Developer Boston Properties plans to build 465 dwelling units at its 135 Broadway tower in Kendall Square, up from 425, HubSpot has terminated its lease for digs nearby in East Cambridge and there’s much more going on in local real estate and development.

With the high-tech firms and pharmaceutical companies that now dominate the landscape in Kendall Square and other parts of Cambridge, it’s hard to image that 50 years ago candy was king here.

Residents were right to be upset by police reporting that two teens were arrested last month in The Port with illegal weapons, apparently about to turn an argument violent. But a handful of gun enthusiasts were upset by something else: a reference to weaponry as being “heavy-duty.”

The owner of recreational cannabis shops who looked to open at 286 Broadway, The Port, told residents at a Monday meeting that she has changed her mind.

A community-focused shop at 286broadway selling plants, art, thrift and jewelry could be displaced by a recreational cannabis seller despite the availability of vacant storefronts citywide, a founder says.

Cambridge’s tale of two cities is widely documented. But it has failed to make any meaningful effort at racial equity, and that has to change.

What might have become another in a series of gunfire incidents afflicting the Port neighborhood instead ended with the recovery of two loaded firearms and the arrest of two teens.

Police believe they have the man behind a July 26 gunfire incident in The Port neighborhood in which the shooter sped away into Somerville, crashed on Interstate 93, then escaped on foot.

Public meetings this week look at ways to decrease the gun violence that has included 11 confirmed gunshot incidents this year, and at hiring the next city manager.

An early Wednesday shooting in The Port neighborhood is being investigated by police. Seven parked vehicles were struck by gunfire, though there were no known injuries to people, police said.