Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints to one of our convenient locations – or come with proposals about how you can become part of a team.
Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
A 925-student building that closes the Brown School all but unites Somerville’s School Committee
The version of a new, six-story Winter Hill area school for 925 students moved toward a state funding process with an 8-1 vote by the Somerville School Committee.
Cambridge is again covered by ShotSpotter gunfire tech, police say
Cambridge’s ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system is operational across all previously covered parts of the city as of Monday, police said.
For a summer staycation, Cantabrigians flocked to Mount Auburn Cemetery
Most Cantabrigians couldn't afford summer travel – except to their beautiful cemetery, where the public did not always agree on appropriate etiquette.
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Tax tip of the week: Keep better records now and thank yourself in April
Keeping the right records throughout the year can help you claim deductions and credits, calculate gains properly and avoid paying more tax than necessary.
How are the everyday people of Davis Square passing the summer?
The Indie finds out what a local librarian, thrift store supervisor, bartender and pastor have on their minds during the dog days.
No one is disposable, not even a rat, at Rat******
A DIY music festival gets unwanted attention from high-priced lawyers, and life goes on, returning this weekend for its third edition.
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 17-24: Harvard Square hears the sizzle of 7th Street Burger
Take part in meetings on redesigning play spaces at 359 Broadway, changes targeting Airbnb abuse and a 7th Street Burger seeking to open in Harvard Square.
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Somerville meetings, Aug. 17-24: Winter Hill school design vote and a 24-hour Dunkin’ is challenged
Take part in meetings and gatherings on Winter Hill school design votes, AI and school discipline issues, challenges to a 24-hour Dunkin’ and a Davis Square “Glow Up.”
Does mayor Wu actually feel sorry about her dead co-worker
If the mayor truly felt guilty about the death of Louisa Gag and wanted bicyclist road deaths to end, she would restart the projects she has thwarted.
Esh Circus Arts’ big tent is bursting at the seams and expanding to East Somerville
Esh Circus Arts is under a big top, but its classes are so popular that the school adds a second location within Somerville that is expected to open in the fall.
‘The End of Oak Street’ is a movie for the ‘they don’t make movies like they used to’ crowd
A suburban family’s domestic tranquility is threatened by marital strife, neighborhood bullies and dinosaurs in this sci-fi adventure.
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Eighth grade algebra, holding back third graders and a new MCAS test are committee’s summertime heat
Issues of academic rigor and student success including literacy, algebra and high school graduation requirements dominated a School Committee summer meeting.
Don’t expect later last calls, as World Cup bar changes disappear into a giant State House bill
The later last calls that revelers enjoyed during the World Cup appear to have been taken off the menu. “Conviviality districts” with alcohol to-go could still happen.
Somergloom is our fever dream of choice during the dog days
Four nights of music, two stages, one liquid light show and Mr. Crêpe gone wrong at this year's edition of the "heavy" music bonanza.
A whodunit in feudal Japan pushes genre boundaries in ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
With the help of a captive samurai, Lord Murashige must solve a murder mystery in order to keep his political alliances together.
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Time for a change in Cambridge’s 25th Middlesex
Teen Time program at Somernova’s Dojo gets $100,000 city grant, filling need as youth center search goes on
A free gathering space for Somerville kids called Teen Time@The Dojo has received a $100,000 boost from the Somerville Department of Health and Human Services.
Six top picks for the second half of the Boston French Film Festival
The festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary, takes as this year's theme "art, identity and cultural memory."
Call Me Happy: Brews and Belgian waffles carry on beyond Curio
The cheery greetings, coffee enthusiasm and café gossip at Call Me Honey make it no surprise that the place has retained Curio’s regulars and has added its own fans.
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Cucumber? at Darling
Any cucumber would struggle to compete with a Filet O Fish Bao and a Bang Bang Gai of double-fried chicken, but the answer to this dish is yes.
This year’s free Oldtime Baseball Game has three Red Sox players taking the field for charity
Cambridge’s Oldtime Baseball Game, played every summer at St. Peter’s Field, features college, high school and celebrity players decked out in colorful retro uniforms.
Body is found after ‘an extended period’ in the water at Fresh Pond
A body was discovered in the water at Fresh Pond early Tuesday, officials said. Little other information was immediately available.
