The long and narrow lot seized by the city in 2016 is again due to get a developer and be shaped into homes, though no time too soon.
Nine years later, empty Vail Court is headed again toward becoming affordable housing
Le Grand Prix Elmendorf du Pain street fest promises more of everything this year, including actual French people
The festival and competition – inspired by a Paris baguette-baking contest – will pack onto Cambridge Street on June 14 before a French World Cup match.
Keezer’s has a next home and Simon’s Coffee Shop is looking as an apartment project speeds toward construction
The apartment project at 1740 Massachusetts Ave. is on track for a permit submission in June and demolition in the months that follow.
A ‘super El Niño’ will make summer hotter and more dangerous. These climate groups are getting us ready.
A roundtable talks about how Greater Boston prepares for a boiling change in climate, including from an oncoming “super El Niño” season.
Police union says it is ‘deeply disappointed’ in council quitting ShotSpotter tech, reiterates points from losing vote
The organization spoke to fears that ShotSpotter audio could be used by federal agencies for surveillance but not a cited false-positive rate of 82 percent.
Cambridge meetings, May 25-June 1: A family-friendly Memorial Day and future-friendly waste plan
Take part in a Memorial Day ceremony and meetings on the Zero Waste Master Plan and the future of 135 Sherman St., formerly known as Bellis Circle.
Somerville meetings, May 25-June 1: Memorial Day, a better Broadway and water and sewer rates
Take part in a Memorial Day ceremony and meetings on remaking Broadway and a hike in rates tied to water and sewer use.
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.
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.
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.