The Drinking Liberally crowd gathers on a November 2005 Tuesday at The Middlesex Lounge in Cambridge for their weekly round of pints and political discussion. (Photo: Ken Winokur) “We don’t unwelcome anyone,” said Heather as she motioned me and my Repu …

A puppet representing foreign influences in Iraq menaces the stage in “The National Circus and Passion of the Correct Moment,” a show running Nov. 16-20, 2005, under the auspices of the Bread and Puppet Theater. The troupe offers members of the communi …

A pedestrian passes the Cambridge street bus shelter on its newly narowed sidewalk. Some in November 2005 are complaining the shelter will be an obstance in snow. (Photo: Schuyler Pisha) A bus shelter among the first of 30 going in around the city has …

Marc Levy When I moved to Central Square in 1999, life got exciting. I had my own apartment for the first time and was exploring a new neighborhood on my own. I was a few years out of college and at an age when hanging out in a coffee shop at night sti …

Police patrol Inman Square on Oct. 30, 2005, as reports of drug use flare in Cambridge. (Photo: Ken S. Kotch) Heroin is here, and it’s cheap. The people of Inman Square say they can see it every day, in the form of needles left in bathrooms, open-air d …