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Cambridge STEAM Initiative calling for funding proposals from math nonprofits
The City of Cambridge will divide $70,000 in funding to selected nonprofit math enrichment programs over the course of the next year. Read more Local scientists air concerns about federal funding losses in Arlington town hall Each selected organization can receive up to $25,000 in its first funding year, with the potential to receive an […]
Cambridge halves participatory budgeting to $500,000 as 13th annual cycle kicks off
Cambridge’s annual participatory budgeting process is kicking off again, giving residents another chance to decide how the city spends public money, though this year they’ll have only half as much to work with. Read more Cambridge launches first civic assembly to weigh ShotSpotter, surveillance technology The city opened idea submissions for its 13th participatory budgeting […]
At 103, Holocaust survivor and longtime Cantabrigian Kitty Haas is not ready to die
Using her walker, a small woman plods into the dining room at The Cambridge Homes. Her undereyes sag, affecting an illusion that she is constantly looking up. When she finally reaches the table, she is heaving for air, grunting a little. Still her physical struggle seems shockingly minimal upon the realization that she is nearly […]
At Riverside Press Park, the garden has a new steward and a public kitchen
Every Sunday afternoon at Riverside Press Park, a group of local volunteers gathers to work in the garden. They begin by harvesting vegetables, then they spray diseased plants with a natural pesticide. They water over 20 raised garden beds before picking fresh flowers and weeding. The workday ends with planting new seeds. Read more After […]
After devastating blaze, Cambridge church has plan for rebuilding
On the first Easter Sunday of the COVID-19 pandemic, Faith Lutheran Church, which worshipped out of a three-story wood building at 311 Broadway Street, in Cambridge, put up a large banner in its front garden. ‘We Will Rise,’ it said — a nod to both the hardships of lockdown and to the central Easter story. Read […]
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 […]
Runners of the world, unite! Racers establish the People’s Republic of Danehy Park, if only for an evening
The third annual Guinea Pig One Mile race drew 175 runners — though none were actual guinea pigs — to the track at Danehy Park Saturday. The free run was organized by 25-year old Alex Sharp and his friend Ethan Weiner, 24. Sharp said it wasn’t so much a race as a revolution. “Our generation […]
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 […]
Everybody Gotta Eat, so Manny Mervil gotta work
Kendall Square office buildings clear out by mid-afternoon most summer Fridays – if office workers show up at all. But around 2:30 p.m. on a recent gorgeous mid-July afternoon, Emmanuel “Manny” Mervil has one of his two phones glued to his ear, talking business. Or maybe charity, for one of his nonprofits. Serial entrepreneur is […]
HRI hands out Peter Daly Scholarship to recipients for its 20th anniversary
More than 60 people gathered in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stratton Students Center to celebrate this year’s recipients of the 20th annual Homeowner’s Rehab Inc.’s Peter Daly Scholarship. Read more Lobsters are smart, except the ones you eat The scholarship has been running since 2006 and was named after the previous executive director of […]