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A ShotSpotter gunfire detector reboot is back for Cambridge City Council debate

by Marc Levy July 24, 2026

Whether ShotSpotter gunfire detectors will return is to be voted in August, delayed by a protest over focusing on tech instead of addressing the root causes of violence.

OPINION

Before a special Cambridge meeting in response to the killing of Xavier Bautista

July 22, 2026

Cambridge’s City Council should be able to come to an agreement on police technology that is managed and controlled in a way that meets legitimate concerns.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, July 20-27: The council convenes a special meeting demanded after July 4 death

by Marc Levy July 19, 2026

Take part in meetings on affordable housing zoning ideas, a project of six stories with 85 homes near Fresh Pond and an update on violence prevention.

NEWS

Somerville meetings, July 20-27: Debate about body-worn police cameras nears a decision point

by Marc Levy July 19, 2026

Take part in meetings on demolitions toward development, swapping in a cannabis seller and the purchase and other costs of body-worn cameras on police.

NEWS

With a deadline near on a grant for body-worn police cameras, Somerville’s mayor calls council back for a hearing

by Marc Levy July 16, 2026

There’s a summer deadline on whether to equip Somerville police with body-worn cameras, an issue bouncing around council and committee meetings for months.

NEWS

Scoffing that Cambridge is ‘safe’ after a shooting, plenty are ready to give up privacy for security (corrected)

by Marc Levy July 9, 2026

Anger spilled over at a community meeting about the fatal shooting of Xavier Bautista, the latest in a string of deaths afflicting some parts of Cambridge and not others.

NEWS

Citing budget cuts and no action on oversight, a Somerville committee goes 4-1 against officer cameras (corrected)

by Marc Levy July 7, 2026

The possibility of body-worn cameras on Somerville police officers isn’t so much working its way forward as it is lurching toward a decision a little backward and upside-down.

BUSINESS

It’s the Atomic age of laundry in East Cambridge, making Apple Pay finally an advertised amenity

by Marc Levy July 2, 2026

Plenty of local laundromats have apps and free Wi-Fi, but a new Atomic Laundry in East Cambridge is leading the way back to 2014, the year Apple Pay was introduced.

NEWS

There won’t be a legal fight over the rejection of ShotSpotter in Cambridge

by Marc Levy June 22, 2026

Objections to the shutdown of ShotSpotter gunfire-listening technology faded on the part of two Cambridge city councillors.

BUSINESS

Deregulation, faster permitting, being more fun: Cambridge hears how it can help Kendall Square and itself

by Catalina Mena June 21, 2026

After almost a decade of letting a strong Kendall Square “kind of run itself,” there’s a troubled environment and calls for collaboration with Cambridge City Hall.