Political notes: Somerville Democratic committee goes for Connolly, others; AFL-CIO likes Lander
Somerville Democrats ended their weeklong voting on endorsements for the city’s district-level races; and challenger Daniel Lander gets a big endorsement too.
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Democratic civil war has working-class casualties
The working class is politically homeless, refugees from factional wars they don’t identify with. This is true even in solid blue Massachusetts.
Reviewed: The essays of ‘To See Beyond’ offer a guide past and around our fear, anger and despair
Making art in difficult times will not necessarily save the world, but it may save you and the ones around you.
Dominic Sessa portrays an obnoxious, if loveable, asshole in the Bourdain biopic, ‘Tony’
Before he became an enfant terrible of the culinary world, Anthony Bourdain was a terrible infant in Provincetown.
Cambridge once had 66 candy makers, and tours in August show how an industry formed and melted away
History Cambridge gives guided tours Wednesday and Sunday that highlight the rich and complex history of candy making in Cambridge.
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Tax tip of the week: A Form 1099 shows money was paid to you, but not what you have to report
What matters is how much you actually made. If you sold something, make sure what you paid for it is taken into account when preparing tax returns.
Live at The Sinclair: Buck Meek
The Big Thief guitarist tours through Harvard Square on the heels of his latest solo effort, 'The Mirror.'
AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
On this journey, as far and fast as we’ve come in tech, we’re still at home with bureaucracy
Here’s how human lives can make a four-month ordeal out of a process that’s seemingly been transformed by the wonders of modern technology.
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Come for the punk rock, stay for the fruit salad at a Cambridge listening party
Bedtimemagic debuts its latest release "Lie Down With Dogs" inside Bridge Sound & Stage, where the muses of music work overtime.
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 10-17: Sewer overflows and a free public shuttle service
Take part in meetings on CSO plan office hours and an advisory committee, housing authority business and how to use a free shuttle service.
Somerville meetings, Aug. 10-17: Fixing up the Armory and saving more room for the arts
Take part in CSO plan community office hours and meetings on Winter Hill school plans, Armory infrastructure needs and preservation of creative space.
Ten things you don’t know about the Gwacca
The Greater Wine and Cheese Cask Area is the hip, metrosexual neighborhood that people from Porter and points north dream about biking through.
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Cambridgeport drivers want out of the ‘vortex’
During a meeting about a coming redesign of a rotary, neighbors pleaded to see work expanded to the streets feeding cars into the area.
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: That’s Implazable!
The Independent’s fourth locally themed puzzle celebrates the many squares of Cambridge and Somerville.
Broken Lizard goes back to the well one too many times with ‘Super Troopers 3’
Thorny sets out to break up the surprise engagement between his sister and the detestable Farva in a sequel that struggles for laughs.
Work begins soon on the Elm-Beacon Connector
After reading the Hater’s guide to Inman Square, I knew it was time to take a trip. I started in Davis Square and headed southeast on Elm Street. Davis wouldn’t be Davis without its six-way...
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Preferred Reid Overpass replacement design keeps a two-lane bridge for cars on Memorial Drive
A redesign for a traffic overpass in Cambridgeport has come down to two options, one drawing support, from the four shown in January that were universally disliked.
Buildings approved for demolition are everyday structures, historic but left to decay and too far gone for reuse
Vines strangle the walls and roofs are buckling at properties that nurtured industries, survived gang takeovers and housed waves of Irish, Italian and Brazilian immigrants.
Superintendent sets the stage for Amigos School to move to former K-Lo site in East Cambridge
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.
Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)
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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Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store
Ferro’s Foodtown and its fast food will shut for two years while housing is built, but the store's new liquor license request, parking and traffic were the topics instead.
‘Bernstein’s Wall’ delivers a complex and layered portrait of an American music icon
Documentary filmmaker Douglas Tirola will appear at a screening of his film at Coolidge Corner Theater on August 9.
Kitsch and coffee in Union Square: Nostalgia
What’s in your closet? If it’s brightly colored, even garish and of little practical use, it’s a candidate for Nostalgia, the vintage gear and coffee house in Union Square.
The Perfect Cheese at Mortadella Head
Claims to perfection are nothing new for Davis Square, where Redbones for years sold the One Perfect Rib. It turns out this name suits the pizza.
