Most of the eateries serving Saturday in Davis Square Plaza, in an annual event led by The Somerville Foundation, overturned expectations.
Some savory surprises from Food Nation in Davis Square
Mass General Brigham expands in Assembly Square, giving hope for labs market and a life sciences cluster
Mass General Brigham is taking a long-term lease of 100,000 square feet of lab space on the lower floors at the 74M building in Somerville’s Assembly Square.
MIT Museum Store makes its missions about play and fun, with just enough school-branded merch
MIT's museum store is about science and the school without being boring or overly academic, and is so successful in helping fund the museum that it may expand.
Hotel developer seeks size to pay for unknown ‘Pit’ contamination in a suddenly twice-as-troubled Teele Square
Developers faced questions about how they justified the size of a proposed eight-story, 99-room Hilton hotel, but also a new, easier standard for permitting under state law.
Taiwanese doughnut at Café+ by Pagu
People are excited to have a home for this twice-fried Taiwanese doughnut. The flow of customers is sometimes “doughnut, doughnut, doughnut,” a cafe manager says.
Where there are books, there should be coffee: Page & Leaf
Page & Leaf serves Porter Square denizens and Lesley University and is within Porter Square Books, but on the day I visited the sound was laptops clicking.
MIT labor groups rally, chant and march, raising the idea of a strike if no progress is seen in contract talks
Protesters from MIT labor groups gathered Tuesday at the school’s iconic Building 7 and marched down its Infinite Corridor to deliver a petition.
Cambridge sets property tax rates with a nervous eye on commercial sector and limp biotech market
A Cambridge property tax rate classification was accepted Monday for a tax levy increase of 6.9 percent, to $725.4 million, lower than last year’s 8 percent.
Tax tip of the week: If you donate stuff instead of cash, you should be able to deduct that too
Whether you donate cash or property, keep records from the charitable organization. Noncash contributions can require additional documentation.
Property owners must tell their tenants that they are selling under a Somerville law taking effect next month
A Somerville law taking effect Oct. 14 requires rental-property owners to tell tenants in writing within 48 hours that they are selling their home.