Marc Levy, Author at Cambridge | Somerville Independent

What Cambridge and Somerville readers are buying: Russo returns with ‘Under the Falls’

by Marc Levy August 25, 2026

Two novelists with extensive catalogs return to the lists: Pulitzer-winning Maine author Richard Russo for “Under the Falls” and Ann Patchett for “Whistler.”

NEWS

West Nile Virus risk levels in Cambridge and Somerville are raised to ‘high’ after two county cases

by Marc Levy August 24, 2026

The risk for West Nile Virus in seven metro Boston communities was raised Monday to high as the state revealed a second human case in Massachusetts this year.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, Aug. 24-31: Deciding who gets Community Preservation Act money (corrected)

by Marc Levy August 23, 2026

Take part in meetings on setting preservation grants, walking through Healthpeak plans and dropping off household hazardous waste.

NEWS

Somerville meetings, Aug. 24-31: Armory, museum and more have requests bigger than available funds

by Marc Levy August 23, 2026

Take part in meetings on Cobble Hill Apartments work and more homes at 84 Broadway; and six projects that are asking for preservation funding.

COMMUNITY

The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: Training montage

by Marc Levy August 22, 2026

The Independent’s fifth locally themed puzzle hops onto the MBTA, with its “lines” of various colors, getting some insight why those colors were chosen.

NEWS

An algae bloom has returned to the Charles River that could be dangerous to people, fatal to a dog (updated)

by Marc Levy August 21, 2026

Residents warned by health officials to avoid parts of the Charles River because of a potentially dangerous cyanobacteria algae bloom.

FOOD

Idea of 7th Street Burger in Harvard Square is a smash, but chain takes heat over saying it’s ‘local’

by Marc Levy August 21, 2026

A New York smash burger chain with late-night hours was welcomed by the Harvard Square Advisory Committee, but put on notice about claims to be “local.”

NEWS

No foul play suspected in the death of 41-year-old man found in Fresh Pond

by Marc Levy August 21, 2026

There is no foul play suspected in the case of a body discovered Aug. 11 after “an extended period” in the water at Fresh Pond in Cambridge.

DEVELOPMENT

After five years, developer says permitting for Assembly Row building will help lease as labs

by Marc Levy August 21, 2026

Developers are eager to put up a 19-story lab building at Assembly Row, but they are hearing concerns about adding unusable space to a glutted market.

NEWS

Political notes: Pledge against ‘dark money’ ends in 34th, attacks are short on examples in 25th

by Marc Levy August 20, 2026

A flurry of endorsements, if not a slurry, while Somerville Democrats say “dark money” is suddenly in use in a race and an incumbent says she’s been smeared as an “incumbent.”