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Reviewed: ‘Designated Stranger’ is a poetry road trip that isn’t trying to escape
Gion Davis repairs that myth of the open road by helping it grow into a more mature celebration of the joys of fearless living, not messiness.
As stories of Cambridge permitting nightmares accumulate, officials and staff seek systems that work like a dream
Movement toward streamlining business and construction permitting and licensing was something city councillors could feel excited about.
A 925-student building that closes the Brown School all but unites Somerville’s School Committee
The version of a new, six-story Winter Hill area school for 925 students moved toward a state funding process with an 8-1 vote by the Somerville School Committee.
Cambridge is again covered by ShotSpotter gunfire tech, police say
Cambridge’s ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system is operational across all previously covered parts of the city as of Monday, police said.
Tax tip of the week: Keep better records now and thank yourself in April
Keeping the right records throughout the year can help you claim deductions and credits, calculate gains properly and avoid paying more tax than necessary.
Advertisement
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 17-24: Harvard Square hears the sizzle of 7th Street Burger
Take part in meetings on redesigning play spaces at 359 Broadway, changes targeting Airbnb abuse and a 7th Street Burger seeking to open in Harvard Square.
Somerville meetings, Aug. 17-24: Winter Hill school design vote and a 24-hour Dunkin’ is challenged
Take part in meetings and gatherings on Winter Hill school design votes, AI and school discipline issues, challenges to a 24-hour Dunkin’ and a Davis Square “Glow Up.”
Esh Circus Arts’ big tent is bursting at the seams and expanding to East Somerville
Esh Circus Arts is under a big top, but its classes are so popular that the school adds a second location within Somerville that is expected to open in the fall.
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Eighth grade algebra, holding back third graders and a new MCAS test are committee’s summertime heat
Issues of academic rigor and student success including literacy, algebra and high school graduation requirements dominated a School Committee summer meeting.
Don’t expect later last calls, as World Cup bar changes disappear into a giant State House bill
The later last calls that revelers enjoyed during the World Cup appear to have been taken off the menu. “Conviviality districts” with alcohol to-go could still happen.
Teen Time program at Somernova’s Dojo gets $100,000 city grant, filling need as youth center search goes on
A free gathering space for Somerville kids called Teen Time@The Dojo has received a $100,000 boost from the Somerville Department of Health and Human Services.
Advertisement
Call Me Happy: Brews and Belgian waffles carry on beyond Curio
The cheery greetings, coffee enthusiasm and café gossip at Call Me Honey make it no surprise that the place has retained Curio’s regulars and has added its own fans.
Cucumber? at Darling
Any cucumber would struggle to compete with a Filet O Fish Bao and a Bang Bang Gai of double-fried chicken, but the answer to this dish is yes.
Body is found after ‘an extended period’ in the water at Fresh Pond
A body was discovered in the water at Fresh Pond early Tuesday, officials said. Little other information was immediately available.
Advertisement
Political notes: Somerville Democratic committee goes for Connolly, others; AFL-CIO likes Lander
Somerville Democrats ended their weeklong voting on endorsements for the city’s district-level races; and challenger Daniel Lander gets a big endorsement too.
Tax tip of the week: A Form 1099 shows money was paid to you, but not what you have to report
What matters is how much you actually made. If you sold something, make sure what you paid for it is taken into account when preparing tax returns.
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 10-17: Sewer overflows and a free public shuttle service
Take part in meetings on CSO plan office hours and an advisory committee, housing authority business and how to use a free shuttle service.
Advertisement
Somerville meetings, Aug. 10-17: Fixing up the Armory and saving more room for the arts
Take part in CSO plan community office hours and meetings on Winter Hill school plans, Armory infrastructure needs and preservation of creative space.
Cambridgeport drivers want out of the ‘vortex’
During a meeting about a coming redesign of a rotary, neighbors pleaded to see work expanded to the streets feeding cars into the area.
Preferred Reid Overpass replacement design keeps a two-lane bridge for cars on Memorial Drive
A redesign for a traffic overpass in Cambridgeport has come down to two options, one drawing support, from the four shown in January that were universally disliked.
