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Published September 23Healthpeak gets ok from Planning Board, moves to next hurdle
Its special permit in hand, the massive project in the Cambridge Highlands faces a difficult market and the need for an MBTA study
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Published September 23Home style Afghan food in a regal setting
The Helmand continues to serve distinctive food in a fine dining atmosphere
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Published September 23City and school district leaders to speak at panel for immigrant students
The panel titled "Meeting the Moment," will be hosted in the lecture hall of the Cambridge Public Library Main Branch
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Published September 23Health insurance set to rise again in 2027, locals feel squeezed
Consolidation, new drugs and treatments and inflation all play roles in double digit cost increase
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Published September 23Football team dominates for second straight week
The Cambridge Rindge and Latin football team (2-0) turned in another dominating performance on Friday with a 30-6 shellacking of Belmont. The Falcon offense was powered by big plays, with quarterback Max Batchelor throwing touchdown passes of 57, 75, and 66 yards — his only three…
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Published September 23Drought eases for Cambridge, but it may need to buy water
With a key reservoir at 20% capacity, the city may need to purchase supplemental water this fall or winter for the first time since 2016.
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Published September 22Cambridge’s MCAS data improves overall, but gaps widen
Scores outperform the state average, which trended downward. Baldwin, Rindge Avenue Upper School and Amigos led the district.
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Published September 22Free library coding meetup grows into nonprofit Cambridge Dev Lab
After two years, the free, twice-weekly meetup is launching its first coding boot camp Saturday and has its sights set on further expansion
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Published September 22Cambridge, opportunity gaps, and the lie of the “Good School”
In the last 18 hours I have read and reread Nikole Hannah-Jones’s article on the New York public schools and Black children, in the same way I read Malcolm X’s autobiography when I first discovered it. Each pass forces me to confront my own academic journey and to sit with a hard…
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Published September 22Central Square’s Carl Barron Plaza set to reopen after 3 years
Officials plan to bring buskers, DJs, markets, and small food vendors to the plaza after its reopening.
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Published September 22Question 8 “a doomsday scenario,” say cannabis business owners
The November ballot measure would end recreational marijuana sales statewide in 2028. That has local operators and investors feeling anxious.
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Published September 21MFHO amendments will curtail construction
Let us be clear: Despite the Cambridge Community Development Department’s findings to the contrary, the proposed amendments to Cambridge’s Multifamily Housing Zoning Ordinance are designed to curb the construction of much-needed housing. It is not rocket science to say the…