I was lured by the visual appeal of these colorful, sugar-encrusted cubes of unusual size and imagined there was something secretly special about them.
Fruit pastes at Le Macaron French Pastries
Tenants are told their rights in Cambridge, but not yet when their building is for sale
Cambridge officials want a law saying that landlords must tell tenants when their building is for sale, following a path laid down in Somerville.
Gunfire injures one in North Cambridge
The shooting took place at approximately 3:20 p.m. on Rindge Avenue across from Comeau Field, according to scanner reports. Multiple 911 calls came in reporting gunfire.
Demanding affordability of developers is a problem for Cambridge, but report says cut isn’t much of a solution
Answers are needed quickly on Cambridge’s inclusionary law, which requires big homebuilders to set aside 20 percent of their space as low-cost units, city councillors said.
Speed bumps are Somerville’s first step in slowing the Community Path, and enforcement talk is next
A 1,200-person survey about how safe people feel on Somerville’s Community Path showed 83 percent of users were somewhat or very concerned.
Vote to proceed with Outer Huron bike lanes in 2027 puts city on the hunt for ways to satisfy car parkers
A motion about Outer Huron Avenue bike lanes urge city staff to look for ways to get people out of their cars and strategize about which parking spaces stay.
In a first, Cambridge selects 40 residents to assemble and decide whether to use Shotspotter gunfire-detection tech
Members were chosen out of more than 400 people who volunteered citywide out of 15,000 people contacted. Respondents were as young as 16 and older than 75.
Cambridge meetings, Oct. 5-12: The assembly to settle ShotSpotter finds its 40 residents
Take part in meetings on selecting residents for a “civic assembly” on ShotSpotter technology, a report on Inclusionary zoning and school district transportation.
Somerville meetings, Oct. 5-12: E-bikes and other motorized vehicles on the Community Path
Take part in meetings on Community Path micromobility, Argenziano School safety and the tiles on the outside of Somerville High School.
Some savory surprises from Food Nation in Davis Square
Most of the eateries serving Saturday in Davis Square Plaza, in an annual event led by The Somerville Foundation, overturned expectations.