Advertisement
Buildings approved for demolition are everyday structures, historic but left to decay and too far gone for reuse
Vines strangle the walls and roofs are buckling at properties that nurtured industries, survived gang takeovers and housed waves of Irish, Italian and Brazilian immigrants.
Superintendent sets the stage for Amigos School to move to former K-Lo site in East Cambridge
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.
Political notes: Voting record evidence answers allegations; Barber’s big endorsements; Lander flips three (updated)
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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Cars drive debate at a meeting about 350 Rindge Ave. affordable housing and its future Ferro’s grocery store
Ferro’s Foodtown and its fast food will shut for two years while housing is built, but the store's new liquor license request, parking and traffic were the topics instead.
Kitsch and coffee in Union Square: Nostalgia
What’s in your closet? If it’s brightly colored, even garish and of little practical use, it’s a candidate for Nostalgia, the vintage gear and coffee house in Union Square.
The Perfect Cheese at Mortadella Head
Claims to perfection are nothing new for Davis Square, where Redbones for years sold the One Perfect Rib. It turns out this name suits the pizza.
Advertisement
As stories of Cambridge permitting nightmares accumulate, officials and staff seek systems that work like a dream
Movement toward streamlining business and construction permitting and licensing was something city councillors could feel excited about.
ShotSpotter gunfire tech is restored for 90 days as Cambridge turns to new ‘resident assembly’ for answers
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.
Tax tip of the week: You pay income taxes until you die, your estate pays taxes on income afterward
If you die but your estate continues earning bank interest, dividends, rental income or investment gains, it's only the form of filing taxes that changes.
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In stating cases for election, 27th Middlesex candidates have parallel experiences and a working-class divide
One candidate cited extensive experience getting things done in public processes. The other mirrored that experience from behind the scenes.
Cambridge meetings, Aug. 3-10: ShotSpotter gunfire tech and a new school standardized test
Take part in meetings on ShotSpotter technology and unarmed crisis response; algebra and graduation requirements and the future of 158 Spring St.; and more.
Somerville meetings, Aug. 3-10: Assembly Square from the walkers’ point of view
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
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.
Larry Aaronson, progressive educator at CRLS, is reported dead at 86
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.
Second escalator incident at Davis Square station ends with a rescue
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
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.
Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board
Immigrants, older adults and people in East Somerville, West Somerville and Winter Hill are identified as being in need by Somerville’s Human Rights Commission.
Keeping up with the CSOs: Waste flowed Wednesday and Thursday into the Mystic and Alewife Brook
Just the estimated 1.5 inches of rain that landed Wednesday and lasted overnight resulted in four waste spills, and more rain is in the forecast.
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Fermentation Festival and Season to Vegan come back for year two
Also on the Menu this week: There's a rotation of Peruvian, Guatemalan and Ethiopian foods at Nibble Kitchen; and Bar Enza’s has a “predusk” prix-fixe.
Good-enough coffee with better-than-good food: Café Beatrice and Basma Café
Café Beatrice and Basma Café prove that if there’s a tasty morsel to be had, you can sip a “normal” coffee with relative happiness.
Political notes: Three debates on one day, housing town hall and a candidate withdrawal (updated)
Nine candidates running to represent Somerville, Cambridge, Medford and Winchester gather under roof, Hopcroft withdraws and more from the campaign trail.
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Steak fries at Ma Magoo’s
I really thought I was on to something when I spotted steak fries at this Fresh Pond comfort food institution. They're way out of fashion and hard to find.
Vote approves grant to put body-worn cameras on Somerville police officers
Much of the opposition has been about the financial demands of the devices and lack of a police oversight body that had been promised for several years.
Somerville’s Bicycle Riding School isn’t slowing down
Susan McLucas has had a 40-year dream and mission of teaching people how to ride bikes. Her school's gentle methods have created around 7,000 more bicyclists.
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Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints to one of our convenient locations – or come with proposals about how you can become part of a team.
For a summer staycation, Cantabrigians flocked to Mount Auburn Cemetery
Most Cantabrigians couldn't afford summer travel – except to their beautiful cemetery, where the public did not always agree on appropriate etiquette.
How are the everyday people of Davis Square passing the summer?
The Indie finds out what a local librarian, thrift store supervisor, bartender and pastor have on their minds during the dog days.
