Where a 7.5-acre central park was once planned, Planning Board okays Volpe site with much less
A 14-acre Volpe site redevelopment won unanimous preliminary approval Tuesday from seven Planning Board members, essentially ending debate about an approach to open space at the site.
Attend meetings on lower majorities for zoning, pool repair, MCAS tests and ice cream from a lab
Public meetings this week look at passing zoning more easily, and a Green New Deal; opting out of the MCAS test and a vocational education coalition; the Volpe redevelopment in Kendall Square; “missing middle” zoning; a Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream in Cambridgeport; and much more.
Jerry’s Pond expands wetlands, delivers local jobs in proposal to developer by neighborhood groups
A letter from neighborhood groups outlines nearly 30 proposals to the developer IQHQ centered around Jerry’s Pond, the polluted former swimming hole it has come to own.
Attend meetings on rolling out solution for rats, single-use plastics answer and zoning proposals
Public meetings this week look at keeping rats out of the trash with new barrel and advice on a single-use plastics ban; the school district budget; and the “Missing Middle” and “Green Roofs” zoning petitions.
Water bills budging after decade raises question about joining MWRA: Never, city manager says
As water rates go up for the first time in 11 years – by 1 percent – city staff gave a defense Monday of keeping Cambridge’s water supply separate from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, which sends water to 47 other communities.
Green Cambridge takes on gift of Alewife land, kept from developers by Hill family since 1636
The nonprofit Green Cambridge has been given a small patch of nature, previously owned by a family dating back to 1636, to safeguard in the rapidly developing Alewife area.
Attend meetings on tree protection laws, keeping remote participation, Ragon relocation and more
Public meetings this week look at tree protection and cannabis delivery business laws, the Ragon Institute’s proposal to build near Kendall, MCAS standardized testing issues and much more.
Public Works projects were hardest hit by Covid; Parking permit deadline is now pushed to May 31 (corrected)
Street and sidewalk infrastructure projects and building maintenance and improvements have been hard hit by the coronavirus lockdown, many falling “at least six months behind where we expected to be,” City Manager Louis A. DePasquale told city councillors Monday.
Attend meetings on tear gas, Covid reopenings, Harvard Square pot, small-business composting
Public meetings this week look at a tear gas law, Alewife rezoning and whether to rein in some coronavirus reopenings; how to search for a next city manager; a cannabis shop pitched for Harvard Square; a proposed school district budget for next fiscal year; and more.
April Cambridge Poetry MashUp promises verse after year of pandemic lacking rhyme or reason
With the cancellation of Cambridge’s two weekly slams, the past year of coronavirus lockdown has been distinctly drained of live poetry. That ends in April with the introduction of a four-week Cambridge Poetry MashUp.
