Even if a “study” concluded that there was some other possible use for our golf course land, that would be a subjective judgment. Closing the course would be a protracted and divisive process. 

The possibility of losing the Fresh Pond Golf Course inspired more than 30 people to speak in its defense at Monday’s meeting of the City Council, leading to new councillor Paul Toner’s first use of his “charter right” to set the issue aside for one regular meeting.

Fresh Pond Reservation rangers are hoping for a break in an unusual case involving a unique crime: Theft of a hornet’s nest.

Two parks open for public use at events this weekend in Cambridge: The O’Connell Library Pocket Park on Friday and the Glacken Field and Playground on Saturday.

Cambridge’s streets have histories and stories, just as the city itself does. Among those stories, Huron Avenue is one of the richest – but one with a bit of mystery.

The state’s Department of Transportation awarded Cambridge nearly $600,000 on Wednesday to improve bike and pedestrian facilities, earmarked for a 10-foot, two-way separated bike lane and sidewalk on Huron Avenue and two new Bluebikes stations near Raymond Park and Old Morse Park.

Nothing against golf, but this is a matter of equity. The numbers tell the story: 50 acres reserved for the use of 8,000 people with 44,000 annual visitations; 10 acres reserved for the use of the general public with 500,000 visitations.

A demolition application for a Strawberry Hill property lists it as “currently unoccupied,” but Ferahnaz Kahyaoglu lives there – and the owner knows it, if only from some of the several lawsuits she has filed since moving in two owners ago.

The Fresh Pond Golf Course closed to walkers and opened for golf Thursday – after being opened for recreational walking only since May 13.

Public meetings this week look at exploring why the costs of Inman Square work have grown by $2 million, and hiring a city clerk; ideas on reducing the effects of the opioid crisis; the details underpinning a First Street Garage leasing proposal; and much, much more.