News in Cambridge

Lamplighter plans to shift brewery ownership to employee ownership trust
Co-founders will step back from daily operations. The move comes during union contract negotiations.

Cambridge preschool choice lottery will open, vacant school building’s future undecided
Family preferences are due Oct. 1, but vote on 158 Spring Street won’t happen until Oct. 20

Cambridge braces for SNAP and MassHealth Cuts
Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill could cost Cantabrigians over $30 million in lost benefits

Cemetery screenings that don’t scare
Just in time for autumn's arrival, the Coolidge Corner Theatre is hosting its annual Cemetery Cinema series. Also, a Sofia Coppola miniseries begins while the Taiwan Film Festival ends.

Zoning update may see major changes
Eighteen months after the multifamily housing zoning ordinance was passed, two city council committees proposed increased setbacks and open-space requirements while discouraging certain types of redevelopments

CRLS Sports: Girls’ soccer starts strong, three wins in four
In American football, Falcons shut out Saugus and Kymani Delice runs for 137 yards and two touchdowns.

Council votes for MIT graduate student union
Members of the union took their contract fight with the university to Sullivan Chamber.

Cambridge police cite low ICE activity in report
The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reduced activity in Cambridge, according to Cambridge Police Department’s (CPD) bi-annual report presented to City Council Monday night. Between February and August of this year, CPD logged six interactions or…

City Council ties Mass Ave, Cambridge Street building heights to ground floor uses
For maximum heights in the two corridors, developers will have to include retail, restaurants or other “active” spaces.

‘Turkeys’ app invites Cambridge to consider our gobbly neighbors
A postdoc researcher created "Turkeys in Public Space," a web app and print zine, to share his curiosity about the local birds.

Events this week in Cambridge and Somerville: Dolly Parton tribute, Puerto Rican festival and live soul
For a searchable calendar of events with your choice of list or map view, or to submit an event of your own, go to the main calendar. Thursday, Sept. 17 6 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., near Harvard Square. Exhibition Opening Program for “On Location:…

Central Square’s ‘Eleanor’ a Plum production
A virtuoso performance brings a complicated woman to life.