MIT's Martin Trust Center helped launch Dear Dreamer, a free AI-powered platform for young entrepreneurs, in Cambridge Friday. Audrey McLoghlin, founder and CEO of apparel brand Frank & Eileen and president of the Frank & Eileen Foundation, backed the effort, which the foundation helped…
A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism. The judge ruled the incidents cited were "too isolated and episodic" to prove a persistent civil rights violation at the Cambridge cam…
The Cambridge Water Department issued a public statement addressing water quality at Fresh Pond reservoir after a discovery there. The notice, posted by the department at 250 Fresh Pond Parkway, comes as Fresh Pond serves as the city's primary drinking-water source, making the update a …
Cambridge outlined voting options for the September 1 state primary, with an August 22 registration deadline. The city's Election Commission said online voter registration and address updates close at 11:59 p.m. that day, and vote-by-mail applications are due by 5 p.m. Aug. 25. The stat…
Cambridge began the final major phase of the Broadway Safety Improvement Project on August 10, with visible changes coming to the corridor between Lee and Quincy streets over the coming weeks. The city is also recruiting residents for three open seats, on the Commercial Parking Control …
Cambridge's contractor, Newport Construction, began citywide street milling and paving work Monday, August 10, as part of a road condition improvement push announced by Public Works. The work targets multiple street sections around the city, weather permitting. Separately, changes to th…
Cambridge recorded 17 property transfers between July 10 and Aug. 8. Nine deeds had a sale price recorded, ranging from $770,000 to $2,925,000, with a median of $1,755,000; the remaining eight listed no consideration amount. The period's top transaction was a $2,925,000 sale at 119 Appleton Street,
MIT spinout Found Industries opens a Cambridge facility to extract gallium from industrial waste, per a new report. The move plants a domestic critical-minerals operation inside the city just as Massachusetts and Washington push to reduce reliance on imported gallium supplies. Separatel…
Cambridge and the broader region moved into Level 3 Critical Drought status this week, up from Level 2 Significant Drought. The City of Cambridge confirmed the reclassification in a News Flash announcement, its most serious drought designation short of emergency status, though officials…
Cambridge City Council holds first roundtable on municipal AI use, takes no policy votes.