The Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District should be allowed to expire – at least it should be prevented from reviewing multifamily houses and affordable units.
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West Cambridge neighbors lose appeal against construction that gives board little to latch onto (corrected)
Amid 1,200 pages of filings about a residential project at 90 Lexington Ave. in Cambridge, a board finds most complaints aren't under their purview.
Environmental concerns are cited as Birch Street apartments win Planning Board approval
An elaborate process of approvals is needed for a six-story, 84-apartment project, where developer are urged to communicate better especially around environmental issues.
Preserving gun controls, legal cannabis and state revenue levels are among the 2026 ballot questions
Your ballot for this November’s election has nine statewide ballot questions on expanding public records law, collective bargaining for public defenders and much more.
Cambridge meetings, Oct. 12-19: Cutting sewage spills and chronic student absenteeism
Take part in meetings on ending sewage spills from rains, chronic student absenteeism, a Moxy Hotel seeking permitting and what’s next for the K-Lo building.
Somerville meetings, Oct. 12-19: Residents react on civilian oversight of police
Take part in meetings on civilian oversight for police, construction parking permits, snow-clearing in the coming winter and finding the next city arts leader.
Tenants are told their rights in Cambridge, but not yet when their building is for sale
Cambridge officials want a law saying that landlords must tell tenants when their building is for sale, following a path laid down in Somerville.
Demanding affordability of developers is a problem for Cambridge, but report says cut isn’t much of a solution
Answers are needed quickly on Cambridge’s inclusionary law, which requires big homebuilders to set aside 20 percent of their space as low-cost units, city councillors said.
Cambridge meetings, Oct. 5-12: The assembly to settle ShotSpotter finds its 40 residents
Take part in meetings on selecting residents for a “civic assembly” on ShotSpotter technology, a report on Inclusionary zoning and school district transportation.
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.