October 2026
One injured in shooting near Russell Field in North Cambridge
One person was injured in a shooting near Russell Field in North Cambridge on Tuesday afternoon, according to Cambridge police. Read more Cambridge teen graduates from lemonade stands to startups Cambridge Emergency Communications received multiple 911 calls reporting gunshots in the area at approximately 3:20 p.m. “Upon arrival responders located one victim suffering from related […]
Cambridge teen graduates from lemonade stands to startups
Kavi Kumar-Warikoo is only 17, but has been an entrepreneur for almost as long as he can remember. Read more MIT professors bedazzle cameras to protest expanding surveillance network Growing up in Cambridge, he sold lemonade along Memorial Drive on car-free Sundays. By fifth grade, he was printing and selling custom T-shirts. Snow shoveling, babysitting, […]
MIT professors bedazzle cameras to protest expanding surveillance network
Armed with a stepladder, sheets of adhesive rhinestones and googly eyes, a group of MIT professors made their way through campus Tuesday evening hunting for surveillance cameras. The eye-catching decorations do not block the cameras or interfere with their operation. That’s the point. The professors want people to notice the cameras watching them. Read more […]
Cambridge School Committee wrestles with MCAS humanities scores and widening gaps
Widening racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps on state test scores were a main concern of the Cambridge School Committee’s Tuesday night discussion, where administrators presented on this year’s humanities data. Read more Council passes policy order supporting sex workers State testing data from last school year was released late September and revealed that while Cambridge’s […]
Council passes policy order supporting sex workers
Cambridge City Council stopped short of calling to completely decriminalize sex work, but its policy order Monday night asked City Hall to act to create a safer environment for sex workers in Cambridge. The order directed the city to establish a crisis help line, anti-poverty measures, and support for LGBTQIA+ youth, who are disproportionately vulnerable […]
Meeting their neighbors helps people feel more at home in Cambridge
In a month of meeting neighbors, an estimated 3,000 Cantabrigians gathered across 31 different events to share meals, send letters, watch movies and even connect with cats. It was all organized by the Cambridge Peace Commission in the name of connecting people across the community. Read more Councillors send inclusionary zoning report to ordinance committee […]
Councillors send inclusionary zoning report to ordinance committee
During Monday night’s city council meeting, councillors signalled that they planned to act quickly on policy proposals from the Community Development Department (CDD) to spur residential development along major corridors. Read more Storm sent 1.5 million gallons of wastewater into Mystic River At issue is whether the city’s inclusionary zoning requirement is too large and […]
Storm sent 1.5 million gallons of wastewater into Mystic River
The anticlimactic nor’easter from two weekends ago has raised political storm clouds over the $1.3 billion proposal to improve the region’s aging sewer system. Read more Man charged with assaulting two women in Porter Square fitness club Even though the storm brought just two inches of rain to Cambridge and Somerville over the weekend of […]
Man charged with assaulting two women in Porter Square fitness club
A 40-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting two women inside the women’s locker room at a Porter Square Planet Fitness pleaded not guilty Friday and will remain in custody ahead of an Oct. 16 dangerousness hearing. Read more Huron Avenue bike lanes to go forward Laquan Holland was arraigned in Cambridge District Court on two […]
Huron Avenue bike lanes to go forward
An attempt to delay plans that will add a bike lane to the upper portion of Huron Avenue failed during Monday night’s city council meeting, as a 6-3 majority of councillors opted to keep the project moving toward completion. Read more Cat tour draws hundreds of ‘CATabridgians’ to Cambridgeport The issue first made council’s agenda […]