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City council urges MWRA to rethink Magazine Beach sewage tank
The Cambridge City Council unanimously approved a policy order Tuesday urging the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to reconsider its plans for a 10-million-gallon sewage storage tank beneath Magazine Beach. The order proposed alternative locations and designs that would avoid permanently closing off public parkland. Read more Cambridge councillors seek overhaul of Harvard Square kiosk Originally […]
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Cambridge councillors seek overhaul of Harvard Square kiosk
A proposal to overhaul the Harvard Square KiOSK’s operating model, potentially replacing its current management arrangement and restoring its historic Out of Town News sign and name, was introduced at Tuesday’s continued City Council meeting.The proposal, introduced by Councillors Marc McGovern, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui, E. Denise Simmons and Timothy Flaherty, would ask City Manager Yi-An […]
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Ibanez Fraile, Falcons win XC invitational; crew teams have strong Head of Charles
Boys’ cross-country: In its first large meet of the year, the top-ranked boys’ cross-country team did not disappoint at the Catholic Memorial Invitational on Saturday. The Falcons finished first with 61 points, followed by Pinkerton Academy with 95 points and Coe Brown Academy with 107 points. Read more City council defers Israel divestment vote In […]
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City council defers Israel divestment vote
After more than six hours of public comment during Monday’s city council meeting, the business part of the meeting convened at 9 a.m. Tuesday. After an hour working through the city manager’s agenda and a handful of other policy orders, councillors finally were able to publicly comment on a pair of policy orders filed by […]
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At MIT, developers, planners debate Cambridge’s affordable housing requirements
As two lawsuits challenge Cambridge’s inclusionary housing ordinance and the city considers the first amendments to its 2025 zoning overhaul, developers, economists and urban planners gathered at MIT on Friday to debate whether affordability requirements help address the housing shortage or discourage development. Read more Shawn Harris inspires kids to picture their futures in Cambridge […]
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Shawn Harris inspires kids to picture their futures in Cambridge book tour stop
Shawn Harris got rave reviews from one of the harshest groups of critics out there: elementary school students. Read more The middle class in Cambridge earns less than you think Erupting fanfare and quiet awe rippled through the crowd when the children’s book author and illustrator entered the Cambridgeport School Library. Over 100 first, second […]
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The middle class in Cambridge earns less than you think
City Councillor Marc McGovern defended the types of residences being built under the MFHO in the Sept 16, 2026, article titled “Zoning update may see major changes,” stating, “These are for people who make too much money for a subsidized unit but can’t afford a $4 million single-family home. That is the middle class of […]
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CRA’s $3.5 million purchase of Margaret Fuller parking lot divides Port residents
The Cambridge Redevelopment Authority’s purchase of a portion of the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House’s parking lot for $3.5 million, with plans to develop mixed-income homeownership housing, has drawn mixed reactions from residents of The Port who have used the property as a gathering place for generations. Read more Hundreds comment on policy orders calling for […]
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Hundreds comment on policy orders calling for divestment from companies contracted by the Israeli military
A marathon City Council meeting ended after more than six hours of public comment, almost all of it directed to a pair of policy orders advocating for Cambridge to divest its two pension funds from and cancel contracts with companies that have contracts with the Israeli military. The council did not vote on the orders […]
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Roxy’s Arcade closes after alleged financial misconduct
Roxy’s Arcade in Central Square closed Monday after its owner said a former manager allegedly “misappropriated tens of thousands of dollars.” Read more Head of the Charles 2025 James DiSabatino, owner of Roxy’s Grilled Cheese and Roxy’s Arcade, wrote in an Instagram post that a senior manager had been terminated after the alleged financial misconduct […]