The city announced that road milling and paving work will begin citywide on August 10, while Cambridge Patch reported a new fight over the deteriorating bathhouse at Magazine Beach that it framed as a public health issue. Contractor Newport Construction will handle the repaving work on …
Cambridge Recreation's website this week highlighted a newly posted schedule for its Summer Youth Basketball Championship Games and announced that registration for Fall 2026 programming at the War Memorial Recreation Center opens Monday, Aug. 10. The War Memorial Recreation Center offer…
Two Cambridge, Massachusetts obituary notices were published this week: Boente, Elsa, 87, and Foster, Kevin A., 55. Both were arranged through Keefe Funeral Homes of Cambridge, with notices posted on Echovita; service details had not been announced as of this writing. Legacy.com, Tribut…
Cambridge officials are weighing whether to bring back ShotSpotter gunshot-detection technology after the killing of a city worker, Cambridge Patch reports. Beyond the outlet's headline, primary town sources offered no additional confirmation of the case as of Monday morning. Separately…
Eleven properties changed hands in Cambridge between July 3 and Aug. 1, with six sales disclosing a price. Disclosed prices ranged from $600,000 for a condo unit at 192 Larch Rd to $6.9 million for 175 Coolidge Hill, the period's top sale. The median among disclosed sales was $1,610,000…
Cambridge and the surrounding region were elevated to Level 3 Critical Drought status this week, the state's most severe classification short of emergency. The City of Cambridge's News Flash feed confirmed the upgrade from Level 2 Significant Drought, while the License Commission, actin…
Cambridge police will host National Night Out at Donnelly Field on Tuesday, August 4, inviting residents to meet officers Kessen Green and Michele Scott. The announcement came the same day Cambridge Patch reported "Cambridge School Contract Talks Continue As Union Calls For Urgency," wi…
Cambridge's zoning board approved a curb-cut permit for the Cambridge Housing Authority's Corcoran Park redevelopment and a residential variance on Otis Street, both 5-0, at its July 30 meeting. Chair Stephen Ng led both unanimous voice votes.
Cambridge's Main Library garage on Broadway will close for four days starting Friday, July 31, reopening Tuesday, Aug. 4, due to ongoing construction, while the library stays open for normal hours. City officials also issued advance notice of a new competitive grant round through the Co…
A Flash Flood Watch and forecasts of over seven inches of rain are raising storm concerns across Cambridge and the region this week. The City's fifth of ten planned neighborhood Pop-Up Recycle Center events took place Wednesday as Newport Construction continues roadway paving work begun…