Man clad in Harvard gear sought for exposing himself at Porter Square and...
Surveillance photos via TPD.Transit Police report they are looking for an older guy they say exposed himself at the Porter Square Red Line stop around 11 p.m. on Oct. 15 and that he reacted to somebody...
View ArticleVenerable Cambridge hardware store closing forever next month
Cambridge Day reports that Rockler Woodworking and Hardware in Porter Square is closing next month - and has already marked down everything by 30%.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleIt's never too early to get ready for the first snowstorm
Ari Ofsevit spotted the staff at the Fletcher Maynard Academy on Windsor Street in Cambridge preparing for snow season this morning.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticleResults elsewhere: Newton voters reject taller buildings in city villages,...
The Newton Beacon reports advocates of changing zoning to allow more growth in its village centers lost "in a bloodbath" in city-council elections.Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne easily won...
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Three charged with running high-end brothels in Cambridge, Dedham and...
No sale: Visitors to brothel Web site today were greeted by seizure statement.Federal officials today announced the arrest of two Korean nationals and a Korean-American on charges they ran a series of...
View ArticleThree-alarm fire rips through Cambridge triple decker, sends thick black...
Cambridge firefighters are at 35 Gore St. for what is now a three-alarm fire that started shortly before 3:30 a.m. Video. Another video.facebooktwitteremailprint
View ArticlePerennial Cambridge candidate dead in car crash after the close of polls on...
Cambridge Day reports that Gregg Moree, who has run unsuccessfully for a seat on the city council in nine straight elections, died after driving into a parked car near his house Tuesday night -...
View ArticleSmoke at Harvard wasn't that dire; T says the train wasn't on fire
Sure, Harvard station filled with smoke shortly after 8 a.m., but after getting the offending train out of the station, the MBTA responded to several people alarmed by the possibility they were on or...
View ArticleGaza protesters shut BU Bridge
Protesters block bridge in Cambridge. Photo via Cambridge PD.Protesters with signs calling for an end to the Israeli invasion following the Hamas massacre of Israelis blocked both sides of the BU...
View ArticleRedevelopment of Harvard Square's Garage on hold until owner can find a big...
The Crimson reports on the status of plans to rebuild the venerable Garage mall into a six-story, mostly office building: The owner is waiting to find somebody who wants to lease a good chunk of the...
View ArticleBakery/boba place in Porter Square shuts down
Ari Ofsevit snapped the front of Little Bake, 1925B Massachusetts Ave. in Porter Square, which closed for good yesterday.facebooktwitteremailprint
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Review: A 'death match' literary battle at the Brattle
Adrian Todd Zuniga hosting Boston's 17th Literary Death Match.Literary Death MatchBrattle Theater40 Brattle St., CambridgeWhen I think of a literary reading, I think of cardigan sweaters, stuffy rooms,...
View ArticleOnetime Markeyverse teen from Cambridge now charged with vandalism at New...
The Herald reports a 19-year-old woman from Cambridge and two other people were arrested on the roof of the Merrimack, NH offices of a Haifa-based defense contractor on charges that include riot,...
View ArticleWoman shot to death in Central Square; man injured
A woman and a man were shot outside 10 Magazine St. in Central Square in Cambridge around 12:30 a.m., Cambridge Police and the Middlesex County District Attorney's office report.Both were transported...
View ArticleFormer Harvard professor dies at 100
Henry Kissinger, who earned BA, MA and PhD degrees at Harvard then stayed on as professor of government and international affairs before leaving for a job in the Nixon administration, where he helped...
View ArticleNothing new wrong with Green Line track, this time signal is out of whack
The MBTA reports it's started running trolleys to and from Union Square again, but that service on the stubbier end of the Green Line Extension remains slow because of a signal issue near...
View ArticleContractor that misgauged how far apart Green Line Extension rails should be...
Work to "regauge" most of the Green Line Extension that was supposed to be done by Monday instead will take another week to finish, the MBTA announced yesterday. The delay, granted, nowhere as long as...
View ArticleNo laughing matter: ImprovBoston shuts doors
Cambridge Day reports the Cambridge-based improv-comedy theater and school will wind down its operations through the end of the month, then just disappear. The non-profit says it was particularly hard...
View ArticleBraced for trouble
Carol Beggy found that at least one Harvard Square property owner was ready for flooding.facebooktwitteremailprint
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A brief respite
See it larger.Did you notice it briefly got lighter for a bit a little after 1? Alisa Bokulich looked out from her office at BU and captured the rainbow that sprang up over Cambridge before it got dark...
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