July 2026
Fourth of July BBQ, ACLU-style
With America’s 250th birthday around the corner, many of us are looking forward to fireworks and backyard barbecues. We’re also thinking a lot about what freedom and democracy mean. Read more Tenant tries to avoid eviction by declaring bankruptcy In this era of oligarchs and billionaires, it can be hard to hold tight to the […]
Tenant tries to avoid eviction by declaring bankruptcy
A tenant living in a low-income housing development in Cambridge is trying to avoid eviction for unpaid rent by filing for bankruptcy, possibly a first-time strategy for renters in Cambridge public housing. Read more “National Treasure” and other film gems “While I cannot speak to every individual record, current [Cambridge Housing Authority] staff cannot recall […]
“National Treasure” and other film gems
This week’s repertory series at the Brattle Theatre began simply as an excuse to screen “National Treasure” (2004), the ludicrous yet lovable heist picture in which Nicolas Cage plays a historian forced to steal the Declaration of Independence, on the Fourth of July. But the title of “National Treasure” becomes a double entendre when one […]
Events in Cambridge and Somerville: fireworks, porchfest, film fest
For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the main calendar. Read more Salt + Stone restaurant will reopen five months after fire Thursday, July 2 6:30 to 9 p.m.Portico Brewing, 101 South St., Boynton Yards, Ward 2. Portico Point to […]
Salt + Stone restaurant will reopen five months after fire
Assembly Row’s Salt + Stone will reopen July 10, five months after a kitchen fire forced the restaurant to close. Read more Tenants nervous about CHA takeover face “no threat,” Fraden says Grease buildup in an oven exhaust duct caught fire during dinner service Feb. 3, hours before the pipe was scheduled to be cleaned. […]
Tenants nervous about CHA takeover face “no threat,” Fraden says
On May 8, The Cambridge Housing Authority sent a letter to the residences of 1648 and 1654 Massachusetts Avenue notifying them that they had acquired the building as part of a plan to create more affordable housing in the city. Read more School Committee bids farewell to student representatives Despite the letter, several current tenants […]
School Committee bids farewell to student representatives
For Cambridge Rindge and Latin School seniors Eva Asraf and Zihaam Jama, receiving their diplomas also marked completing their year of service as student representatives to the School Committee. Read more Ahead of Independence Day, taking stock in Somerville Cambridge high schoolers have served as student advisors to the School Committee for decades. The role […]
Ahead of Independence Day, taking stock in Somerville
“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was the question about 40 Somerville residents posed for themselves for the city’s eighth annual “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” event, which took place at Premiere on Broadway. Read more Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame announces new class of honorees The public reading of Douglass’s famous 1852 […]
Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame announces new class of honorees
The Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame announced its 2026 class of honorees, set to be inducted this November. The inductees are nominated by the public and voted on by The Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame Committee, a nonprofit organization. Read more At Urban Hearth’s new Inman Square locale, a feast for the eyes as well […]
At Urban Hearth’s new Inman Square locale, a feast for the eyes as well as the palate
Urban Hearth, Erin Miller’s intimate 24-seat bistro in North Cambridge, closed at the end of May in preparation for its move to Inman Square. Its stylish new space has more than double the seating capacity but has not lost the sense of having your own personal chef. Read more Developer releases designs for affordable housing […]