2026
Five Cambridge and Somerville climate tech companies receive state tax incentive
Somerville’s Form Energy received the majority of a $6 million tax incentive for job creation granted to five climate tech innovation companies in Cambridge and Somerville. Read more MIT will reopen Building 18 Form, which produces high-capacity batteries used for storing renewable energy at utility scale, earlier this year was identified as the recipient of […]
MIT will reopen Building 18
MIT’s Emergency Management Department said it would reopen a building Monday Aug. 31 at 6 a.m., more than four days after closing it due to potential for poisoning by dimethyl mercury. Read more Simon’s says farewell, with hopes of reopening soon The Emergency Management Department issued a statement at 10:17 p.m. saying that “appropriate decontamination […]
Simon’s says farewell, with hopes of reopening soon
Simon Yu of Simon’s Coffee will hold a farewell event for his shop’s long-time space from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31. Yu announced the event Sunday on Instagram and in a flier posted on the door of the shop. Read more Cambridge schools don’t need tracking, they need new pathways Simon’s Coffee has […]
Cambridge schools don’t need tracking, they need new pathways
In its August 3 editorial, “It’s OK to Track Middle School Math, Cambridge,” The Boston Globe argues that Cambridge should reconsider tracking middle-school math students by ability. The editorial contends that putting all eighth graders in Algebra I has left many students struggling and unable to succeed, while failing to challenge others. It points to Texas […]
Your View: Photos from our community
Congratulations to Cambridge’s under-18 summer baseball team, which won the Lou Tompkins All Star League, finishing 18-1 and defeating Dracut in the championship game 6-0. Read more Cambridge Day’s 2026 state election preview Send us your photos of life in Cambridge! Submit here. We’ll pick our favorites and publish them. Read more In Middlesex DA race, […]
MIT closes building after toxic incident
MIT evacuated a building Wednesday after a spill involving dimethyl mercury, an extremely potent neurotoxin. MIT’s Emergency Management department posted a message Saturday afternoon saying that a “single individual in a chemistry laboratory” went to a local emergency room and claimed to have synthesized dimethyl mercury. Read more Cambridge Day’s 2026 state election preview The […]
Cambridge Day’s 2026 state election preview
Camberville voters have an unusual number of choices this year, with seven competitive House and Senate contests, plus races for Middlesex County District Attorney and both Governor’s Council districts. Read more The worm stomping wood turtle is smarter than you think We are gathering all of our stories from the campaign on this page for […]
In Middlesex DA race, one-time colleagues in fierce fight
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan is asking voters for another four years by arguing she’s made the county one of the country’s safest, while her former colleague David Solet says his experience witnessing the shortcomings of her leadership from inside her office drove him to run. Read more The worm stomping wood turtle is smarter […]
The worm stomping wood turtle is smarter than you think
Once upon a time, the wood turtle was the most common freshwater turtle in eastern Massachusetts. Today it is in severe decline. Naturalists Louis Agassiz and Henry David Thoreau documented their observations of this reptile in the mid-1800s. Read more This Cambridge physical therapist keeps dancers on their toes But these turtles have been around […]
This Cambridge physical therapist keeps dancers on their toes
Some unsung stars of the American Repertory Theater’s recent production of dance thriller “Black Swan” were the backstage team of physical therapists led by Melissa Buffer. Read more Why do political insiders fear giving voters more choices? The show was “a very intense production due to all the dancing” and because it had 24 actors, […]