Pack of end-of-year actions on street safety anticipates bike, pedestrian work in 2019 (update)
The city is touting a more comprehensive schedule of bike infrastructure rollouts early next year, but before that comes a policy order Monday and meetings Thursday and Dec. 18 as the state joins in with discussion of options for some of its own roadway in Cambridge.
Mount Auburn Cemetery chapel expansion wraps classic structure in stark modernity
Renovations to the Bigelow Chapel at Mount Auburn Cemetery were completed last month, with the official public opening taking place Saturday. Many observers said that they appreciated the mix of old and new.
Cambridge Half Marathon will return in 2019, sponsor says, but its path back to life is muddy
The Twitter account of the Cambridge Half Marathon bears a gloomy message – “RIP Cambridge Half (2016-2017) … due to permit issues.” But CambridgeSide, the mall that sponsors the event, says the run is being resurrected next year.
Bus priority lane is opened on Mount Auburn, speeding mass transit and allowing in bicycles
The first dedicated bus lane this side of the Charles launched Friday, designed to give MBTA buses and local business shuttles priority over cars along the normally sluggish Mount Auburn Street corridor.
Amazon-wary Target has same-day delivery starting April 12 through its Shipt subsidiary
Target, which has a Cambridge store in Central Square and one coming to Porter Square, is ramping up competition with online seller Amazon by promising same-day delivery – in some cases, the company said, delivery in as little as an hour.
Communities enduring Logan airplane noise see cause for optimism in MIT center study
A years-long struggle over noise from Logan Airport flight paths is showing results, say citizen activists and Cambridge transportation officials.
Health officials warn it’s West Nile season after city trap nabs virus-bearing mosquito
A mosquito sample from a trap in West Cambridge tested positive for West Nile virus Thursday, health officials said, and positive mosquito samples have also been detected in Belmont and Boston.
No-questions-asked gun buybacks Saturday at sites in North Cambridge, Central Square
The city’s third annual gun buyback gives residents a chance to dispose of unwanted firearms with “no questions asked and no ID required.” More than 75 firearms were turned at buybacks over the past couple of years.
A look at roots threatening water pipeline, leading to tree cutting, cross-border uproar
The removal of 23 trees in Watertown was bad public relations for Cambridge, officials acknowledged, and they would try to do better – but the work was made necessary by the invasion of giant roots into the pipeline bringing water into the city.
Whalen is first chief development officer for Watertown’s Perkins School for Blind
David Whalen, a Cambridge resident, will oversee philanthropic development for the Watertown-based school for the blind, bringing new approaches and strategies from his lengthy career in human services and education.
