October 2026
School Committee tackles attendance policy and possible social media ban
While chronic absenteeism rates dropped sharply last year in the wake of a new attendance policy at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, the School Committee debated a motion to clarify confusion around the policy credited with improving those rates. Read more Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Cirque of the Dead, Truck O’ Treat […]
Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Cirque of the Dead, Truck O’ Treat and half-marathon
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 From classics and docs to tricks and treats Thursday, Oct. 22 5:30 p.m.List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames St., Kendall Square. Opening reception and artist talk: Hao […]
From classics and docs to tricks and treats
We’re currently between legs of IFFBoston’s Fall Focus , but that doesn’t mean there’s any shortage of great festival screenings. On Friday, the Boston Globe continues its annual GlobeDocs festival at the Brattle Theatre (with additional screenings across the river at Coolidge Corner Theatre and Alamo Drafthouse Boston Seaport). Highlights include “Union Town” (2026), the […]
Which Craft? Cambridge has what you need for that homemade holiday touch
Pumpkin carving, monster makeup, gluing stuffed animals to empty bottles of Wild Berry Gin. These are just the gateway drugs of the annual DIY binge that escalates predictably with holiday tablescapes, handmade gifts, and ornaments. Read more Cambridge teen charged with attempted murder in Russell Field shooting As the nights grow longer, life moves indoors. […]
Cambridge teen charged with attempted murder in Russell Field shooting
A 19-year-old Cambridge man has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder in connection wit an Oct. 6 shooting near Russeull Field in North Cambridge that left another man injured, according the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Read more Somerville income growth highest in Mass.; prosperity has its own problems Jayven McNealy allegedly fired […]
Somerville income growth highest in Mass.; prosperity has its own problems
Somerville hasn’t been Slummerville in a while, but now the city’s median household income is higher than Cambridge’s, according to recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Driving that shift: Somerville’s median household income grew faster than any Massachusetts municipality with at least 20,000 residents from 2014 to 2024. Read more City council urges MWRA […]
City council urges MWRA to rethink Magazine Beach sewage tank
The Cambridge City Council unanimously approved a policy order Tuesday urging the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to reconsider its plans for a 10-million-gallon sewage storage tank beneath Magazine Beach. The order proposed alternative locations and designs that would avoid permanently closing off public parkland. Read more Cambridge councillors seek overhaul of Harvard Square kiosk Originally […]
Cambridge councillors seek overhaul of Harvard Square kiosk
A proposal to overhaul the Harvard Square KiOSK’s operating model, potentially replacing its current management arrangement and restoring its historic Out of Town News sign and name, was introduced at Tuesday’s continued City Council meeting.The proposal, introduced by Councillors Marc McGovern, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons and Timothy Flaherty, would ask City Manager Yi-An […]
Ibanez Fraile, Falcons win XC invitational; crew teams have strong Head of Charles
Boys’ cross-country: In its first large meet of the year, the top-ranked boys’ cross-country team did not disappoint at the Catholic Memorial Invitational on Saturday. The Falcons finished first with 61 points, followed by Pinkerton Academy with 95 points and Coe Brown Academy with 107 points. Read more City council defers Israel divestment vote In […]
City council defers Israel divestment vote
After more than six hours of public comment during Monday’s city council meeting, the business part of the meeting convened at 9 a.m. Tuesday. After an hour working through the city manager’s agenda and a handful of other policy orders, councillors finally were able to publicly comment on a pair of policy orders filed by […]