One dead, one critically hurt in stairwell collapse during preservation work at First Street Garage
A collapsing stairwell at the city’s First Street Garage in East Cambridge killed a construction worker and left another man with “significant” chest and arm injuries early Wednesday.
Conservation district study for East Cambridge continues, filled with questions and contention (corrected)
A study of whether to carve an architectural conservation district out of part of East Cambridge continues Wednesday, after a first try ground to a halt in March with the coronavirus lockdown. The first process had also grown notably nasty.
Laced Quality Kitchen, Geppetto and Spyce open, catering to variety of Cambridge culinary tastes
Three eateries opened in Cambridge since mid-January capture very different aspects of the city and its eating habits – as a fried chicken mecca (Laced Quality Kitchen), a paradise for higher-end comfort food (Geppetto) and a home to healthy innovation (Spyce).
Council affirms role of East Cambridge renters in deciding neighborhood conservation district
Renters in East Cambridge won a bigger seat at the table Monday in debate over whether the neighborhood will become a conservation district.
Watch meetings on an eviction moratorium, classes in city parks and Envision Cambridge
Public meetings this week look at keeping eviction moratoriums in place even if the state lets its own expire, how to respond to crises without police, changes to the city’s marijuana retail laws, holding coronavirus-era classes in city parks, a Buckingham, Browne & Nichols expansion and more.
Nighttime partial lane closings begin Sept. 9 around the Lechmere Viaduct rehab project
Rehabilitation of the East Cambridge Viaduct over Nashua Street near the intersection with Charles River Dam Road will cause some nighttime traffic lane closings around Leverett Circle starting Wednesday.
Retailers have approval to reopen on Monday; CambridgeSide is eager to be back to business
The first CambridgeSide stores reopen for in-person shopping Monday, including Newbury Comics, Guess, Skechers, Olympia Sports, Pandora, Finish Line, T-Mobile and CVS, mall management said Saturday. Retailers statewide have permission to reopen as well.
Yearlong closing of Lechmere T begins Sunday
Green line service between Lechmere and North Stations is replaced with shuttle buses every day starting Sunday, lasting for around a year to accommodate green line extension project project work.
Boston man, 61, charged with flashing sex toy, harassing girls in mall; arraignment is Friday
Cambridge and Boston police arrested a Boston man on Thursday in connection with an indecent exposure incident that took place Sunday at the CambridgeSide mall’s Old Navy store. The charge: annoying and accosting.
Video captures odd indecent exposure incident in clothing store; police ask help finding suspect
Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect involved in a odd indecent exposure incident at approximately 6:09 p.m. Sunday in the CambridgeSide mall’s Old Navy store.
