate district challenges.

The closing of ImprovBoston ends more than 40 years of improvisational comedy in Cambridge that enlivened nightlife with clubs in Inman and then Central squares before being shuttered by the Covid pandemic.

The Covid vaccination rate for children 5 and under is relatively low, but Massachusetts children in that age group have the second-highest rate of infections per 100,000 population, after people 80 and older.

Plans to offer specialized tutoring to eligible Cambridge Public Schools drew School Committee questions about how students are selected, how hiring is progressing and how to encourage students to study after the day’s final bell rings.

Cambridge Health Alliance reinstated masking requirements Monday in all “patient care areas” such as doctors’ offices, emergency rooms and hospital wards.

The vaccine, formulated to protect against serious disease, hospitalization and death from recent coronavirus variants, is advised for everyone over six months.