A Cambridge resident in his mid-20s was taken to a local hospital early Thursday after sustaining a non-life-threatening stab wound to his forehead near Central Square.

Cafe Sushi has been sitting quietly at the Central Square end of Harvard Square for more than 35 years serving top-flight gourmet sushi and Japanese cuisine at bargain-basement prices – and has scaled back only somewhat for the pandemic.

If an Italian-style Pilsner meant for day-sipping that’s great with food sounds appealing, there’s exactly two places to get it starting Sunday: Pammy’s, the New American trattoria in Mid-Cambridge, and Lamplighter Brewing, a brewery and taproom in The Port.

In online reviews, dozens of customers of CrimsonBikes – a Mid-Cambridge bike shop that traces its roots back to a Harvard dorm room in 2008 – report never getting bikes ordered months earlier and difficulty getting refund checks.

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.”

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.

A 54-year-old Cambridge man was arrested late Friday after a potentially life-threatening stabbing near Central Square.

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 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.

A small lift crane tipped over during work at a home near Inman Square, injuring the two workers inside, police said.