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Loud bang heard across region, cause unknown
Around 2:10 p.m., a loud bang was heard across Cambridge and Somerville with police scanners in Somerville picking up Somerville Police Department chatter at 2:16 p.m. about several reports of a possible explosion. Other reports and online posts suggest the bang was heard throughout much of Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Read more Two movies on […]
CPS names new school leaders and administrators
Three Cambridge schools will welcome new principals at the start of the summer and the district also hired two new administrators, including a legal counsel. All three of the new principals announced on Thursday evening are familiar faces within the school system. Allan Gately Gehant, who has been interim principal at Cambridge Rindge and Latin […]
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 […]
Charles River Task Force in full feedback mode
The Charles River Task Force is in the late stages of drafting a report on how state departments engage and communicate with local residents, particularly underrepresented communities, in the area between the Longfellow and Eliot bridges. Read more Council drops ShotSpotter in close vote Gaps in communications between state departments and local communities have been […]
Cambridge responds to shooting with resources, community events
Cambridge public officials and city departments are organizing a series of community meetings and discussions in the wake of Monday’s shooting incident on Memorial Drive. Read more An AI walked into a bar in Cambridge and asked for a code drink. . . The first will be a community drop-in event from 4 p.m. to […]
ShotSpotter vote evokes strong feelings at City Council
Hours after a shooting on Memorial Drive shook the Boston area, Cambridge City Council took up a previously scheduled vote on whether the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) should continue using ShotSpotter, a technology that identifies gunshots. Read more Protecting our engine of innovation Councillor Ayah Al-Zubi introduced a policy order to direct the city manager’s […]
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 Harvard scientist working on technology to find life in space The proposed […]
The 11 ballot questions Mass. voters might face
Massachusetts is on track to shatter its own record for ballot questions in a single election, with up to 11 measures potentially going before voters in November if they survive court fights and pointed legislative antagonism. Read more At least one injured by shots fired on Memorial Drive Eleven citizen-led initiative petitions cleared the signature-gathering […]
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 […]
Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle
Bicycle Belle owner Carice Reddien said she’s closing her pioneering bicycle store after accomplishing many of her goals. Reddien’s store has been a fixture for 13 years at the junction of Beacon and Oxford streets on the Somerville/Cambridge city line near Porter Square. Read more Bell tolls for Bicycle Belle Interviewed at the store on […]