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Cambridge Day
Published September 25Deaton pitches himself as independent voice
Republican Senate candidate says his willingness to work with Trump would benefit the state, calls Markey's proposals "campaign slogans."
Same Site, New Look — Changes Coming to Watertown News
In coming days, readers will see a new look for Watertown News, but you can expect the same type of stories, announcements, and information that has been produced for more than a dozen years. Some of the changes that will be most noticeable will be the smaller “Watertown News”…
Cambridge Day
Published September 25Sitting in the catbird seat
The birds who mimic even more than mockingbirds
Field status: All public fields may be used
Editor’s Note: YourArlington updates this listing when the town updates its posted announcements. UPDATED, Sept. 25: From Sept. 25 to 27: All fields may be used at users’ discretion. Please note that fields are often closed when it rains and the Town will post field conditions…
Power outages, reports of minor damage as Nor’easter storm passes through
Editor’s note: The town sent this announcement on Sept. 24, 2026 , and has will be updated. UPDATED, Sept. 26, 8:30 p.m.: About 800 properties in town were without power, according to Eversource, with some reports of damage to trees as this weekend’s storm passed through.…
Arlington weather: Nor’easter arrives
A wet, windy, and raw September day. Periods of rain, occasionally heavy, will continue as the nor’easter remains offshore. Gusty northeast winds and saturated ground could bring down small branches, with isolated power outages possible. Temperatures will struggle to reach 60…
Cambridge Day
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
The sweet and somewhat sour history behind the Concord grape
Concord grapes are bursting into season on farms and in backyards throughout the Northeast. But even with their telltale name, a lot of people aren’t aware those musky, deep-purple orbs actually did originate in Concord, Massachusetts.
Cambridge Day
Published September 21Remembering the Craigie Street bathtub
Look closely at this photograph, undated but taken after 1890. Two horses pull a streetcar past bare trees, and in the middle of it all stands a granite basin right where Sparks, Craigie, and Brattle Streets meet. Cambridge once called this five-way intersection Washtub Square.…
Cambridge Day
Published September 20Deaton has a plan for jumpstarting housing
To the editor: Cambridge is facing a staggering shortage of new housing construction, and it’s time to face the fact that politicians in power are benefiting from the status quo. Most of our politicians can’t even seem to identify the source of the problem, but John Deaton has a…
Cambridge Day
Published September 18Armyworms besiege Cambridge
What do armyworms and Vincent van Gogh have in common?
OP-ED: Gray Divorce is Rising, and the Financial Stakes are Higher than Most People Expect
By Nicholas J. LaFountainPartner, LaFountain & Wollman, P.C. While divorce in the United States has fallen to a 50-year low, divorce among adults 50 and older is moving in the opposite direction, and has been for years. The term “gray divorce” was coined by researchers Susan…