May 2026
The CPL’s top 10 April reads
Here are this week’s 10 most checked out books at all Cambridge Public Library locations in the month of April 2026. Thanks to Susannah Borysthen-Tkacz, Senior Librarian, for providing us with the list. Read more City council sees one way forward for Garden Street
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 Lesley University […]
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, […]
City of Cambridge proposes first billion-dollar budget
Cambridge is on track to be the second city in Massachusetts with a billion-dollar budget, after City Manager Yi-An Huang submitted his office’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 at Monday’s City Council meeting. The next fiscal year begins July 1. Read more Shots fired on Memorial Drive The proposed budget of $1.03 billion, if […]
Shots fired on Memorial Drive
Police rerouted traffic around the intersection of River Street and Memorial Drive after shots were fired at approximately 1:30 p.m. on Monday. At least a dozen marked and unmarked State Police vehicles responded, and Boston Police closed off access to Cambridge from Storrow Drive and the Mass Pike. Read more Harvard scientist working on technology […]
Harvard scientist working on technology to find life in space
Since the four-person crew of Artemis II splashed back down to Earth last month, all things space are front of mind for a lot of us. While the space centers in Texas and Florida may be busy poring through the data the astronauts brought back, right here in Cambridge, the quest to learn more about […]
Should City Council weigh in on foreign policy?
A policy order imploring the Trump Administration to stop blocking oil exports into Cuba turned into a debate on Cambridge City Council’s role in commenting on United States foreign policy decisions. Discussion came to an abrupt end when Councillor Patty Nolan used her charter right to place the issue on next meeting’s agenda, which frustrated […]
Baldwin School boosts enrollment, classroom shuffling to come
Parents at Baldwin School are urging administrators to protect the school’s beloved art room, a staple of the Cambridge elementary school for 16 years. The room is perhaps the most bitter casualty of the classroom reshuffling that is slated to occur in the next school year as the district seeks to accommodate increased enrollment numbers. […]
‘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 […]