As restaurant heat lamps spring up citywide, consider why they can’t in your own backyard
The Cambridge Fire Department is at it again: Citing laws and authorities that will leave you wondering if its leadership even understands what laws are, or how to use them.
Judge rejects state bid to drop free speech case resulting from fire inspectors’ fake ‘candle’ law
Lawyers for the state didn’t try to fight the First Amendment basis for the lawsuit concerning the now closed UpperWest bar, instead hoping Judge Anthony M. Campo would reject the case on a technicality. He did not.
Watch meetings about $267M in spending, reopening the city, vote-by-mail and more
Public meetings this week look at $267 million in spending – starting with $237 million for the Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools – and when the city will wrap up its look at digital equity and begin work on municipal broadband. “Nonprofit row” and the Foundry projects take shape too.
Attend meetings on testing free bus routes, making courthouse permit changes, more
Public meetings this week look at testing free access to bus rides on one of Cambridge’s busiest routes, reviewing education budget priorities, amending a special permit to add affordable housing at East Cambridge’s former courthouse, adding restaurants around the city and much more.
ACLU is suing the state over UpperWest bar, calling its ‘threat’ judgment unconstitutional
A lawsuit was filed Thursday against a state agency on behalf of the owners of the North Cambridge bar UpperWest, expressing concern about a judgment last month that punishes “members of the public for criticizing the conduct of public officials.”
ACLU expresses concern at state judgment that citizen complaints constitute ‘threats’
The ACLU expressed concern over a state judgment this week that “raises serious constitutional issues, particularly with regard to free speech” by showing that complaints about employees can be treated criminally – as “threats.”
Fire inspectors pointed to an irrelevant state law to threaten bar with shutdown, board declares
In its vendetta against the UpperWest bar, the city didn’t just enforce a law that didn’t exist, but enforced it the wrong way, a state panel decided Thursday.
Special hearing on garage is slated for Sept. 18, potentially deciding fate of courthouse project
A continuation of a hearing on whether to grant city parking and retail space to a potential redevelopment of East Cambridge’s former courthouse has been scheduled for Sept. 18.
Five hours of courthouse comments, debate don’t resolve issue; council goes into recess (corrected)
Discussion of whether to grant city parking and retail space to a potential redevelopment of East Cambridge’s former courthouse was referred by the City Council to a future meeting, but it’s not clear when that meeting will be.
State environmental experts vow quick work on most obvious hazards at aging courthouse
Quick repairs were to begin Friday night to seal the most obvious spots where harmful materials might leak from East Cambridge’s former courthouse – a gaping delivery bay and some open windows. Discussion about other repairs would follow, state experts said.
