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Flaherty effort to save ShotSpotter misfires
The full city council rejected a last-ditch effort by Councillor Timothy Flaherty to rescind a previous vote to remove ShotSpotter, an acoustic sensor system used to detect gunshots. It had been in use by the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) since 2014. Flaherty put forth a policy order asserting that the council skipped steps in its […]
Cambridge robotics team makes the podium in Greece
Like many a modern success story, the Juicebox Robotics team began this season in a Cambridge basement and ended it earning recognition on an international stage. Read more MIT Professor takes on Congress The team capped off a season of four top four finishes with a trip to Greece for the FIRST Lego League (FLL) […]
Staley ghost bike put in place
A ghost bike in memory of Kim Staley was placed Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Mount Auburn and DeWolfe streets in Harvard Square, exactly two years after Staley died in a collision with a box truck. The crash is still under investigation. Read more Ahern Field: Plastics should not be our future Staley’s bike […]
Transparency on tap during feisty debate between Decker and MacKay
Transparency in the Massachusetts state legislature was front and center in Thursday’s debate between Rep. Marjorie Decker and challenger Evan MacKay at St. James Episcopal Church. Read more Loud bang heard across region, cause unknown The two are vying for Decker’s seat representing the 25th Middlesex District, which is entirely in Cambridge, in a repeat […]
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 […]