Take part in meetings on a merged school campus, a proposed apartment tower, a YMCA on Highland Avenue and Elm-Beacon road plan.
Somerville meetings, March 9-16: Merged schools, Davis Square tower and a new YMCA
Cambridge meetings, March 9-16: A consolidated housing department and police budgeting
Take part in meetings on combining housing and homeless services into one department; the police budget; disability services and planning; and more.
To save the creative, arts advocates say to get real about housing, planning and the Legislature
Along with calling on residents to push for the creation of cultural trusts, arts advocates talked about increasingly regional efforts to save the arts. That included a digital mapping project that could help identify problems and improve municipal planning.
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Space, time and coffee
An occasional feature mapping our sipping in visits to cafes in Somerville and Cambridge – this time Imagine, Forge and Three Little Figs.
Assembly Row hotel promises its new rooftop deck won’t be open late
If someone wants to party on a rooftop deck, ”there are plenty of options in The Seaport,” the developer of Assembly Row told the Planning Board.
Belief in the success of the Black Lives Matter movement fell by 31% at a formal debate
As Black History Month came to a close, a civic organization reflected on one of the most defining and divisive movements of the digital era.
In Rebecca Kopycinski’s ‘Thotbot,’ obsolete tech rewinds into a dark future that predicts our present
The “ThotBot Implantation Center,” an immersive art installation and multimedia concert rounds out its latest run of sold-out shows at Bow Market.
First tomato soup, and gluten-free tricks for a béchamel sauce
This week we're faking things: tomato soup when neither tomatoes nor basil are in season, and a flour-based sauce without flour, for those avoiding gluten.
These walking sleeping bags are our cocoons when we can’t nest
The new outerwear mood on the streets this winter is hard to miss: the ankle-length puffer coat, a full-on down cocoon reaching nearly to the ground.
Veggie Galaxy, maker of comfort food in Cambridge, is called Best Vegan-Friendly Restaurant in America
Veggie Galaxy in Cambridge has been named the best vegan-friendly restaurant in America in a VegNews reader survey.