Experience wildlife and history along the 7-mile route, featured as one of the MassTrails 10 for 2026.
Ride along the Alewife Brook and Mystic River, a MassTrails 10 featured route
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Somerville meetings, June 29-July 6: Hot-button issues from Palestine to police tech
Take part in meetings on water and sewer billing issues, procurement policy, police tech and oversight, public drug use in Davis Square and more.
Borrow an e-bike, from folding models to family cargo haulers, from Community Pedal Power
Trying before buying is a common tip for people considering an e-bike. Community Pedal Power makes that possible from a Cambridge backyard.
Cambridge’s long history with ‘the beautiful game’ of soccer highlights immigrant contributions to the city
In its earliest days in Cambridge, soccer was a way to offer Harvard students a sport they could play, but not enjoy overly much. How times have changed.
Celebrating Kittie Knox, the Black cyclist who rode her way through the barriers of the 1800s
Katherine T. “Kittie” Knox was a pioneering cyclist who challenged racial and gender barriers. MassBike celebrated her Friday with the fifth annual Kittie Knox ride.
Cambridge shouldn’t be too shocked city managers can change their minds, city manager says
Among other things, city manager Yi-An Huang said, he underestimated but understands East Cambridge’s need to touch grass, not artificial turf.
Boston Cafe Bikers fulfill the promise of their name weekly and are expanding their destinations
Boston Cafe Bikers go weekly to cafes and other destinations, with many starting or ending in Cambridge and Somerville.
Cambridge decides to keep Ahern Field as grass, not turf for sports (updated)
Money committed to lighting Ahern Fields for games can be used instead to support lighting at Danehy Park to expand playable hours there.
More than half of Riverbend Park won’t open this year, except to drivers
It’s closing Memorial Drive in Cambridge to car traffic that creates Riverbend Park every Sunday, yet this year much of the park closes to all uses except cars.
Somerville is letting restaurants, bars and clubs expand their hours for the World Cup
For the coming summer weeks of World Cup soccer, businesses with alcoholic beverage licenses can opt in for 9 a.m. openings and 3 a.m. closings.