COMMUNITY We have Tuesday office hours, and tonight they’re in Davis Square by Marc Levy March 31, 2026 Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints – or, even better, come with proposals about how you can become part of the team.
OPINION Old friends, public service and a campaign for the community by Matt McLaughlin March 29, 2026 I believe my perspective is needed on Beacon Hill, where the voices of the vulnerable are too often drowned out by special interests and bureaucracy.
OPINION They talk about politeness when they mean compliance by Marc Levy March 29, 2026 The idea of politeness as “professionalism” is a societal delusion, and too frequently the enforcing of a gracious response to malicious policy.
OPINION What’s really in Cambridge’s tap water? by Julie Mahdavi March 28, 2026 A look at what cities do and don’t test when determining that their tap water is safe.
COMMUNITY Mount Auburn Cemetery opens its gates at 6 a.m. for early morning strolls and bird-watching by Marc Levy March 28, 2026 Mount Auburn Cemetery brings back its Early-Bird Hours starting Wednesday and reopens its Washington Tower for the season.
COMMUNITY No Kings rallies pop up regionwide Saturday, with sign-making parties ahead of time by Marc Levy March 24, 2026 No Kings, a series of protests against the politics of president Donald Trump, returns Saturday to Cambridge, Somerville and Boston.
COMMUNITY We have Tuesday office hours, and tonight they’re in Central Square by Marc Levy March 24, 2026 Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints – or, even better, come with proposals about how you can become part of the team.
OPINION Near possibly the most important election in U.S. history, The New York Times is in a state of quantum news by Marc Levy March 22, 2026 By deciding which stories to cover and how, our greatest newspaper in content and readership has the power to set the agenda. That’s a concern.
DID YOU KNOW With Metacom’s Resistance, colonists set Indigenous nations at war with each other by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge March 16, 2026 Metacom’s Resistance is a lesser-known, three-year war that is part of 350 years of conflict, coexistence and Indigenous presence.
OPINION The Renty daguerreotypes find a home, but Harvard’s legal fight lingers by Tom Meek March 16, 2026 Harvard chose to explore its legacy as an enslaver of 70 or more people at the same time it fought claims by a descendant of slavery.