A lack of coordination across town lines hampering efforts to help the unhoused
Unhoused individuals often must crisscross the region to survive, but communities often fail to coordinate efforts with that transience in mind. This lack of communication makes it harder to ensure people get care and support.
Red line riders could get a blue line connection built at MBTA’s Charles/MGH Station by 2031
After five decades of discussion, the MBTA has unveiled concrete plans for a connector between the blue subway line and red, which has six stations serving Cambridge and Somerville.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from helping plant a forest to Cirque of the Dead
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, plant a Miyawaki Forest in Somerville, take in a “Dark Exhalation” of sci-fi opera or Sleeping Weazel’s Experimental Cabaret, celebrate Yuck Fest, eat a foraged banquet, hear the “Confessions of a Candy Snatcher” and gasp at Cirque of the Dead.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Science Festival’s end to the start of Honk!
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the Cambridge Science Festival and carnival, the start of the Honk! festival of activist street bands, Central Square Dumpling Festival and “Smoke This” Rib Fest, Ashley Judd for Ms. Magazine and Walter Isaacson for “Elon Musk” and much more.
Protest over changes to Reddit passed quickly where the social medium was born and refined
Reddit was born and refined in Medford and Somerville, where moderators of Cambridge and Somerville pages have been largely silent during an upheaval.
Cambridge’s Housing Authority goes regional, offering support and expertise as far as Maine
The Cambridge Housing Authority has expanded its reach far beyond city limits, from an unusual program in neighboring Somerville to consulting with other housing authorities not only in Massachusetts but in Maine.
First Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain calls it: Brookline’s Clear Flour has the best baguette
The first Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain French bake-off is now in the books, after 50 amateurs and 11 professional baking companies submitted their finest sourdoughs and baguettes for blind judging on Sunday in East Cambridge.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from June 2-9 about fire station plans and police oversight
Public meetings this week look at firehouse renovations, oversight of the overseers of police, two projects that can provide homes in Central Square and North Cambridge, Danehy Park water problems and budget changes and a vote.
Cambridge teen is accused of stealing a BMW, from which he threw out the dog found inside
A teen from Cambridge was taken into custody by police Wednesday after a five-day investigation involving a BMW stolen out of Brookline with a dog inside.
Somerville Mutual Aid celebrates an anniversary as its communities contend with greater needs
Mamas began as a response to the Covid pandemic and now includes financial support, grocery cards, gardens and community “pods” to help keep neighbors connected. But the community faces challenges that could test it, such as a SNAP benefits reduction to pre-pandemic levels.
