Two candidates protest exclusion from 5th District campaign forums; one is tonight
Seven Democrats seek to win the Oct. 15 primary for the 5th Congressional District seat vacated by Ed Markey. Five have been invited to three local forums and the others aren’t happy.
The data speak: Way more people want to know about Cambridge than Boston
Sure, Boston is an interesting place with lots of history and cool stuff, but is it, you know, Cambridge interesting? Not according to Wikipedia — in fact, it’s not even half as interesting.
Peace and prayer gathering offered as more arrests awaken bomb tensions
With emotions over the Boston Marathon bombing suspects still roiling – another Cantabrigian was arrested Wednesday, charged with lying to investigators – the head of the city’s Peace Commission is calling for a moment of peace.
Nicholson shames Marathon conspiracy theorist with 10-minute diatribe
Top local provocateur Roger Nicholson shamed a conspiracy site reporter into abandoning his perch near Norfolk Street as law enforcement personnel searched the home of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. His videos are drawing views, comments and death threats.
Council roundtables will debrief after deaths, manhunt — and prepare next time (update)
As Cambridge continues to collect itself after the stress of an officer’s slaying, a carjacking, hunt for bombing suspects, citywide lockdown and revelation of terrorist leanings among classmates and neighbors, there are both official commendations for how well the city and responded and plans for a next time.
Biden, 10,000 others expected at memorial service for slain MIT officer Sean Collier
Vice President Joe Biden, state and federal officials and between 5,000 and 7,000 law enforcement personnel from around the country are expected to be among some 10,000 people at Wednesday’s memorial service for MIT campus police officer Sean Collier, 26, who was shot to death Thursday.
Bells will ring, city will go silent at 2:52 p.m. to honor victims
Today at 2:50 p.m., the city will observe a moment of silence to honor the victims of the violence that began at last week’s Boston Marathon.
Returning to normal isn’t so easy
We’re breathing a little easier, despite lingering questions that perhaps that we won’t have the answers to for months. While answers may help victims heal, the rest of us can help in the meantime simply by reaching out.
Bombing suspect in custody: three in New Bedford in custody (update)
Only two hours after calling off the area’s high alert tonight, police were in the midst of a standoff with a suspect in Monday’s bombing and the chase and shootout that began Thursday.
Cambridge teen identified as bombing suspect, target of massive manhunt
Cambridge resident Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, has been named as the man being hunted by thousands of police officers as a suspect in the Monday bombing of the Boston Marathon and violence that began Thursday night in Kendall Square and led into Watertown and other communities.
