Superintendent Recommends Closing Long-Struggling Cambridge Elementary School

Cambridge Public Schools interim superintendent David G. Murphy said he will recommend closing the Kennedy-Longfellow School, a kindergarten through fifth grade school that has suffered from low test scores and under enrollment.

Cambridge Will Consider Restoring Two-Way Traffic Along Garden Street

The Cambridge City Council unanimously passed a policy order Monday asking the city to devise a plan to restore Garden Street to two-way automobile traffic while retaining its two-way bike lanes by April 2025.

City Manager Huang Urges ‘Moderation of Growth’ to Address Budget Crunch

Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 offered a playbook for addressing the city’s unsustainable budget growth in a Friday interview with The Crimson, suggesting that the city may further raise property taxes and pare back certain city services in fiscal year 2026.

City Council Requests Update to Cambridge Bicycle Plan

The Cambridge City Council unanimously adopted a policy order on Monday to request that the city update the Cambridge Bicycle Plan, a report on cycling trends and policy affecting bike lane infrastructure, for the first time in four years.

City Manager Says He Met Most Goals But Failed to Form Reparations Commission

Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang ’05 said he had met nearly all of the City Council’s goals for him in the second annual City Manager Performance review, but conceded that he had failed to establish a commission for reparations to the descendants of enslaved people.

Cambridge City Council Takes First Step Toward Eliminating Broker Fees

The Cambridge City Council took the first step in forcing landlords rather than tenants to pay broker fees, unanimously voting at a Monday meeting to hold a future hearing to discuss its feasibility.

Cambridge Residents Slam Reappointment of Inflammatory Blogger to City Committee

More than a dozen residents and a City Councilor criticized the reappointment of civic blogger Robert Winters to the Central Square Advisory Committee at a Council meeting Monday, citing his history of offensive social media posts.

Cambridge Health Alliance Clinicians File for Unionization With Mass. Labor Relations

Approximately 230 physicians, psychologists, and physician associates at Cambridge Health Alliance filed for unionization last Thursday with the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations as State Health And Research Employees.

‘This Really Could Happen to Me’: Students React With Fear to Cyclist Deaths

Amid ongoing advocacy for expanded bike lanes, three cyclists were killed in Cambridge in less than four months.

The Fight to Preserve Harriet Jacobs’ Legacy in Cambridge

A historical preservation committee wants to maintain the home of a formerly enslaved woman as a memorial and museum. The owner wants to build a boutique hotel. It’s a tenuous marriage.

City Council Advances Plan to Create Flexible Parking Corridors, Ease Restrictions

The Cambridge City Council’s Ordinance Committee advanced a zoning petition to create “flexible parking corridors” in an effort to reduce restrictions on off-street parking at a Thursday meeting.

Cambridge Budget Growth May Require 8% Property Tax Increase, City Officials Say

City staff are projecting that even if Cambridge’s operating budget grows at a conservative rate, the city may need to raise property taxes by at least 8 percent in the future, according to officials at a Tuesday City Council hearing.

Cambridge Planning Board Appears Sympathetic to Upzoning But Punts Vote

The Cambridge Planning Board punted a vote on their official recommendation for a proposal to eliminate single-family zoning in Cambridge on Tuesday.

Cambridge Will Ask State Legislature to Allow Use of Traffic Cameras

The Cambridge City Council unanimously voted on Monday to draft a petition asking the Massachusetts State Assembly to allow the city to implement automatic traffic enforcement.

More Than 100 Bike From Cambridge to Boston to Demand Better Traffic Safety

More than 100 cyclists biked from Cambridge Common to the Massachusetts State House on Sunday, where they joined a tearful rally commemorating bikers and pedestrians who have died after being hit by cars.

Cambridge Residents Satisfied With City Hall but Give Low Marks on Housing

Cambridge residents said they were highly satisfied living in the city and with the quality of government services, but gave local officials low marks on housing and transportation issues in the 2024 iteration of the Cambridge Resident Satisfaction Survey.

Proposed Affordable Wendell Street Development Draws Backlash at Tense Meeting

Tensions ran high in the Baldwin School cafeteria Thursday night as more than 40 Cambridge residents sparred over a proposed eight-story affordable housing development set to be built in the Baldwin neighborhood.

State, City Agencies Commit to Finishing Mem. Drive Safety Improvements by End of Year

More than 100 locals gathered at Boston University and on Zoom as local and state officials reaffirmed their commitment to completing $1.5 million worth of improvements at the intersection of Memorial Drive and the BU Bridge by the new year.

Cambridge To Kick Off Superintendent Search, With Tentative End Date in October 2025

The Cambridge School Committee has gone six months without a plan to hire a permanent superintendent — but a commitment to officially launch the highly anticipated search looks to change that.

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Cambridge DSA, Sobrinho-Wheeler Demand Harvard Cough Up $100 Million in PILOT Payments

In the 2023 fiscal year, Harvard paid the City of Cambridge $4.3 million in lieu of property taxes. Some activists — including a sitting city councilor — are demanding the University cough up $96 million more.

City Council Acknowledges Massachusett Tribe as ‘Original Inhabitants’ of Cambridge

The Cambridge City Council acknowledged the “Massachusett Tribal Nation as the original inhabitants of Cambridge” and pledged to establish a memorial for the tribe and hang a plaque in City Hall.

Here Are All Cambridge’s Bike Lane Projects — And Where They Stand

Cambridge’s bike lane politics are not only contested but complicated, with a flurry of deadlines, delays, and competing proposals. Here are the different bike lane projects in progress in Cambridge — and where they all stand.

Despite Resident Fears, City Officials Optimistic About Impact of Multifamily Zoning

Cambridge officials said they were optimistic about the city’s ability to accomodate the population growth that could accompany eliminating single-family zoning.

Resentment, Frustration Surface at Hearing on Stalled Allston Community Center

Dozens of Allston-Brighton residents and local leaders demanded action from Boston officials after years of confusion and delay on its promise to replace Allston-Brighton’s only community center at a Tuesday City Council hearing.