On the Missing Middle Housing zoning petition: We, the poor, know you won’t come back for us
Proposed “missing middle” zoning looks to benefit mid-income earners who want an opportunity to buy properties in Cambridge and gain equity long term. For those who are not that, it has nothing to do with them.
North Cambridge and three other neighborhoods will be prioritized with 3,000 initial vaccine doses
The Cambridge Public Health Department plans to target vaccinations to four neighborhoods most affected by Covid-19, with North Cambridge first in line. The other three neighborhoods are East Cambridge, Wellington-Harrington and The Port.
Attend meetings on tree protection laws, keeping remote participation, Ragon relocation and more
Public meetings this week look at tree protection and cannabis delivery business laws, the Ragon Institute’s proposal to build near Kendall, MCAS standardized testing issues and much more.
April Cambridge Poetry MashUp promises verse after year of pandemic lacking rhyme or reason
With the cancellation of Cambridge’s two weekly slams, the past year of coronavirus lockdown has been distinctly drained of live poetry. That ends in April with the introduction of a four-week Cambridge Poetry MashUp.
Arts projects will share $90,000 in funding, focused on Port neighborhood, Central Square
Ten arts projects are coming to Cambridge’s Port neighborhood with $90,000 in funding from Cambridge Arts and the City of Cambridge’s Port Neighborhood Grants.
The Port neighborhood’s sense of community began in the Caribbean, before The Port existed
You can see important institutions from the past, present and future in The Port neighborhood today – they’ve inspired a self-guided walking tour that takes you to places of worship, education, outreach and community engagement, and places of work.
Serious crime was up overall in 2020, data shows, but from all-time lows; one killing, gunfire down
Preliminary crime numbers for the past year became available Monday, showing an overall increase in incidents of 8 percent over 2019, with violent crimes down but property crimes up – tempered by the fact that 2019 saw the lowest rate of crime in the city in more than 60 years.
Change in Covid test rules loom as lines lengthen, spurred by surge in cases; City’s deaths rise to 110
Ten more Cambridge residents died of Covid-19 since mid-December, three of them living in public housing developments for elderly and younger disabled tenants, while the city’s testing capacity is strained to the point of needing correction, officials say.
Cambridge’s third community fridge arrives, installed in Harvard Square, already stocked
A third community fridge has come to Cambridge: A “Fridge in the Square” that lets the hungry stop by to take what they need, installed in front of The Sinclair nightclub in Harvard Square.
Public housing Covid deaths disproportionate; CHA frustrated by lack of official health data
Residents living in Cambridge public housing developments are dying from Covid-19 in disparately high numbers, accounting for a far higher percentage of deaths than their proportion of the total population. Their burden is coming to light as deaths from the virus begin to mount.
