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Somerville meetings, May 31-June 8: Ending waste outfall in public waters and razing the city’s ‘First Pizzeria’

by Marc Levy May 31, 2026

Take part in meetings on Combined Sewer Overflows, homes at the Florentine Gardens and a fix for temperature issues at the Edgerly school.

DEVELOPMENT

Planning Board members love a 1740 Mass. Ave. project, its mural idea and learning how to say ‘Linnaean’

by Marc Levy May 12, 2026

The developer of 1740 Massachusetts Ave. at Linnaean Street got its flowers from Cambridge’s Planning Board. It's “grown on me,” a member said.

DID YOU KNOW

Guess who was left out of the speeches in 1905 celebrating Cambridge’s 275th anniversary

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 27, 2026

“We cannot help but look forward with some anxiety to the future,” the president of Harvard said. “The Puritans no longer control Cambridge.”

DID YOU KNOW

Cambridge’s Humane Society changed its mission, then quit, as Cambridge changed

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 20, 2026

As the demographics of the poor community in Cambridge shifted, so too did the Cambridge Female Humane Society’s approach to meeting their needs.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, April 20-27: William Dawes rides again at a Patriots’ Day observance

by Marc Levy April 19, 2026

Take part in a meeting with a new election commissioner and attend a Patriots’ Day observance.

DID YOU KNOW

This spring, History Cambridge takes ‘History Hangs’ on the road

by Beth Folsom of History Cambridge April 14, 2026

Walk, talk and learn more about West Cambridge, first the Brattle Street area and then Lowell Park and Mount Auburn Cemetery.

OPINION

Jesse Jackson, a defender for LGBTQ+ rights

by The Rev. Irene Monroe February 20, 2026

Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday, advocated for the LGBTQ+ community – especially Black LGBTQ+ people – at a time we had no one.

Kate Brown reads from ‘Tiny Gardens Everywhere: A History of Urban Resilience’

by Marc Levy February 12, 2026

MIT historian Kate Brown reads from “Tiny Gardens Everywhere” to explore the surprising and often radical history of urban gardening.

FOOD

Valentine’s, Galentine’s, as long as it’s chocolate: An anthropologist’s quick history of a holiday

by Corky White February 11, 2026

Anthropologists love to say “Bet you didn’t know this!” about cultural history and the origins of things in human use – including for Valentine’s Day.

COMMUNITY

Black Cantabrigians may be a dwindling tribe, but will not be forgotten

by James Spencer February 11, 2026

The resiliency of a tribe and its complicated relationship with Cambridge was on display at “Lift Every Voice: Saving Our Stories, Sharing Our History.”