After a court ruling forced Somerville to pay an additional $29.8 million for property it had taken, mayor Katjana Ballantyne announced that the city will abandon its original plans for a public safety complex at 90 Washington St.

Jan 2, 2025 · Is change in the air at the Somerville Theatre? We’ve been hearing some rumblings about a transition in management. You can add the Crystal Ballroom and Arlington’s Capitol Theatre into the mix, because all are operated by Frame One Theatres and owned by …

Jan 23, 2025 · A change in ownership for the Somerville Theatre was approved Tuesday by the city’s Licensing Commission, with the Fraiman family passing along responsibilities after 41 years to a crew of trusted employees who say they plan to keep things running as they are.

Jan 28, 2025 · By the time Carter’s Ink moved to East Cambridge in 1910, where it built a factory on First Street facing the Charles River, the company had long since learned the importance of product innovation. The company was here until the mid-1970s.

3 days ago · Olivia Wolfgang-Smith is an author whose debut novel “Glassworks” was long-listed for the Center for Fiction and Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novel prizes and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and Apple. Her second novel, “Mutual Interest,” explores marriage and ambition ...

Nov 27, 2024 · A redevelopment of the stretch between The Burren pub and Dragon Pizza on Elm Street in Somerville’s Davis Square will likely include 500 apartments or more, developer Copper Mill says.

Oct 6, 2024 · Cambridgejoe: Somerville passed new zoning to comply with the MBTA Communities Act back in November 2023. To do that, it legalized triple-deckers in all residential zones by right, and eliminated the four-unrelated-persons rule and permits for steep slopes.

Jan 28, 2025 · The Cambridge Public Schools district is at a pivotal moment. We are tackling the opportunity gaps that widened during Covid; we are experiencing a significant leadership transition in the Central Office; we are facing the closing of a beloved elementary school; and we are managing all these challenges in a national and global period of turmoil, uncertainty, and fear.

6 days ago · Good ghost or bad ghost? That’s the driving question in the latest lo-fi film from genre-shifting director Steven Soderbergh. It’s more in line with DIY fare “Unsane” (2018) and “Kimi” (2022) than Soderbergh’s big-budget projects such as “Traffic” (2000), “Out of Sight” (1996) or the “Ocean’s” series. The action takes place in one suburban abode, a stately but aged ...

Dec 16, 2024 · A murder in Central Square has been solved after 32 years, Middlesex district attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge police commissioner Christine Elow said Monday.