Nicholas Marchuk, Author at Cambridge | Somerville Independent

In today’s real estate market, it’s all about the white chair with black metal legs

by Nicholas Marchuk July 12, 2026

I’m interested in learning what kind of architecture results when a software engineer marries a lab technician, so that’s what we’re going to look at.

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A missive from the Church of the Cambridge Licensing Commission, ca. 1851

by Nicholas Marchuk July 5, 2026

“The sin of this son of Cambridge was in willful disobedience of the command of God to not imbibe more than one alcoholic drink every 30 minutes.”

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Planners don’t know what you know, but you can tell them

by Nicholas Marchuk June 28, 2026

We suffer street-level problems quietly, knowing it’s out of our control. But what if, when we had problems such as a half-mile of missing bike lane, we let planners know?

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Scots’ introduction to Bunker Hill Day, from Revolutionary War reenactors to SpongeBob

by Nicholas Marchuk June 21, 2026

Are we just war and cartoons? I hope the Scottish people visiting our little slice of purgatory know that Boston, and the United States, is more.

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The bottom of ‘Swan Lake’

by Nicholas Marchuk June 14, 2026

All the talent on display in the American Repertory Theater musical “Black Swan” needs to be backed by a good story.

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I am a fake Harvard student, and I think the college is worth protecting

by Nicholas Marchuk June 7, 2026

A lot of Americans resent Harvard, where – as a Boston University student and alum – I have done a lot of showing up and somehow made a place there.

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The server took back my fries and threw them away

by Nicholas Marchuk May 31, 2026

It’s hard to open a restaurant, especially one with three all-day phases. But what kind of “dining concept” takes back an accidentally delivered side?

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