September 2026
Council votes for MIT graduate student union
Around 50 MIT graduate students marched from MIT’s campus to Cambridge City Council on Monday to speak in support of their demands for a fair contract from MIT. While the council cannot force MIT to act, it has in the past issued policy orders (including in 2020, 2021 and 2022) in support of the MIT […]
City Council ties Mass Ave, Cambridge Street building heights to ground floor uses
In the end, a vote restricting residential development height seemed almost perfunctory, as Cambridge city councillors voted unanimously and without debate at Monday night’s meeting to allow maximum heights along two city corridors only for buildings with “active use” spaces on ground floors. Read more Cambridge police cite low ICE activity in report “Given the […]
Cambridge police cite low ICE activity in report
The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reduced activity in Cambridge, according to Cambridge Police Department’s (CPD) bi-annual report presented to City Council Monday night. Read more ‘Turkeys’ app invites Cambridge to consider our gobbly neighbors Between February and August of this year, CPD logged six interactions or potential interactions with ICE […]
‘Turkeys’ app invites Cambridge to consider our gobbly neighbors
Jeff Fossett had never seen a turkey fly. He hadn’t actually seen a turkey at all until he moved to Cambridge nearly a decade ago. Read more Central Square’s ‘Eleanor’ a Plum production But when the postdoc researcher moved into a ground floor apartment on Ware St. in Mid-Cambridge, he was visited by turkeys at […]
Central Square’s ‘Eleanor’ a Plum production
Central Square Theater’s absorbing and enlightening production of Mark St. Germain’s “Eleanor” opens on a set of benches, panels of greenery, and a projection of a statue called “Grief.” The acclaimed Paula Plum, wearing a dignified dress from an earlier era, steps onto the stage, and we are face-to-face with the embodiment of one of […]
Half Shell’s long run comes to a close Thursday
The Half Shell will change hands this week, meaning the loss of another cherished, longtime provider of comfort food along “The Avenue” (the stretch of Mass. Ave. between Harvard and Porter squares). The Lagoudakis family, a father, mother and son team, have served up pizza and subs for 28 years, during which time it has […]
Cambridgeport’s original color guard will celebrate 90th anniversary
Celebrating its 90th anniversary this year, the nation’s oldest active color guard is an internationally recognized team with roots dating back to 1936, when it began as an all-female drill team out of Central Square. Read more Brownsberger invites community input The Blessed Sacrament Colorguard, more colloquially called “Sac,” began as a neighborhood youth program […]
Brownsberger invites community input
To the Editor: Last week, election personnel finalized the results of the September 1 Democratic Primary for State Senator. In the end, a recount confirmed that I won re-election by 35 votes. Read more “Marie Antoinette and friends: Three films by Sofia Coppola” First, I congratulate my challenger Dan Lander on a spirited campaign. Second, I […]
“Marie Antoinette and friends: Three films by Sofia Coppola”
If the words “Hollywood royalty” apply to anyone, it’s Sofia Coppola. Her father is Francis Ford Coppola, director of such American classics as “The Godfather” (1972) and “Apocalypse Now” (1979); her mother, Eleanor, was an acclaimed documentarian; and her family tree includes such thespians as Talia Shire, Jason Schwartzman, and Nicolas Cage. Unlike some Hollywood […]
Somerville author draws on family history for novel about Armenian genocide
When Sarah Ignatius’ son was in eighth grade, she asked him whether his class was learning about the Armenian genocide as part of its unit on World War I. Read more “Mighty Mary” and the all-woman team that cannonballed America’s Cup His answer: The class was only spending two days on the entire war. No, […]