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Council votes for MIT graduate student union
Around 50 MIT graduate students marched from MIT’s campus to Cambridge City Council on Monday to speak in support of their demands for a fair contract from MIT. While the council cannot force MIT to act, it has in the past issued policy orders (including in 2020, 2021 and 2022) in support of the MIT […]
City Council ties Mass Ave, Cambridge Street building heights to ground floor uses
In the end, a vote restricting residential development height seemed almost perfunctory, as Cambridge city councillors voted unanimously and without debate at Monday night’s meeting to allow maximum heights along two city corridors only for buildings with “active use” spaces on ground floors. Read more Cambridge police cite low ICE activity in report “Given the […]
Anthropic announces expansion in Cambridge after ex-employee critsizes AI companies
Anthropic, the AI research and development company that produces the popular chatbot Claude, is deepening its roots in Cambridge. The San Francisco-based corporation announced on Tuesday that it will lease 24,000 square feet of office space at the One Kendall Square office complex for long-term use, according to a statement first obtained by The Boston […]
Cambridge launches first civic assembly to weigh ShotSpotter, surveillance technology
Cambridge will ask 40 randomly selected residents to weigh the future of ShotSpotter and other surveillance technology this fall, launching the city’s first civic assembly and one of the first ever municipal efforts of its kind in New England. Read more Futures in flux at MIT and Harvard documentary film centers as founding leaders step […]
Police seeking knife-wielding suspect near Harvard Square
A person armed with a knife or machete is being sought by police in the area of Mount Auburn and Brattle streets after an aggravated assault and battery. Read more Fact checking claims about the Decker-MacKay race The Harvard Police Department issued an emergency alert before 10 a.m. Tuesday saying the incident occurred near 124 […]
Union members in Cambridge to begin school year under expired contracts
The roughly 1,500 school district staff represented by the Cambridge Education Association will begin the school year with expired contracts after over 17 bargaining sessions with the school committee failed to produce a finalized agreement for any of the union’s five bargaining units. Read more This week in Cambridge and Somerville: Outdoor screenings, Grooversity and […]
Cambridge police fatally shoot Watertown man in Central Square
Cambridge police fatally shot William Woodworth, 64, of Watertown on Friday night in a parking lot off Temple Street in Central Square. The Middlesex District Attorney’s office and Cambridge Police Department said in a statement early Saturday morning that Woodworth was shot multiple times by police after he pointed a firearm at officers. Read more […]
Man killed by police identified
Officials on Monday identified William Woodworth, 64, of Watertown as the man who was fatally shot by Cambridge police on Friday night. Read more At Riverside Press Park, the garden has a new steward and a public kitchen The Middlesex District Attorney’s office and Cambridge Police Department had previously said officers had responded to a […]
Suspect arrested in July hit-and-run that injured a 12-year-old
At 8:40 a.m. on Monday, police arrested Jayson Wilson for an electric scooter hit-and-run that injured a 12-year-old girl on July 9. Read more Winter Hill and Brown School fates to be decided at Monday night vote, Brown School merger opposition remains The Cambridge Police Department issued a press release noting that Wilson was arrested […]
Body found in Fresh Pond
A body was found in Fresh Pond, according to a statement from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Cambridge Police Department. Read more “Binge Thinking” aims to provide an antidote to doomscrolling An investigation is under way. The statement said “preliminary indications are that the body appears to have been in the water for an […]