Community
Grabbing a Bite with Ran Bechor
One in a series of conversations with some of our many noteworthy neighbors — people who call the city home or head this way to work or study. We grab a bite, talk shop, learn more about why Cambridge, and shoot the proverbial … well, you know. Read more Civic assemblies, common in Europe, have […]
Patrick John Filer
Patrick John Filer was born at 9:24 pm on May 13, 2026, to the surprise of his parents, who hadn’t expected him for another two weeks. Born at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Patrick weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and measured 50 cm long. His parents, Michelle Filer and Michael Lee of North Cambridge, […]
Lights! Cambridge! Action! Local youth build skills at Summer Media Institute
Programs like Cambridge Community Television’s (CCTV) Summer Media Institute are few and far between in an increasingly challenging job market for young people. The paid summer art program for teenagers is now in its 36th year, and will graduate 27 middle and high schoolers at the end of this summer with proficiencies in professional media […]
Somerville libraries receive Carnegie Foundation grants
In an echo of their founding, all three Somerville Public Library branches received grants from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. The Foundation gave $10,000 each to every library originally funded by Carnegie, an industrialist and philanthropist who died in 1919, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Read more […]
Azeem appeals for help for father-in-law
Burhan Azeem disclosed Sunday that his father-in-law has a Stage IV cancer that has spread to his brain but did not originate there. Read more Cambridge, Somerville climate tech incubators receive state grants Azeem, Cambridge’s vice mayor and a candidate for state Senate, shared the news in an emailed campaign update whose subject line read […]
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 […]
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, […]
History Cambridge moves ahead while waiting for headquarters to sell
History Cambridge may be in the middle of selling its headquarters but finding a new place to serve as a home base is not a huge priority for the organization. Instead of devoting much time and effort to maintaining the historic 6,449 sq. ft. Colonial-style home known as the Hooper-Lee Nichols House, History Cambridge wants […]
Ahead of Independence Day, taking stock in Somerville
“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” was the question about 40 Somerville residents posed for themselves for the city’s eighth annual “Reading Frederick Douglass Together” event, which took place at Premiere on Broadway. Read more Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame announces new class of honorees The public reading of Douglass’s famous 1852 […]
Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame announces new class of honorees
The Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame announced its 2026 class of honorees, set to be inducted this November. The inductees are nominated by the public and voted on by The Cambridge Athletic Hall of Fame Committee, a nonprofit organization. Read more At Urban Hearth’s new Inman Square locale, a feast for the eyes as well […]