A Cambridge-based MIT spinout landed $31 million this week to develop a compact nuclear reactor, the city's most notable business news as summer winds down. The City of Cambridge will run overnight paving in Central Square beginning Sunday, August 23, at 8 p.m. through roughly 4 a.m. Mo…
Cambridge Ordinance Committee cancels hearing after failing to reach a five-member quorum.
Moderna's stock surged up to 160 percent after a melanoma vaccine trial succeeded, wiping out $5 billion in short bets, Bloomberg reports. The Cambridge biotech's rally, tied to a jointly developed vaccine with partner Merck aimed at preventing melanoma's return, was the day's biggest l…
Harvard University agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over a former morgue manager's theft of donated body parts, the biggest of several fresh entanglements for the Cambridge school this week. Reuters reported the settlement Tuesday, while the South China Morning Post reports …
Sanofi is laying off 229 Blueprint Medicines staffers and closing the company's Cambridge offices following its acquisition, according to a FiercePharma report. Kate Haviland, formerly Blueprint's CEO, has since taken the board chair role at GC Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based cell thera…
Cambridge Recreation opened registration for Fall 2026 programming at the War Memorial Recreation Center on Monday, August 10. Separately, Cambridge Youth Lacrosse announced its Fall Ball season, open to boys and girls ages 6 to 15, running Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m. from September 13 thr…
This week's obituary notices for Cambridge, Massachusetts include one qualifying entry: DeMeo, Vincent E., 91, who died Saturday, August 15, 2026. Arrangements are under the care of Keefe Funeral Homes of Cambridge, with the notice sourced from Echovita. No further biographical detail, …
Cambridge enters the final phase of its Broadway Safety Improvement Project this month, with visible street changes continuing through late August. Crews are working the corridor between Lee and Quincy streets after the phase began August 10, with no completion date yet announced. The c…
Cambridge recorded 13 property sales between July 17 and Aug. 15, with eight showing recorded prices ranging from $615,000 to $2,925,000 and a median of $1,162,500. The month's top sale was 20 Chalk St at $2,925,000, purchased by Chalk Street LLC from the Nora B. Leahy Trust. Seven of the 13
The City of Cambridge previewed a new competitive grant round for nonprofits through its Community Benefits Advisory Committee on Saturday. Full eligibility and funding details were not yet published, but the city described the move as advance notice ahead of a competitive application p…