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Body-worn cameras for Somerville police come with an annual cost near a half-million dollars

by Marc Levy April 22, 2026

With budget cuts looming, some city councilors argued it wasn’t the time for police to get body-worn cameras costing around $450,000 annually.

OPINION

It’s time for police oversight in Somerville

by Chris Dwan April 12, 2026

It is past time for the City Council to act on its 2020 commitment and create a police commission and a community police review agency.

OPINION

You can live without your creepy doorbell camera

by Nicholas Marchuk April 12, 2026

By owning one of these doorbell surveillance cameras, you are not making yourself safer. You are making yourself useful.

NEWS

The innovators of Kendall Square are going to war or escaping to Europe: A conversation

by Marc Levy April 8, 2026

The average resident might be shocked at where things are headed in the gleaming towers of our innovation district.

THEATER

‘Breaking the Code’ is not to be missed at Central Square Theater

by Julie-Anne Whitney April 8, 2026

Many of us have heard the name Alan Turing, but few know much more about him than his legacy as the father of computer science.

NEWS

Worry sets in about new tech’s toll on Cambridge in power and water

by Marc Levy March 31, 2026

AI has begun its creep into municipal business and data centers are coming that can’t be regulated because the new tech isn't in the city’s table of uses.

NEWS

Cambridge meetings, March 30-April 6: The city is using AI and talking data centers and turning 400

by Marc Levy March 29, 2026

Take part in meetings on changes to community benefits, tech, events and tourism issues and the future of city-owned properties.

OPINION

Somerville could have skipped these police grants that come with strings attached

by Chris Dwan March 15, 2026

The Somerville City Council accepted nearly $200,000 for police over two meetings filled with fractious debate. Is this money worth what it costs?

THEATER

In Rebecca Kopycinski’s ‘Thotbot,’ obsolete tech rewinds into a dark future that predicts our present

by Michael Gutierrez March 5, 2026

The “ThotBot Implantation Center,” an immersive art installation and multimedia concert rounds out its latest run of sold-out shows at Bow Market.

TAXONOMY

Tax tip of the week: Life is easier with electronic filing

by Vincent Hicks March 3, 2026

Technology doesn’t just make tax filing easier – it makes it safer. A few simple digital tools can dramatically reduce fraud, delays and costly surprises.