2026
MIT Future Fest opens Wednesday
MIT is opening its labs, theaters and a newly renovated warehouse to the public this week for MIT Future Fest, a five-day festival of science, technology, art and design. Read more Student crochet club donates handmade roses to Cambridge Health Alliance The festival begins Wednesday, Sept. 30, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 4. The festival’s […]
Student crochet club donates handmade roses to Cambridge Health Alliance
Karuna Tarafdar visited Cambridge Health Alliance to get treatment for a broken ankle in summer of 2025. In August of this year, she came back to donate 88 handmade crochet roses to be given to patients at the CHA’s Breast Center. Read more Council approves tax increase, warns of difficult budget season ahead The roses […]
Council approves tax increase, warns of difficult budget season ahead
During Monday night’s city council hearing, councillors voted unanimously in favor of the proposal put forward by City Manager Yi-An Huang to raise property tax rates by 6.9 percent for fiscal year 2027. The new rate is a smaller increase than in previous years, but with net combined property values decreasing for the second year […]
Davis Square vendor market Small Mart bans AI art
Local artists are giving big props to Small Mart, saying its ban of AI use makes them more inclined to sell their work at the Friday marketplace. Read more A survival thriller and a crime drama Carly Holbrook, the painter and button maker behind Carly Makes Things, said she “appreciates the ban” because it protects […]
A survival thriller and a crime drama
“Heart of the Beast” ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 2.5 out of 4. The vast wilds of Alaska are where James Belmont (Brad Pitt) goes to tamp down the PTSD he suffered as a former special ops sergeant, as well as heal the war scars of his loyal German Shepherd Odin, who served with Belmont during multiple Middle […]
Hult student helps organize earthquake relief for her family’s hometown
While balancing classes at Hult International Business School in Cambridge and work at her family’s coffee company, Natalie Ramirez has spent the past month organizing earthquake relief efforts for her family’s hometown in Colombia. Read more Tickets on sale for Cambridge Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony “One of my biggest passions as a […]
Tickets on sale for Cambridge Hall of Fame dinner and induction ceremony
The Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame said tickets are now available for the dinner and induction ceremony for its 2026 class of honorees. The event will take place Nov. 21 at American Legion Nonantum Post 440 in Newton. Read more Cambridge’s worst intersections getting safety makeovers The inductees are nominated by the public and voted […]
Cambridge’s worst intersections getting safety makeovers
After seven deaths in the last four years, the city’s taking new steps to fix its most dangerous intersections, starting with Mass Ave at Albany Street. Read more Deaton pitches himself as independent voice That intersection is at the top of Cambridge’s list of High Crash Locations (HCLs), as measured by the number and severity […]
Deaton pitches himself as independent voice
Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton pitched himself as an independent voice for Massachusetts during an hour-long interview Thursday with six Greater Boston nonprofit news organizations. He also criticized incumbent Sen. Ed Markey’s policy proposals as little more than slogans and outlined an affordability agenda centered on housing, energy and health care. Read more Belmont […]
Belmont turnout saved Brownsberger
When the dust settled after the Democratic state primary for state Senator, just about half of voters ticked the box next to incumbent Sen. William Brownsberger’s name, and the other half chose challenger Daniel Lander. Read more Catching predators in the name of fame But how exactly did the district come to those numbers? Who […]