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Cambridge Outlines Voting Options For September Primary

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 Enters Final Phase Of Broadway Safety Project

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 Begins Citywide Street Paving Work Monday

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…

Appleton Street Sale Tops $2.9 Million Amid Wave of July Cambridge Deeds

Cambridge recorded 17 property transfers between July 10 and Aug. 8. Nine deeds disclosed a sale price, 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 Opens Cambridge Plant To Extract Gallium From Waste

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…