1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (623+ words) Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui endorsed Daniel A. Lander ’14 in his challenge against incumbent state Senator William N. Brownsberger ’78 — marking her first public endorsement in a State House race this cycle. The endorsement, which has not been previously reported, adds Siddiqui to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (413+ words) A Cambridge Public Works department employee was found fatally shot near the intersection of Broadway and Norfolk Streets early Saturday morning, according to a Cambridge Police Department emergency alert. Cambridge Police and Fire Department officials arrived at the scene shortly…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (550+ words) Cambridge officials are weighing stronger tree-protection rules after a five-year update to the city’s Urban Forest Master Plan warned that new housing development could erode recent gains in the city’s tree canopy. City staff unveiled the update at a Monday…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (639+ words) Cambridge and Boston joined a coalition of cities and nonprofits Monday in asking a federal court to block a new round of Trump administration restrictions on federal housing funding, expanding their ongoing lawsuit over the Department of Housing and Urban…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1714+ words) Buckowe Yam spent his entire career working alongside Christine A. Elow — as classmates in the training academy, patrol officers, and later as Cambridge police’s top brass. For 31 years, Yam — now a deputy superintendent in the Cambridge Police Department — said he knew…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1738+ words) For nearly four centuries, Harvard — Cambridge’s wealthiest neighbor — has been exempt from contributing to the city’s primary revenue stream: property taxes. The University has entered into voluntary agreements with both Cambridge and Boston for the last century, paying each city…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (670+ words) As Yale Floats 3.0 Mean GPA, Harvard Faculty Leaders Defend Lighter-Touch Grading Proposal Harvard Kennedy School Floats Visiting Faculty Program in Donor Talks on Viewpoint Diversity More than 50 residents, city leaders, and state legislators gathered Tuesday for a tense community meeting…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (482+ words) As Yale Floats 3.0 Mean GPA, Harvard Faculty Leaders Defend Lighter-Touch Grading Proposal Harvard Kennedy School Floats Visiting Faculty Program in Donor Talks on Viewpoint Diversity The Cambridge City Council appointed 13 members Monday to a new task force charged with studying…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (464+ words) As Yale Floats 3.0 Mean GPA, Harvard Faculty Leaders Defend Lighter-Touch Grading Proposal Harvard Kennedy School Floats Visiting Faculty Program in Donor Talks on Viewpoint Diversity Harvard Asks Donors to Endow $10 Million Professorships for ‘Viewpoint Diversity’ Initiative Harvard Management Company Opens…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (986+ words) But after Zora, a student at Cambridge’s Putnam Avenue Upper School, finished her drawing, her teacher prompted an AI tool to create a mascot as well. And then the class voted between the two. “The teacher and/or students chose…...