State document flaws prompt councillors to call again for expanded opening of Riverbend Park
Councillors cite inaccuracies and call for the state to try again to explain its reasoning for denying Saturday use of the park – and for Saturday openings to simply go into effect, with signal changes that should alleviate traffic problems.
Release of document trove about Riverbend Park raises questions on Decker account, DCR decision
Documents released through a citizen’s public records request provides insight into the state government’s decision in April to stop closings of Memorial Drive on Saturdays to create Riverbend Park, with many complaints about inaccuracies in a state official’s memo.
A guide to finding comedy every night of the week
Take advantage of one of many comedy nights in Cambridge and Somerville. Here’s a guide to the comedy scene every night of the week with something for everybody, from the fresh comics to the sweaty ones.
Saturday protest rides along Memorial Drive call for return of Riverbend Park hours ended by DCR
A state decision limiting hours on Cambridge’s Riverbend Park continues to upset cyclists, among others, who are literally taking their ire to the street.
Painted lines for pickleball serve up a conflict with the tennis devotees at Hoyt Field courts
Competition for court time, noise and a lack of notice have raised tennis player hackles at Hoyt Field as increasingly popular pickleball needs space in Cambridge.
Silent to many during debate on Riverbend Park, state Rep. Decker writes to put onus on state DCR
While most state representatives, city councillors and other politicians staked out a position long ago on the future of Saturday closings of Memorial Drive to create Riverbend Park, state Rep. Marjorie Decker only broke a noted absence from the public debate recently.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Art gallery birthday, Dragon Boats, Greek Fest
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Gallery 263 has a 15th Birthday Bash, there’s the Saint Anthony Feast, a Greek Fest and the 44th annual Boston Dragon Boat Festival, a baguette-baking competition, The Taste of Somerville, readings, screenings and much more.
Sen. DiDomenico hosts June office hours
State Sen. Sal DiDomenico plans virtual office hours June 7 for constituents in his communities of Cambridge, Charlestown, Chelsea and Everett.
Schools go into ‘secure and hold’ safety protocol after call to police of a threat that turned out false
The Putnam Avenue Upper School and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. elementary school experienced a “secure and hold” safety protocol Thursday due to a possible threat outside the school building. The alert was due to a likely hoax call.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from May Day at dawn to Damon & Naomi live
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, NewTowne Morris dancers greet May at 5:30 a.m. and Mayfair hits Harvard Square, libraries teach ’zines, bento boxes and pupusas, it’s Half-O-Ween, Jennifer Regan’s “Stitched Narratives” arrive and we hear “The Songs of Dolly Parton” and psychedelic folk of Damon & Naomi.
