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Somerville “doubling down” on the arts, Wilson says
2+ hour, 58+ min ago (667+ words) by Claire Ogden | Feb 25, 2026 | News | 0 comments Taylor Coester Somerville Mayor Jake Wilson takes a moment outside his election night event at La Brasa after Somerville municipal elections on November 5, 2025. Somerville will expand its arts leadership as part of a reorganization,…...
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Mardi Gras, the Harvard Pops, Langston Hughes
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (837+ words) by Debbie Batteiger | Feb 19, 2026 | Events ahead | 0 comments Courtesy of Club Passim A Sub Rosa Songwriting retreat performance at Club Passim in Cambridge's Harvard Square in 2024. Editor's note: For a more comprehensive list, check out our searchable events calendar. 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Feb....
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Tunefoolery, the MAC Gala, Drink + Doodle
2+ week, 6+ day ago (917+ words) by Debbie Batteiger | Feb 5, 2026 | Events ahead | 0 comments Jaypix Last year's inaugural Multicultural Arts Center's gala, GloBall Gala celebrated how the arts connects people. Editor's note: For a more comprehensive list, check out our searchable events calendar. 7 p.m. Feb. 5 The Burren,247 Elm…...
Cambridge school receives Blue Ribbon nomination
2+ week, 6+ day ago (370+ words) by Julia Carpi | Feb 4, 2026 | Education, News | 0 comments Community Charter School of Cambridge (CCSC) was nominated as a 2025 National Blue Ribbon School by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). The nomination, which is designated on a yearly basis,…...
Cambridge survey says: residents think it’s a pretty good place to live
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (907+ words) by Jane Petersen | Feb 4, 2026 | News | 0 comments Marc Levy Cambridge City Hall, seen wreathed in nighttime lights in 2020. Residents of Cambridge like their government, but their feelings about the city as a whole are slipping. Or so says the most recent…...
Cambridge’s battle of the brains
3+ week, 5+ day ago (715+ words) by Alex Degterev | Jan 30, 2026 | Education | 0 comments Cambridge's quiz show powerhouse Buckingham Browne & Nichols (BB&N) faced off last Friday with upstart challengers from Cambridge Rindge & Latin School (CRLS) in a battle for brainy bragging rights as the opening match in GBH's…...
Somerville shares heavily redacted Public Library investigation
4+ week, 8+ min ago (466+ words) by Claire Ogden | Jan 28, 2026 | News, Politics | 0 comments An example of the redacted document Cambridge Day received. But Somerville argued that the balancing test does not apply. In a Jan. 16 email to Cambridge Day and to the secretary's office, Assistant City…...
West Cambridge’s Lewisville Neighborhood Highlights Challenges, Resilience of Black Community
4+ week, 2+ day ago (986+ words) Following the Revolution, members of the Black Vassall family moved to the area that would come to be known as Lewisville, establishing what would become a community of mutual support and assistance for those who were increasingly marginalized by Cambridge…...
Somerville declares snow emergency
1+ mon, 20+ hour ago (268+ words) by Sydney Wise | Jan 24, 2026 | News | 0 comments Marc Levy / file A worker clears snow from a Somerville Avenue sidewalk during a 2025 snowstorm. Somerville is posting updates online. Residents will also see flashing blue lights on the road at 22 intersections across the…...
Cambridge braces for winter storm
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (514+ words) by Jane Petersen | Jan 23, 2026 | News | 0 comments Karim F. Lakhani / file A mountain of snow near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the winter of 2015. An anticipated one to two feet of snow is expected to fall on the Boston area between…...