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Superintendent sets the stage for Amigos School to move to former K-Lo site in East Cambridge

by Felix Shackelford August 7, 2026

It’s “essentially inevitable” that if one school moves into the former Kennedy-Longfellow school, it will be Amigos, School Committee members heard at a summer meeting.

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Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)

by Marc Levy August 6, 2026

MacKay voting record evidence answers allegations, a Decker birthday party fundraiser, three officials flip to Lander and Barber scores an endorsement from the state senator she seeks to replace.

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ShotSpotter gunfire tech is restored for 90 days as Cambridge turns to new ‘resident assembly’ for answers

by Jake Klingensmith August 4, 2026

The gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter will be restored for 90 days while city manager Yi-An Huang brings the question of a permanent return to residents.

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In stating cases for election, 27th Middlesex candidates have parallel experiences and a working-class divide

by Marc Levy August 2, 2026

One candidate cited extensive experience getting things done in public processes. The other mirrored that experience from behind the scenes.

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Cambridge meetings, Aug. 3-10: ShotSpotter gunfire tech and a new school standardized test

by Marc Levy August 2, 2026

Take part in meetings on ShotSpotter technology and unarmed crisis response; algebra and graduation requirements and the future of 158 Spring St.; and more.

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Somerville meetings, Aug. 3-10: Assembly Square from the walkers’ point of view

by Marc Levy August 2, 2026

Take part in meetings on an Assembly Square walk audit, cultural trust launch session, development in Porter Square and more.

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Candidates for 34th Middlesex take big swings for an $8.7B millionaire’s tax and lower barriers to homebuilding

by Marc Levy August 1, 2026

A three-way race for a state House of Representatives seat serving Somerville and Medford got its first and only stage time at a Saturday forum.

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Larry Aaronson, progressive educator at CRLS, is reported dead at 86

by Marc Levy August 1, 2026

Larry Aaronson, an educator retired from the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, died peacefully in his sleep at 7:11 a.m. Saturday, according to friends.

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Second escalator incident at Davis Square station ends with a rescue

by Marc Levy August 1, 2026

An incident Friday at the Davis Square T station in Somerville was reminiscent of a death this year when a man fell and get stuck in the escalator.

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Why Big Belly trash compactors so often seem stuffed and ignored: It takes just one pizza box for indigestion

by Marc Levy July 31, 2026

The Big Belly trash can is a minor municipal miracle, but all too often they look crammed to overflowing, a blight to the streetscapes of Somerville and Cambridge.