NEWS No one likes the state’s first attempts at a Reid Overpass redesign by Ida Kao April 5, 2026 More than a dozen organizations have nearly identical conclusions about redesigns of a nearly 90-year-old Cambridgeport traffic overpass.
OPINION Why doesn’t Phil Eng know how batteries work? by Nicholas Marchuk April 5, 2026 Everyone warned us, but the T switched systems anyway. No U.S. transit professional believes there's anything to learn from systems around the globe.
NEWS Somerville meetings, April 6-13: Police cameras and a new two-school campus by Marc Levy April 5, 2026 Take part in meetings on progress toward a new school, police body camera funding and bike lanes at the Elm-Beacon Connector project.
NEWS Cambridge meetings, April 6-13: Ellery Street projects put multifamily housing under a microscope by Marc Levy April 5, 2026 Two projects on one street are among those shaped by multifamily housing zoning the City Council passed last year, and the experts are watching.
OPINION Political pundits can’t talk about Democratic wins without addressing Republican lies by Marc Levy April 5, 2026 It matters as Democrats enter a phase of beating Republican candidates and the losers have shown how far to hang onto power.
THEATER Apocalyptic satire makes an encore with Bread & Puppet’s song, dance and papier-mâché by Marc Levy April 3, 2026 A third apocalypse-themed show inspired by modern political culture arrives: The Bread & Puppet Theater’s “The End of the World Never Minding Show.”
EDUCATION Like and subscribe: Cambridge School Committee prepares to push publish on a newsletter (but endorses a podcast) by Marc Levy April 3, 2026 There’s caution about overwhelming Cambridge families who already get too much information about the goings-on in their school district.
DEVELOPMENT ‘Shocked’ by low assessed value at 90 Washington, agency members head off the map by Marc Levy April 2, 2026 Members of the Somerville Redevelopment Authority were dismayed to find a $3.8 million assessment at a lot that’s cost the city around $35.3 million.
FILM Independent Film Festival Boston ready for the spotlight by Michael Gutierrez April 2, 2026 Boots Riley, over 100 films, and a small army of volunteers make the magic happen.
EDUCATION Tufts has chosen its commencement speaker in venture capital health head Ken Frazier by Marc Levy April 2, 2026 Commencement at Tufts University is 9 a.m. May 17 on the academic quad of Tufts’ Medford-Somerville campus.