Cambridge Archives

COORDINATED RESPONSE

Greater Boston bars and venues are grappling with a rise in involuntary drugged drinks, but procedures for addressing future incidents are in sight “When you raise awareness, if you even help prevent one person from getting drugged, then that’s a good thing.” Amidst a rash of incidents in which people

KENDALL POLIDORI May 24, 2023

UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS

A conversation with photographer and social worker Eva Rachel Tine “It’s a series based in hope and joy and what happens when you give people the opportunity to stabilize, heal, and thrive.” Homelessness in Cambridge is a manageable problem, but it’s also one that requires local and state governments, advocacy

CHRIS HUES April 5, 2023

SQUARE ROOTS

The Legendary Past And Uncertain Future Of The Harvard Square Theatre Will the iconic venue ever return to its rock roots as has been rumored? When I first discovered the Harvard Square Theatre on a lunch break from work, it felt like I had realized its potential all on my

COHAVIT GIL March 28, 2023

CAMBRIDGE HISTORY NIGHT & SILENT AUCTION

Hello Readers & Supporters, We had such a great community event last December at the Plough & Stars that we’re returning to the Cambridge tavern for a followup on March 23. This time, we’re changing the format a little bit … While we still want people to mingle and discuss

CHRIS FARAONE February 17, 2023

The mouth of Alewife Brook at the Mystic River. The bridge carries the Mystic Valley Parkway bewtween Somerville and Arlington, Massachusetts. Photo by Magicpiano. GNU Free Documentation License 2017 Magicpiano.

HOW TO CONTROL SEWAGE OVERFLOWS

Somerville, Cambridge, MWRA jointly update communities on long-term environmental planning to protect waterways from wastewater (Somerville Wire) – Most sewer systems in the United States have two dedicated, separated networks of pipes—one for sewage and one for stormwater. But many parts of Cambridge and Somerville have combined sewer systems, with

LINDA PINKOW December 21, 2022

ONCE, THE ROCK VENUE, HOPES TO LEASE OBERON, FILLING IT WITH DIVERSE SHOWS AND ALL-DAY USE

“You can’t just slide a rock club into any room.” Somerville’s famed music club, Once Lounge and Ballroom, is in the running to rent the space formerly occupied by American Repertory Theater’s Oberon. Harvard, which listed the space Oct. 28, is trying to fill the Harvard Square location by April.

SHIRA LAUCHAROEN February 4, 2022

BATTLE: SGARS

Poisons used by Mass municipalities are killing more than just the rats they’re targeting. In practice, their controversial tactics may actually protect the rodent population. It was a sunny Friday morning in late July of this year when Jodi Sylvester, a wildlife photographer from central Massachusetts, drove into the Boston area to check

LAURA KIESEL December 16, 2021

CHAIN REACTION

Coffee shop workers organize, inspire others Labor organizing in the Boston area has gotten a hip makeover. Two local coffee shop chains, Pavement & Darwin’s Ltd., have had their employees vote to form unions. These baristas have been the unlikely stars of the progressive left in Boston this past summer:

CHRIS HUES November 17, 2021

FEATURE FOLLOWUP: REVISITING RECYCLING

It took decades for workers doing this dangerous job to get a living wage. But are their problems finally sorted out? For the first time ever, Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville are boosting the pay for the workers who sort their recyclables after resolving a decades-long stalemate with a regional company.

COLE ROSENGREN November 10, 2021

SPECIAL FEATURE: GREATER BOSTON’S CHURCH TO CONDO PIPELINE

As more and more former Boston churches are being converted into luxury housing, is the city missing out on potential arts and community spaces?

CLAIRE SADAR AND ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA October 1, 2021