Harvard Square
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 […]
Spindler Confections to open booth inside Leavitt & Peirce
North Cambridge’s Spindler Confections will expand into Harvard Square, opening a satellite location inside Leavitt and Peirce Sept. 14. Spindler, which is in its 10th year of business, was approached by Paul MacDonald, who owns Leavitt & Peirce and was looking to fill a space left when New York-based Fruition Chocolate closed up shop this summer. […]
Imagine Harvard Square without cars
Imagine Harvard Square on a busy afternoon. Instead of gridlock on Mass. Ave., you see pedestrians filling the street. Instead of car engines rumbling and honking, live music from a local band carries across the square. Instead of summer heat reflected from asphalt, you sit back under lush trees, sipping coffee as a band plays. […]