May 2026
Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle
Bicycle Belle owner Carice Reddien said she’s closing her pioneering bicycle store after accomplishing many of her goals. Reddien’s store has been a fixture for 13 years at the junction of Beacon and Oxford streets on the Somerville/Cambridge city line near Porter Square. Read more Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle Interviewed at the store on […]
Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle
Bicycle Belle owner Carice Reddien said she’s closing her pioneering bicycle store after accomplishing many of her goals. Reddien’s store has been a fixture for 13 years at the junction of Beacon and Oxford streets on the Somerville/Cambridge city line near Porter Square. Read more ‘Beloved’ Elow missed; was under internal investigation Interviewed at the […]
‘Beloved’ Elow missed; was under internal investigation
Weeks after the sudden retirement of former City of Cambridge Police Commissioner Christine Elow, even community members who knew her well still have more questions than answers. Read more Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle “She would always say that ‘I love my job.’ So, you can imagine the shock,” said Rev. Irene Monroe, a prominent […]
Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle
Bicycle Belle owner Carice Reddien said she’s closing her pioneering bicycle store after accomplishing many of her goals. Reddien’s store has been a fixture for 13 years at the junction of Beacon and Oxford streets on the Somerville/Cambridge city line near Porter Square. Read more Horrid Zale moths aren’t so horrible Interviewed at the store […]
Horrid Zale moths aren’t so horrible
One of my favorite Zale moths is the Horrid Zale moth, worthy of note for its name alone. If you have only ever read about Zale moths, including now, you are probably mispronouncing the name. You might think zale rhymes with tale, but it is actually a two-syllable word that rhymes with ballet, pronounced zah-lay. […]
What’s wrong with paper bags, Cambridge?
Shopping yesterday at Shaw’s in Porter Square, I was surprised that no paper bags, only “reusable” plastic bags, were available at checkout. When I asked a supervisor, he said I should ask the City of Cambridge — which, I learned, does not permit paper bags at retail stores [Editor’s note: Cambridge requires stores to charge […]
Miles in Transit: A Cambridge YouTuber’s wild ride
If he didn’t have a YouTube channel, Miles Taylor would still spend his free time going from one end of Massachusetts Avenue to the other using only buses, figuring out the cheapest route from Boston to the smallest town in Massachusetts or journeying from Mexico to Canada using only local transit. Read more Meet the […]
Meet the candidates running for state legislature
Voters in Cambridge and Somerville will find out later today just who is running to represent them in Massachusetts legislature, as candidates have until 5 p.m. to submit nomination papers to their local election office for certification of signatures. A candidate needs a minimum of 150 signatures to run for representative and 300 to run for […]
Lesley University faculty launch two-day strike
Unionized core faculty members at Lesley University started a two-day strike Tuesday at 1 p.m., after nearly two years of unsuccessful negotiations. Read more City council sees one way forward for Garden Street A bargaining committee representing 82 core faculty members failed to reach an agreement with administrators on Monday. The committee spent 15 hours […]
City council sees one way forward for Garden Street
After contentious comment and discussion, Cambridge City Council on Monday voted 5-4 in favor of keeping Garden Street a one-way road with bike lanes on either side for the majority of its length. The vote reversed last year’s 5-4 vote to return two-way traffic to the West Cambridge street while making the bike lanes adjacent, […]