Housing Authority plans 22 rooms in Baldwin, hits a snag in purchase from Lesley University
The Cambridge Housing Authority wants to buy a house now used as a Lesley dorm in a neighborhood with little low- and moderate-income housing.
Paid legal notices for Cambridge for April 18-25
Cambridge public notices for the Board of Zoning Appeal and Cambridge Historical Commission, Planning Board definitions for hotels and motels and for the Khalida Griffin-Sheperd zoning petition, and an ordinance about the Fresh Pond Golf Course Pro Shop Fund.
Neville Place assisted-living gets $5.7M loan from city despite unexplained lapses in terms
Cambridge is increasing a loan to its city-affiliated Neville Place assisted-living facility near Fresh Pond despite a failure to accept the original loan for undisclosed reasons. Neville Place did not carry out many requirements attached to the original.
Bagelsaurus acquires Cambridge Clogs storefront for May expansion – and that means more bagels
Bagelsaurus will add an additional 500 square feet to its store next month, which means more room for needed refrigerator units to prepare more bagels.
Dx Arcade is focused on games, games, games while readying May opening in Harvard Square
In its nearly 400-year history, Harvard Square has never seen race cars, Nerf blasters and dinosaurs under the same roof. That will soon change.
Somerville fire union and city councilors express frustration over hires that ignore civil service list
The office of Somerville’s mayor plans to staff a new fire station coming to Assembly Square with “lateral” hires of firefighters from outside the city.
Somerville Media Center finds 5,000 square feet for permanent new home at Somernova campus
The Somerville Media Center is now a permanent resident of Somernova, a 7.4-acre business campus in Somerville’s Ward 2 neighborhood.
Chemicals from Rite-Way’s on-site dry cleaning have contaminated the ground and potential sale
Levels of contamination at the empty former Rite-Way Dry Cleaners are “high” and nearly unprecedented in their complexity in the experience of a 28-year environmental expert hired by the property owner.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from April 18-25 about digital navigators and success in net-zero
Public meetings this week look at a Net Zero Action Plan report, a test of “digital navigators” to help people get online from the wrong side of the digital divide and child care for Cambridgeport. There’s also a town hall about black business.
Attend meetings in Somerville for April 18-25 about Earth Day, overdose prevention and bees
Public meetings and gatherings this week include Earth Day events, including a visit to Somerville’s growing Miyawaki Forest and a pollinator plan; a Narcan distribution; and Mystic River pathway and improvements at Draw 7 Park.
Opening of pop-up neighborhood history center gets longtime residents and newcomers sharing
History Cambridge welcomed the public April 11 to the opening of a pop-up neighborhood history center for North Cambridge. There’s more to come.
Cambridge School Committee must address ethical concerns of an external investigation
There is mounting evidence showing why the ongoing involvement of the superintendents and her subordinates in the investigation raises ethical concerns.
Fix our public parks right now
City management has to change its agenda from being wasteful, redundant and destructive to repairing and maintaining the parks that we have.
City staff aren’t requesting delays on bike lanes – bad politics are
There is no logistical need to delay bike lanes. There is only a political desire by some on the council, not supported by the public.
Victor Lodato explores what it means to come home in ‘Honey’
In his third novel, Victor Lodato uses 82-year-old Honey, the daughter of a mobster, to reckon with the role biological and chosen families play in our lives.
‘Future Minded’ photographs at Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums freshens up their collection in various mediums with “Future Minded,” but photography selections are particularly noteworthy.
Millipedes are bizarre in a dozen different ways, but they don’t bite and curl up when threatened
Millipedes don’t have 1,000 legs – though biologists once found one with 1,306 legs hundreds of feet below ground – but if you are afraid of getting bitten, it’s centipedes that worry you, not these rather helpful nighttime dentrivores.
Joyous play about parenting a trans tween, ‘Mermaid Hour,’ near at Arrow Street Arts
“Mermaid Hour,” which flips a traditional coming-of-age narrative on its head by focusing on the parents, is coming to Arrow Street Arts.
‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’: Team fighting Nazis is true to life with a blast of Richie
Real-life derring-do from a ragtag team of World War II commandos trying to cripple the Nazi naval war machine – with the flash of Guy Ritchie.
‘Challengers’: Triples tennis, lacking in rules
Luca Guadagnino’s latest is a fierce, fast passion play in the ranks of pro tennis with two former besties and the woman who’s literally between them.
Somerville fire union and city councilors express frustration over hires that ignore civil service list
The office of Somerville’s mayor plans to staff a new fire station coming to Assembly Square with “lateral” hires of firefighters from outside the city.
Somerville Media Center finds 5,000 square feet for permanent new home at Somernova campus
The Somerville Media Center is now a permanent resident of Somernova, a 7.4-acre business campus in Somerville’s Ward 2 neighborhood.
Opening of pop-up neighborhood history center gets longtime residents and newcomers sharing
History Cambridge welcomed the public April 11 to the opening of a pop-up neighborhood history center for North Cambridge. There’s more to come.
Victor Lodato explores what it means to come home in ‘Honey’
In his third novel, Victor Lodato uses 82-year-old Honey, the daughter of a mobster, to reckon with the role biological and chosen families play in our lives.
‘Future Minded’ photographs at Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums freshens up their collection in various mediums with “Future Minded,” but photography selections are particularly noteworthy.
Chemicals from Rite-Way’s on-site dry cleaning have contaminated the ground and potential sale
Levels of contamination at the empty former Rite-Way Dry Cleaners are “high” and nearly unprecedented in their complexity in the experience of a 28-year environmental expert hired by the property owner.
Joyous play about parenting a trans tween, ‘Mermaid Hour,’ near at Arrow Street Arts
“Mermaid Hour,” which flips a traditional coming-of-age narrative on its head by focusing on the parents, is coming to Arrow Street Arts.
‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’: Team fighting Nazis is true to life with a blast of Richie
Real-life derring-do from a ragtag team of World War II commandos trying to cripple the Nazi naval war machine – with the flash of Guy Ritchie.
