A man running an unlicensed chiropractic business out of his home has been charged with sexually assaulting two women who fell for the ruse, officials said.

Levels of contamination at the empty former Rite-Way Dry Cleaners are “high” and nearly unprecedented in their complexity in the experience of a 28-year environmental expert hired by the property owner.

Cambridge is increasing a loan to its city-affiliated Neville Place assisted-living facility near Fresh Pond despite a failure to accept the original loan for undisclosed reasons. Neville Place did not carry out many requirements attached to the original.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Sri Lankan cooking, Susanna Kaysen and “Girl Interrupted” a “Little Prince” opera, a Patriots Day colonial fair, Space Week, Grolier Poetry history, a bluegrass festival and a Flat Top Johnny’s reopening pool party.

Somerville school enrollment workers say cutbacks and changes at the Cambridge Health Alliance have made it more difficult for newcomers such as migrants and refugees to get help with subsidized insurance and into appointments.

Levels of a worrisome group of chemicals that have been linked to health problems have risen in Cambridge drinking water despite new filters in the city’s water treatment plant installed to lower the concentration.

The colorful rainbow-themed decor and array of posters and fliers at Hubba Hubba underscores a new reality in which the sexual health and enjoyment women and others is celebrated rather than hidden or pathologized.

Public meetings this week look at how the Cambridge Public Schools community feels about the district; what Massachusetts Avenue will look like in 2040; a way to add green space in a Kendall Square park; and a new unarmed crisis response team.

Public meetings this week look at potential community benefits from development at Somernova and a Historic Preservation judgment of three homes on Winter Hill and Spring Hill dating back to 1900 and 1920 and facing demolition.

Cambridge Health Alliance’s pediatrics practice at Cambridge Hospital has been recognized for being one of the top groups of pediatricians in the state for communication between patients and doctors,