Fight over vital power project is turning nastier with Eversource, MIT and city filings to board
Cambridge and Eversource have rejected a compromise offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on underground cable routes through the MIT campus for the utility’s huge transmission project in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.
Online meeting Thursday will take questions about state’s emergency shelter at Registry
An online information session about the emergency shelter at East Cambridge’s Registry of Deeds Building is planned by state and city officials for 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The Safety Net Family Shelter opened Friday.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Christmas celebrations to Bella’s Bartok
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s late-holiday shopping, plenty of Christmas stuff to do and Christmas counter-programming as well as music, arts and crafts and games that are seasonal but not Santa-related.
State will use East Cambridge registry building for an emergency family shelter starting Friday
A shelter for homeless families will be opened by the state at the Middlesex South Registry of Deeds Building at 208 Cambridge St., East Cambridge, according to a Wednesday press release from Cambridge officials.
Taco Loco’s loroco and queso pupusa
The loroco and queso pupusa is an impressively inexpensive and meat-free option at an East Somerville standby, and it delivers a taste that will be new to many.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Mars-view art and a Skate Day to Beyonce
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s “The View from Mars” gallery reception, a Community Skate Day in Kendall Square, dance to Queen Bey, historic tours, solstice celebrations, song, shopping, poetry and much more.
How an East Cambridge gingerbread tradition comes together: It takes, and makes, a village
Every December, the Elmendorf bakery shop window is taken over by gingerbread, fondant, icing, candy and pretzels – construction materials for a whole village, a cathedral and a castle or, this year, a sprawling collection of interconnected treehouses.
Elmendorf’s Five Spice Crackle Cookie
A delightfully different take on a cozy cookie can be found at Elmendorf Baking Supplies & Cafe in East Cambridge, a gourmet pantry with a cookie jar.
Cambridge Street’s bike lane process is familiar, reiterating concerns and adding a kind of protest
While cyclists celebrate over improved safety measures, drivers and business owners worry about what it will mean for them – as they have since 2017.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Dec. 8-15 about Faisal inquest and city project priorities
Public meetings this week look at an inquest into a police shooting and changes in officer procedure, deciding on public investments, Cambridge Street bike lanes, the future of Jerry’s Pond, how to use municipal space in Central Square and more.
