May 2026
Youth sports leaders: Ahern Field needs artificial turf
We are a coalition of leaders representing the youth sports organizations in Cambridge. We have sent to the City Council the following letter on Ahern Field: Read more Somerville cuts jobs to close defict Our programs share a key mission: we provide an opportunity for Cambridge kids to play locally and inexpensively among friends — […]
Somerville cuts jobs to close defict
Citing a $5.4 million projected budget shortfall for the next fiscal year, the City of Somerville announced on Friday it has cut 29 positions, comprising 13 existing staffers and 16 vacant openings. Laid-off employees will be placed on administrative leave through the end of June, according to the statement. Read more Clover Food Lab will […]
Clover Food Lab will close Thursday
The Cambridge-based fast-casual vegetarian chain Clover Food Lab will close Thursday after 17 years in business. Read more Increasing housing supply won’t lower prices The company had said March 30 its shuttering was imminent if it did not find a buyer before June. Today it issued a statement saying it had not, and blamed inflation […]
Increasing housing supply won’t lower prices
The idea of employing upzoning to make urban areas more affordable is based on the principle of supply and demand — a fundamental tenet of economic theory. Incentivize developers to build more housing units thereby increasing the supply. As the additional supply begins to sate the demand for housing, the price of housing should eventually […]
CRLS baseball wins league, ‘super confident’ about tournament
Entering the season, Cambridge Rindge and Latin boys’ baseball coach Robert Merrill knew the team had the pieces necessary to have a successful season. With a lineup and pitching staff composed largely of seniors and talented players dedicated to working hard to improve, he had every reason to believe the team would perform well. Read […]
BB&N wins second quiz show championship
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School won its second High School Quiz Show championship in dramatic fashion, coming from behind in the last round to defeat Sharon High School in a match which first aired on the High School Quiz Show YouTube Channel on May 14. Read more Pan-Asian identity at CRLS: heritage, high energy “Sharon […]
Pan-Asian identity at CRLS: heritage, high energy
Inside the walls of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS), the energy was palpable on Friday as the school’s Pan-Asian Club kicked off its annual Asian-American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month assembly. The event, open to the entire school, filled the Fitzgerald Theater with students, faculty and community members for two 75-minute sessions. Read more […]
Cambridge Friends School will close
Cambridge Friends School will close its doors permanently after the 2026-27 school year, a result of continued enrollment challenges, according to an email from the school’s Board of Trustees sent to the school’s community on May 19. Read more Lesley faculty ratify contract; Harvard, MIT unions feel stalled The private Quaker school has taught elementary […]
Lesley faculty ratify contract; Harvard, MIT unions feel stalled
As one local university resolved labor strife with its faculty members, two others face mounting pressure from graduate student employees. Read more School Committee probes screen usage data Lesley University saw core faculty members vote Wednesday to ratify a contract, resolving two years of negotiations that included a recent two-day strike. “It’s just amazing,” said […]
School Committee probes screen usage data
School administrators presented preliminary results of a study on screen usage in class, as the School Committee considers restricting computer use in elementary school. Read more Higher parking fees on the way, and perhaps direct election of mayors Most in-school screen time is instructional, the study found, with the heaviest use in high school, according […]