A desperate loser makes a wish for his crush to fall in love with him, only for it to come true with violent, horrific consequences.
Be careful what you wish for in ‘Obsession’
Somerville cuts 29 positions, putting 13 people out of work as City Hall faces budget $5.4M in the red (updated)
The city first tried to raise revenues, pay down debt with reserves and make strategic cuts to nonpersonnel costs. It wasn't enough, the mayor said.
It’s picnic time, and we have tips for fried chicken, potato salad, coleslaw and dunking watermelon in the ocean
Everyone has their own idea of a picnic. We look at cooking and presenting four classics of outdoor dining as melon (and yellow jacket wasp) season nears.
The many shades of female dancers’ experiences in ‘Black Swan’
It's not all black and white in the American Repertory Theater's adaptation of the Darren Aronofsky film.
Cambridge’s first social housing project may already be identified, and a task force hasn’t even met
The task force is meant to explore how to make a social housing project possible, but a Cambridge agency may already have an answer.
The 9 Wyman Road project is not a fluke, it’s a sign of successful multifamily zoning
The project at 9 Wyman Road is not displacing renters or gentrifying a neighborhood. It is creating 55 additional homes for current and future Cantabrigians.
There’s a pit at the center of Harvard Square, but not the one we pine for
Gentrification killed "the Pit" and we're going to spend another summer staring at a fenced-up hole in the ground.
The three sisters: Diesel, Forge and Bloc
There’s no need for rivalry among Somerville sibling cafés Diesel, Forge and Bloc, which draw character from the buildings they inhabit.
Egg and cheese empanada at Zaruma Gold Coffee
The counter of Zaruma Gold Coffee hosts a sight to set even the fullest of stomachs to rumbling: row upon row of puffy, golden-brown empanadas.
With the biggest questions about May 11 violence unanswerable, officials address a better alert system
In a timeline of a public gun battle and its aftermath, residents encounter questions about illegal guns, an illicit halfway house and mental health funding cuts.