No one is disposable, not even a rat, at Rat******
A DIY music festival gets unwanted attention from high-priced lawyers, and life goes on, returning this weekend for its third edition.
Advertisement
Does mayor Wu actually feel sorry about her dead co-worker
If the mayor truly felt guilty about the death of Louisa Gag and wanted bicyclist road deaths to end, she would restart the projects she has thwarted.
‘The End of Oak Street’ is a movie for the ‘they don’t make movies like they used to’ crowd
A suburban family’s domestic tranquility is threatened by marital strife, neighborhood bullies and dinosaurs in this sci-fi adventure.
Somergloom is our fever dream of choice during the dog days
Four nights of music, two stages, one liquid light show and Mr. Crêpe gone wrong at this year's edition of the "heavy" music bonanza.
A whodunit in feudal Japan pushes genre boundaries in ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
With the help of a captive samurai, Lord Murashige must solve a murder mystery in order to keep his political alliances together.
Advertisement
Time for a change in Cambridge’s 25th Middlesex
Six top picks for the second half of the Boston French Film Festival
The festival, celebrating its 30th anniversary, takes as this year's theme "art, identity and cultural memory."
This year’s free Oldtime Baseball Game has three Red Sox players taking the field for charity
Cambridge’s Oldtime Baseball Game, played every summer at St. Peter’s Field, features college, high school and celebrity players decked out in colorful retro uniforms.
Democratic civil war has working-class casualties
The working class is politically homeless, refugees from factional wars they don’t identify with. This is true even in solid blue Massachusetts.
Advertisement
Reviewed: The essays of ‘To See Beyond’ offer a guide past and around our fear, anger and despair
Making art in difficult times will not necessarily save the world, but it may save you and the ones around you.
Dominic Sessa portrays an obnoxious, if loveable, asshole in the Bourdain biopic, ‘Tony’
Before he became an enfant terrible of the culinary world, Anthony Bourdain was a terrible infant in Provincetown.
Cambridge once had 66 candy makers, and tours in August show how an industry formed and melted away
History Cambridge gives guided tours Wednesday and Sunday that highlight the rich and complex history of candy making in Cambridge.
Live at The Sinclair: Buck Meek
The Big Thief guitarist tours through Harvard Square on the heels of his latest solo effort, 'The Mirror.'
Advertisement
AI invented part of my campaign platform
Meta AI recently told me about my own campaign, and used a Mississippi state senate voter guide as a source. The problem is that I'm running in Massachusetts.
On this journey, as far and fast as we’ve come in tech, we’re still at home with bureaucracy
Here’s how human lives can make a four-month ordeal out of a process that’s seemingly been transformed by the wonders of modern technology.
Come for the punk rock, stay for the fruit salad at a Cambridge listening party
Bedtimemagic debuts its latest release "Lie Down With Dogs" inside Bridge Sound & Stage, where the muses of music work overtime.
Ten things you don’t know about the Gwacca
The Greater Wine and Cheese Cask Area is the hip, metrosexual neighborhood that people from Porter and points north dream about biking through.
Advertisement
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: That’s Implazable!
The Independent’s fourth locally themed puzzle celebrates the many squares of Cambridge and Somerville.
Broken Lizard goes back to the well one too many times with ‘Super Troopers 3’
Thorny sets out to break up the surprise engagement between his sister and the detestable Farva in a sequel that struggles for laughs.
Work begins soon on the Elm-Beacon Connector
After reading the Hater’s guide to Inman Square, I knew it was time to take a trip. I started in Davis Square and headed southeast on Elm Street. Davis wouldn’t be Davis without its six-way...
‘Bernstein’s Wall’ delivers a complex and layered portrait of an American music icon
Documentary filmmaker Douglas Tirola will appear at a screening of his film at Coolidge Corner Theater on August 9.
Advertisement
Reviewed: ‘Designated Stranger’ is a poetry road trip that isn’t trying to escape
Gion Davis repairs that myth of the open road by helping it grow into a more mature celebration of the joys of fearless living, not messiness.
Tuesday office hour in Davis Square (Diesel, 5:30-6:30 p.m.)
Boston Tap Party has found a new rhythm at Somerville’s Deborah Mason dance center
The Boston Tap Party is small but mighty, and dancers and instructors from as far as Wyoming, Chicago and Korea coming to Somerville for its sixth annual celebration.
