Metro

‘Not Easy’: Cambridge Struggles Toward Carbon Neutrality

Cambridge officials do not know whether the city is on track to meet statewide emission standards by 2030 or a self-imposed goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, according to ​​Susanne Rasmussen.

Privacy Breach During School Committee Meeting Could Explain Delay in Greer Contract Talks

The Cambridge School Committee’s April 1 executive session was intended to be a highly confidential discussion about whether to extend embattled Superintendent Victoria L. Greer’s contract. Then, they noticed a parent on the call.


Allston I-90 Project ‘On a Roll’ After Federal Grant, Though Final Design Remains Contentious

The transformative $2 billion highway and transit project set to realign the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston is under a deadline and “on a roll,” according to advocates and officials involved in planning.


Chip City Cookies Set To Sweeten up Harvard Square in July

Chip City Cookies, a New York City-based company offering cookies that clock in at more than a third of a pound, will open a Harvard Square location at 1 Brattle Sq. in July — the latest business seeking to sweeten up the Square.

Allston I-90 Project ‘On a Roll’ After Federal Grant, Though Final Design Remains Contentious

The transformative $2 billion highway and transit project set to realign the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston is under a deadline and “on a roll,” according to advocates and officials involved in planning.

Harvard Distributes $200,000 in Grants to Allston-Brighton Organizations

Residents and local leaders gathered to mark Harvard’s annual distribution of $200,000 to Allston-Brighton organizations at the Harvard Ed Portal on Tuesday.

Chip City Cookies Set To Sweeten up Harvard Square in July

Chip City Cookies, a New York City-based company offering cookies that clock in at more than a third of a pound, will open a Harvard Square location at 1 Brattle Sq. in July — the latest business seeking to sweeten up the Square.

School Committee To Meet in Third Closed-Door Session Amid Silence on Greer’s Future

The Cambridge School Committee is meeting on Tuesday to discuss “contract negotiations with nonunion personnel” in a meeting that is expected to touch on the future of Superintendent Victoria L. Greer.

Muchnik-Led Petition to Block Walden Square Development Nears 1,000 Signatures

One of Cambridge’s most vociferous opponents of high-rise affordable housing is mounting a protest against a proposal to build an additional 95 affordable units in the 240-unit Walden Square Apartments.

‘A Real Loss’: Starlight Square to Shut Down After Four Years of Bringing Cantabrigians Together

Starlight Square was called a place where “dreams come true,” Cambridge leaders and residents say. Now, it’s shutting down.

Neville Place, Affordable Assisted Living Facility, To Receive $5.7 Million City Loan

Cambridge’s Affordable Housing Trust will loan $5.7 million to Neville Place Assisted Living at Fresh Pond — which provides assisted living services to low-income seniors — for physical repairs to the facility.