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A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Tunefoolery, the MAC Gala, Drink + Doodle
1+ week, 1+ 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
1+ week, 1+ 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
1+ week, 2+ day 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
2+ week, 4+ hour 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…...
West Cambridge’s Lewisville Neighborhood Highlights Challenges, Resilience of Black Community
2+ week, 4+ 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…...
Cambridge braces for winter storm
3+ week, 1+ 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…...
Bob Hurlbut, Jr., dedicated to the Cambridge community
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (262+ words) Hurlbut spent multiple decades as principal of the Park School in Brookline and as executive director of the Cambridge Community Foundation. Bob Hurlbut, Jr., dedicated to the Cambridge community Robert S. Hurlbut Jr., an exceptionally devoted and hardworking member of the…...
Tayyaba Hasan, photodynamics pioneer, honored in Cambridge
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (477+ words) by Carolyn Cross | Jan 11, 2026 | People, Science | 0 comments There aren't many scientists whose influence radiates so widely that millions benefit from their work without ever hearing their name. Yet that is precisely the impact Professor Tayyaba Hasan has had on the…...
The Cambridge rental market is cooling — for now
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (416+ words) by Chinanu Okoli | Jan 9, 2026 | Business + Money | 0 comments Google Average rents in Cambridge have flattened. Pictured are the Inman Square Apartments in Cambridge. Apartment hunters in Cambridge are seeing slight relief from the expensive housing market this winter. Despite last month's…...
History Cambridge heads west in 2026
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (890+ words) West Cambridge will be the focal point of History Cambridge in 2026, in part because of the neighborhood's role in the 250th anniversary of declaring independence from Great Britain. History Cambridge heads west in 2026 Talia Franks The 2022 art installation "Forgotten Souls of…...