The Magazine Beach bathhouse debate and the politics of public hygiene
Many Cantabrigians at the turn of the 20th century lacked bathing facilities at their homes, so a swimming beach and bathhouse were not just for leisure.
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We deserve a state representative who works for us
Zoning Amendments to Promote Sensible Neighborhood Development
The first thing you should know about me is that I’ve lived here longer than you.
A buffet of familiar tropes for fans of the series in ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’
Thirty-something or not, star Tom Holland shows no sign of slowing down as the teenage web-slinging superhero.
A stylish director delivers both the sizzle and the steak in ‘Her Private Hell’
An actress, her castmates and a vigilante soldier are haunted by a mythical serial killer in Nicolas Winding Refn’s sci-fi crime drama.
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How to Pedal and Park at T stations
A growing number of MBTA riders are bike riders too, and some T stations have built-in secure facilities for bicycle storage called Pedal and Parks.
A thank-you note addressed to summer fun
As the merry-go-round of the season starts to spin faster, transporting us from Nice to Somergloom, don't miss your opportunity to grab the golden ring.
DIY directors get real in the age of AI and Internet aesthetics
The Indie talked with local filmmakers Charlotte Benoit, Bre Vergera, Matilda Morales and Jaina Cipriano about industry trends at the Grrl Haus Cinema showcase.
Go fast, break things: Cambridge did it with how it builds housing
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Somergloom is the final boss of the summer festival season
Darkness and decay spread across the land in anticipation of the dog days music staple.
‘One Night Art School’ event sold out immediately in a Union Square building with empty lab space
Maybe the the arts should be taken more seriously as economic infrastructure, suggests a coalition of local arts organizations and businesses.
Lights! Camera! Music? ‘Motor City’ unfolds a generic action story in new ways
A blue collar veteran, framed for a crime he didn’t commit, goes on a blood soaked quest for vengeance.
Cambridge Citywide Coalition is a new name reflecting an organization’s goal of building a broader civic voice
The Cambridge Citizens Coalition has become the Cambridge Citywide Coalition. Our initials remain the same, but the new name signals something larger.
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Levitate Music Festival platforms local musicians and big name stars alike at the Marshfield Fairgrounds
A little rain, lots of sunshine, the clinching goal at the World Cup Finals and more reggae than you can shake a stick at.
Free test drives become parties for the cargo bike-curious with Community Pedal Power
With the temperature and air quality finally reaching more comfortable levels, now is the perfect time to try out a new bike. A perfect place to do it is at a Community Pedal Power cargo bike test...
Tuesday office hour in Central Square (Toscanini’s, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.)
Bring story ideas, questions, concerns or complaints to one of our convenient locations – or, even better, come with proposals about how you can become part of a team.
Reviewed: ‘On the Other Side is March’ is a clear-eyed look at caring for a fading parent
Sólrún Michelsen tries to give caregivers language and images that make it easier to bear a burden, hold on when adrift or see in the fog.
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Barber’s abortion care bill heads to the Senate for women still being denied treatment
My bill replaces a narrow checklist of pregnancy health care exceptions with a single standard: a physician’s professional judgment.
Somerville’s mayor is forcing a special council meeting to vote on body-worn cameras
We will never know what we might have accomplished in the first part of 2026 had the mayor read the room and set aside the issue of body-worn cameras for police.
Fresh Pond was a Revolution refuge and smallpox hospital, Civil War soldiers’ barracks and World War I training ground
Fresh Pond has most often been seen as a place of natural beauty. Its role in three major wars is an important if largely overlooked part of its history.
The hater’s guide to Inman Square
With the closing of the S&S Restaurant, the deli and Jewish spot serving Inman Square since 1919, there has been some friendly debate over what should replace it.
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Before a 343-mile fundraising ride to New York’s 9/11 Memorial, bicyclists gather in Cambridge
Cambridge is the starting point for a 343-mile bicycle ride to New York for the 25th anniversary of 9/11, raising money for organizations serving first responders and cancer survivors.
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: Frankenwords
The Independent’s third locally themed puzzle celebrates the combining of thoughts into a new thing, or even the combining of things into a new thought.