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2+ hour, 9+ min ago (787+ words) Public meetings this week look at proposed zoning for North Massachusetts Avenue, the City Council's inaugural meeting and mayoral election and changes for a stretch of Broadway next to the high school and Main Library. Attend Cambridge meetings from Dec. 18-Jan. 7 about electing a mayor and change on Broadway These are just some of the municipal meetings and civic events for the coming week. More are on the City Calendar and in the city's Open Meetings Portal. Marc Levy Attendees rise for a song at the start of the City Council inaugural in January 2024. Eleven stories on Mass. Ave. City Council, 5:30 p.m. Monday. A policy order amending a North Massachusetts Avenue zoning proposal that would cap residential buildings at 11 stories instead of 12 returns from last week, when discussion was stopped for one regular meeting by councillor Sumbul Siddiqui using her "charter…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago (980+ words) Brian McGrory, chair of the Boston University department of journalism, will return to The Boston Globe as editor, a position he previously held from 2012 to early 2023, the paper announced Monday." The announcement comes just days after The Globe's current editor, Nancy Barnes, stepped down to "take a break from the daily firestorm of news, consider new challenges and tend to some personal issues," she wrote in an email to Globe staff. McGrory will be replaced temporarily as department chair by William McKeen, a BU journalism professor who served in the position from 2010 to 2023. "The CEO of the Globe reached out recently asking if I'd come back to help them through a sensitive time, and after a great deal of thought and internal debate, I've decided to do it," McGrory wrote in an email to his BU students. McGrory did not…...

2+ hour, 24+ min ago (752+ words) The MIT professor fatally shot by an unknown assailant at his home Monday night in Brookline is being remembered by the President of MIT as an "imaginative scholar, gifted administrator and enthusiastic mentor." "With great sadness, I write to share the tragic news that Professor Nuno Loureiro, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, died early this morning," MIT president Sally Kornbluth wrote in a letter to the MIT community Tuesday. "In the face of this shocking loss, our hearts go out to his wife and their family and to his many devoted students, friends and colleagues." Police have not yet arrested any suspects in connection with the shooting, which is being investigated as a homicide, according to the Norfolk District Attorney's office. Brookline residents placed candles and lights in their windows facing Gibbs Street Tuesday night in remembrance…...

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2+ hour, 42+ min ago (42+ words) Police investigating the deadly shooting at Brown University are asking the public for additional surveillance video as they seek a person of interest. WBZ-TV's Logan Hall reports. Brown University shooting investigators seeking additional video Brown University shooting investigators seeking additional video...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago (256+ words) LOWELL, Mich. " A beloved holiday tradition at the Lowell Showboat is expanding next week to welcome children with specialized needs, offering a more accessible Santa experience for families. The iconic Christmas Lane attraction has hosted Santa visits for more than 20 years, but in 2024 organizers introduced a special sensory-friendly option that gives children with disabilities their own dedicated time with Santa Claus. "This may be their only opportunity to see Santa Claus," said organizer Jody Haybarkar, "we get to give that to them." The specialized visits feature 10-minute time slots with brighter lighting and reduced noise levels to accommodate children who may be overwhelmed by traditional holiday environments. "Areas with loud noises can be overstimulating, can be too much. What they hear might be 10 to 20 times more than what a regular person without a sensory challenge might hear," said Carrie Hoffman,…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago (24+ words) A small plane crashed into a home in Nashua, New Hampshire. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports. Plane crashes into New Hampshire building, pilot rescued...

4+ hour, 28+ min ago (263+ words) Somerville's newest Korean fried chicken restaurant has moved into the former space of a family-run Mexican restaurant that closed two years ago after nearly three decades. K-Bok Korean Fried Chicken quietly opened in Union Square at the end of November, taking over the building that Cantina La Mexicana once occupied. K-Bok's menu offers chicken in three flavors " original crispy, spicy yangnyeom and soy garlic bliss " sold in party packs of either 10, 20 or 30 or boneless meals for 6 or 12 pieces. The chicken spot also has sandwiches in addition to vegetarian options, fries and pastries in the morning. Cantina La Mexicana officially closed on Sept. 3, 2023, after 28 years. The restaurant was run by the Rend'n family since 1995. Karina Rend'n, whose parents Roberto and Carolina started the business, previously told MassLive that "steep" competition from surrounding Mexican restaurants has caused mom-and-pop shops like her family's…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago (172+ words) December 17, 2025 / 9:26 PM EST / CBS Boston Police are searching for the vandals who took down American flags honoring veterans in South Boston. The flags were torn up and thrown on the ground." "As a veteran, we all know what this flag means to us," said Tom McCarthy, Commander of South Boston's Fitzgerald VFW Post. "You know we talked about respect, why someone would want to disrespect our flag is beyond me."" City Councilor Ed Flynn said it happened at the Farragut Statue on Broadway and the Korean War Memorial on Castle Island. Veterans in the area are frustrated." "It hurts every veteran across the city, across the country when people do stupid things like this," McCarthy said. "People have died for this country and there's no way that someone should go around in a little drunken fit of stupidity, pull flags…...

5+ hour, 51+ min ago (378+ words) Updated on: December 17, 2025 / 8:27 PM EST / CBS Boston There is a lot of anguish in Brookline, Massachusetts as police try to figure out who shot and killed MIT professor Nuno Loureiro in his home Monday night." Police still don't have anyone in custody and have not released any information about a potential suspect in the shooting at the home on Gibbs Street." In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Brookline Select Board Chair Bernard Greene asked the community for patience." "We are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community's patience'as soon as we can publicly provide additional details, we will do so," Greene said. "We understand that, in the absence of concrete information, rumors and fear can spread among community members."" " " Residents of the quiet, typically safe town of Brookline say they feel rattled, after…...