The Independent’s seventh locally themed puzzle explores some of our local coffee shops. Much like in a crossword puzzle, many of them are in squares.
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: A latte options
transportation
Massive Healthpeak plan and its bridge get the green light, with an MBTA ‘urban rail’ stop decision three years away
A full commitment by the MBTA for a long-wanted pedestrian and bike bridge was only part of the excitement over a new 42-acre neighborhood in the Cambridge Highlands.
Cambridge meetings, Sept. 14-21: A half-million dollars to make up for federal cuts to food aid (corrected)
Take part in meetings on handling growing hunger, the Healthpeak neighborhood project and changes to the city's multifamily zoning ordinance.
Somerville meetings, Sept. 14-21: Squires Bridge and an all-day Dunkin’
Take part in meetings on the Squires Bridge replacement, school district finances and a Davis Square Neighborhood Council (and take the Davis Square plan survey).
After Food Nation and Honk!, Davis Square project looks at funding from a parking improvement district (updated)
The group working to revive Davis Square is feeling good about its first five months, preparing for a big end to its first season and already looking at what’s coming in 2027.
How Somerville got to zero bicyclist or pedestrian deaths for four years, and how to keep it going
While not having residents and visitors mowed down by motorists should be a baseline expectation, our success is in contrast with the towns around us with the same goal.
A response for renters after 100 years of humiliation
Yes, we need rent control. Not because it will work, but because it won’t. Economists predict it will crash property values. That’s not my problem.
Cambridge meetings, Sept. 7-14: Multifamily housing projects and a hotel in Harvard Square (updated)
Take part in meetings on more six-story housing projects and one for four stories of condors and the return of plans for a Harriet Jacobs museum, hotel and homes.
The Independent’s locally themed crossword puzzle: Hit the Books
The Independent’s sixth locally themed puzzle has something to teach you about our colleges and universities.
Death of bicyclist MIT professor takes community by surprise after state stays silent about Aug. 21 incident (updated)
New MIT professor Thomas Rose has died from injuries sustained in an Aug. 21 collision at Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, the school said.