Cantabrigians are mourning a loss of identity, reporting shutdown of People’s Republik bar
The People’s Republik, the iconic bar in Mid-Cambridge, has apparently surrendered the cold war, with multiple social media posts reporting seeing furniture being removed, the bar’s phone line going dead and an online menu service listing it as “permanently closed.”
Library’s long-awaited Hive, delayed by Covid, will show Steam options at virtual open house
Burgeoning scientists, engineers and technology lovers of all ages will finally get a peek Tuesday at The Hive, a development at the Cambridge Public Library centered around science, technology, engineering, arts and math. It was first meant to open in March, some 10 months ago.
One arrested after potentially life-threatening stabbing near Central Square
A 54-year-old Cambridge man was arrested late Friday after a potentially life-threatening stabbing near Central Square.
Pammy’s delicious prix fixe, served to cozily elegant platform in the avenue
Pammy’s has pivoted nicely to coronavirus. For starters, it’s installed an outside patio so intimate and cozy you don’t really notice other diners, or cars whizzing by – the better to appreciate innovative cuisine with standout dishes such as wagyu skirt steak and tuna crudo.
The Plough and Stars’ blackened catfish sandwich and sides
The Plough and Stars reopened in late summer with a menu of delectable classics, including an excellent blackened catfish sandwich – a tender, seared piece of fish coated in blackening spices with an apt smear of Cajun aioli, all tucked in an airy bun.
Crane collapse injures two near Inman Square
A small lift crane tipped over during work at a home near Inman Square, injuring the two workers inside, police said.
Court rejects appeal in horrific 2011 group rape committed on teen in Mid-Cambridge hallway
The defendant, James L. Adams, argued he’d faced double jeopardy trials in being convicted of acting with two others to rape a 14-year-old girl on a day trip from McLean Hospital in Belmont.
Check it out: How Cambridge libraries reopen before we’ve turned the page on coronavirus
For many in Cambridge, books feel like one of the main food groups. When libraries and bookstores closed in March due to the Covid-19 lockdown, some felt starved. Fortunately, with lower virus rates, the city’s main purveyors of books are open again, though operations are anything but normal.
Empty Spaulding site will house homeless, returning War Memorial to school district
Two empty floors at Spaulding Hospital on Cambridge Street will be converted into a temporary, 57-bed homeless shelter, replacing the temporary shelter in the city’s War Memorial Recreation Center as of November.
Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Rachael Solem of Irving House at Harvard
In a time of lockdown and travel restrictions, it is hard to imagine many businesses affected more harshly by the coronavirus epidemic than hotel and guesthouse owners. It’s been true for Rachael Solem, of Irving House, Turner House and Harding House.
