October 2026
Young adults in Mass. most likely to enter treatment for alcohol addiction
Amid an overall decline in the number of young adults in Massachusetts seeking addiction treatment, alcohol has displaced heroin as a leading reason for entering rehab. Read more City proposes reducing inclusionary zoning rules – for now An analysis of federal treatment data by Woodlands Grove Recovery Campus, a northwest Ohio based addiction treatment center, […]
City proposes reducing inclusionary zoning rules – for now
In a memo released Thursday by the Cambridge Community Development Department (CDD), city officials recommended adjusting Cambridge’s inclusionary zoning requirement, which mandates that new residential developments of a certain size set aside 20 percent of their gross floor area for affordable housing units. The recommendations include temporarily lowering that percentage, providing tax abatements or allowing […]
CRLS sports round-up: Soccer and storms
Last week’s nor’easter wreaked havoc with the sports schedule. For instance, football was canceled and the cross country teams were rained out. But the soccer teams had games prior to the storm. Read more Grabbing a Bite with Cambridge Day: Simon Stansbury Boys’ soccer: A goal from Mathias Asnake was all the Cambridge Rindge and […]
Grabbing a Bite with Cambridge Day: Simon Stansbury
Years before AI occupied our headlines and our headspace, Cambridge-based technology strategist, consultant and former robotics guru. Simon Mueller Stansbury had his mind turned toward the future. He is even more attuned to future-gazing these days, sometimes in excitement, but more often with concern. How fitting, then, that he chose Veggie Galaxy, Central Square’s long-standing […]
Standout breakfast sandwiches from the squares
Who doesn’t love a good breakfast sandwich? In Newtown, Conn., where my family moved when I was in high school, the Hawleyville Deli made one of the best breakfast sandwiches I have ever had: an amazingly airy poppyseed bulky roll, a perfectly jammy egg, melted American cheese, and a touch of butter and hot sauce. […]
City council recap: Policy orders on bike lanes, sex work return next week; MFHO amendments take baby step
In addition to passing a tax rate increase and declining to intercede in school-related contract negotiations, Cambridge City Council on Monday also saw policy orders recommending the decriminalization of sex work and a pause on Huron Street bike lanes charter righted, delaying a vote for a week. City staff also got the go-ahead to begin […]