Somerville passes body camera policy after contentious vote
In the end, Somerville city councillors decided to take the money. After years of back and forth on having the city’s police wear body cameras, much of which was driven by the city’s repeated failures to create a civilian oversight commission and a robust policy, the city council accepted yet another promise to create that […]
Minister at St. Augustine’s is ousted, barred from the building
Local nonprofit and religious leaders who have collaborated to restore St. Augustine’s African Orthodox Church in the heart of Cambridgeport have succeeded in reimagining it as a place for congregating not just around faith, but also “arts, community knowledge, and connection.” But now, they are dealing with shocking allegations about the man who has led […]
Electrifying Cambridge from underground
Crews in Kendall Square are putting the finishing touches on the shell that will house what developers say will be the country’s largest underground substation when completed in 2029. The 35,000 square-foot substation will be the centerpiece of the $1.84 billion Greater Cambridge Energy Program (GCEP) infrastructure project led by the utility company Eversource to […]
Ross McElwee: Processing pain and grief on film
Ross McElwee, the affable, soft-spoken southern gentleman who bares all in his autobiographical documentaries, has often chronicled personal pain. In his groundbreaking work, “Sherman’s March” (1986), we see a budding young filmmaker’s lost loves and unrealized yearnings. In his latest, “Remake,” he wrestles with the tragic death of his son in 2016. Read more Why […]
Why I am volunteering for Nomita Ganguly
Cambridge Day does not endorse candidates or positions. Views expressed in this column are those of the writer. Read more Can an app get rid of parked cars in bike lanes? To the editor: I have lived in North Cambridge, in the 24th Middlesex district, for more than 25 years. I am excited that this […]
Can an app get rid of parked cars in bike lanes?
A new app, Bike Bureau, offers local cyclists a way to document the perennial problem of cars parked in bike lanes. Read more MIT’s Fab Lab marks 25 years of making almost anything Here’s how it works: if a cyclist sees a car in a bike lane, they can open the Bike Bureau app on […]
MIT’s Fab Lab marks 25 years of making almost anything
The Fab Lab, MIT’s digital fabrication laboratory, is turning 25 this week, and its founder said he did “not remotely” expect the extent of the lab’s impact. “What I didn’t see is it fundamentally changes how society and economy works,” said Neil Gershenfeld, an MIT professor and director of the Center of Bits and Atoms. […]
For Cambridge Historical Commission, zoning ordinance has ‘changed the calculus’
The Cambridge Historical Commission has become a de facto arbiter of the city’s landscape since the Multifamily Housing Ordinance (MFHO) passed in February 2025. Charles Sullivan, the commission’s long-time executive director, said he is trying to take things in stride, even as requests for historical review increased five-fold last year. Read more Everybody Gotta Eat, […]
Everybody Gotta Eat, so Manny Mervil gotta work
Kendall Square office buildings clear out by mid-afternoon most summer Fridays – if office workers show up at all. But around 2:30 p.m. on a recent gorgeous mid-July afternoon, Emmanuel “Manny” Mervil has one of his two phones glued to his ear, talking business. Or maybe charity, for one of his nonprofits. Serial entrepreneur is […]
Cambridge Magna Carta moment may open new UK connection
The Speaker of the British House of Commons visited Cambridge Thursday to see an English document, the Magna Carta. Read more A mishit and a backfire from two new movies “To come all this way to find a piece of history from … England and the fact that the [democratic] world has been built on […]