A Christmas tree awaits trash pickup May 11 on Walden Avenue in Cambridge. (Photo: Marc Levy) I think one of the laziest people in the world lives on Walden Street in Cambridge, near Masse’s Hardware. As you will see in this picture, a Christmas tree w …

Gasoline prices may be decreasing at the pumps, but the cost of home heating oil is still considerably higher than it was a year ago, leaving city officials concerned about how lower-income families will stay warm. Last year Cambridge provided fuel ass …

It really was an extraordinary winter — thank goodness. John Nardone, a Cambridge Public Works official, said last week that we had snow from mid-November to late March, for about 19 storms, roughly a storm a week. This totaled 88 inches of snow, which …