public safety
Man charged with assaulting two women in Porter Square fitness club
A 40-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting two women inside the women’s locker room at a Porter Square Planet Fitness pleaded not guilty Friday and will remain in custody ahead of an Oct. 16 dangerousness hearing. Read more Huron Avenue bike lanes to go forward Laquan Holland was arraigned in Cambridge District Court on two […]
City council recap: Policy orders on bike lanes, sex work return next week; MFHO amendments take baby step
In addition to passing a tax rate increase and declining to intercede in school-related contract negotiations, Cambridge City Council on Monday also saw policy orders recommending the decriminalization of sex work and a pause on Huron Street bike lanes charter righted, delaying a vote for a week. City staff also got the go-ahead to begin […]
Third man charged in killing of Xavier Bautista
A Boston man, 23-year-old Moises Pimentel, was charged Tuesday morning with the July 4 murder of Cambridge Public Works employee Xavier Bautista. He pled not guilty in Cambridge District Court this morning. Read more Question 8 “a doomsday scenario,” say cannabis business owners Pimentel is the third person to be charged in connection with the […]
Cambridge nears completion of outdoor AED rollout across 46 public spaces
Cambridge has nearly finished installing 46 new automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, across parks and other public spaces. The devices, which analyze a person’s heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest and deliver an electric shock if needed, are part of an effort to make lifesaving treatment available before emergency crews can arrive. Read more Armyworms […]
Second man charged in murder of Xavier Bautista
A second man has been charged in the murder of Xavier Bautista, a Cambridge Department of Public Works employee who was murdered near Sennott Park in the early hours of July 4th this year. Giovani Arroyo, a 22-year-old from Boston, was arrested Thursday and arraigned in Cambridge District Court. Arroyo pled not guilty to charges […]
Cambridge police cite low ICE activity in report
The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reduced activity in Cambridge, according to Cambridge Police Department’s (CPD) bi-annual report presented to City Council Monday night. Read more ‘Turkeys’ app invites Cambridge to consider our gobbly neighbors Between February and August of this year, CPD logged six interactions or potential interactions with ICE […]
Man arrested after Memorial Drive shooting pleads not guilty
Today, the man arrested after a brazen May 11 shooting on Memorial Drive that left two people injured and a community shaken was indicted on charges filed by the Middlesex District Attorney’s office. Tyler Brown pleaded not guilty to the 43 charges, which include six counts of armed assault to murder, 17 counts of various […]
MIT professor dies after bike crash at Memorial Drive intersection
An MIT professor died Wednesday from injuries sustained in an Aug. 21 bicycle crash at Massachusetts Avenue and Memorial Drive, an intersection where bicycle advocates had warned of safety problems and mounted a campaign for improvements just weeks before the crash. Read more Porter Square developer sues Cambridge over 20% affordable housing requirement Thomas Rose, […]
Cambridge launches first civic assembly to weigh ShotSpotter, surveillance technology
Cambridge will ask 40 randomly selected residents to weigh the future of ShotSpotter and other surveillance technology this fall, launching the city’s first civic assembly and one of the first ever municipal efforts of its kind in New England. Read more Futures in flux at MIT and Harvard documentary film centers as founding leaders step […]
Zondervan: HEART has shifted away from emergency response
After years of struggling for funding and undergoing leadership changes, HEART, the nonprofit alternative response team approved by City Council in 2021, has switched to providing services for community building and violence prevention. Read more School Committee hears about bus delays, lower absentee rates and AI on Cambridge’s first day of school HEART, or Holistic […]