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Three neighborhoods, rent aid and immigrant support are identified as priorities by Somerville human rights board

by Marc Levy July 30, 2026

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.

COMMUNITY

Take part through Saturday on price-match donation drive for the Union Square Farmers Market

by Marc Levy June 22, 2026

With hunger growing, more than 1,500 families are expected to benefit from a dollar-for-dollar match, just $15 at a time, over the market season.

OPINION

Social housing makes economic sense

by Nicholas Marchuk May 24, 2026

The city has a path to sustainably offer homes for people of all income levels, on its own terms – but it must be planned properly.

OPINION

The 9 Wyman Road project is not a fluke, it’s a sign of successful multifamily zoning

May 20, 2026

The project at 9 Wyman Road is not displacing renters or gentrifying a neighborhood. It is creating 55 additional homes for current and future Cantabrigians.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, May 18-25: We’re buying land in Lincoln and learning more about Memorial Drive attack

by Marc Levy May 17, 2026

Take part in meetings on a land buy to protect city water, a hotel expansion with a coffee and cocktail lounge and filling school district roles.

OPINION

Should we become San Francisco

by Nicholas Marchuk May 17, 2026

Refusing to change doesn’t mean that we will preserve our way of life.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, May 11-18: Putting mayoral elections in voters’ hands and senior parking permits

by Marc Levy May 10, 2026

Take part in meetings on direct election of mayors, a project near Porter Square to add 71 homes and setting the city’s next annual budget.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, May 4-11: Budget season hearings begin and officials talk AI in schools

by Marc Levy May 3, 2026

Take part in meetings on an Ellery Street multifamily plan, artificial intelligence in school, redesigned bus routes and Cambridge‘s next annual budget.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, April 27-May 4: Healthpeak shows its giant project in the Highlands

by Marc Levy April 26, 2026

Take part in meetings on Healthpeak's plan for a new neighborhood in the Alewife Quadrangle, new homes on Ellery Street and big city projects.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, April 6-13: Ellery Street projects put multifamily housing under a microscope

by Marc Levy April 5, 2026

Two projects on one street are among those shaped by multifamily housing zoning the City Council passed last year, and the experts are watching.