1+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) Cambridge has been grappling with renewed scrutiny of its decision to drop ShotSpotter after the July 4 killing of city worker Xavier Bautista. Police unions have argued that the absence of the gunshot-detection system, which the City Council voted to discontinue…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (429+ words) Annie Jonas is a Community writer at Boston.com. She works on understanding Boston.com readers by centering their voices, answering their questions, and sharing their stories. She also contributes to Boston.com’s Book Club newsletter. Annie was previously a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (338+ words) Shortly before Monday’s shooting on Memorial Drive, suspected gunman Tyler Brown allegedly made suicidal statements and waved an assault rifle over a FaceTime call with his parole officer, court documents reveal. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Cambridge District Court…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (203+ words) Rapper Flavor Flav donated a bundle of sports equipment to a local youth center earlier this week in partnership with Harvard College and Franklin Sports. Flavor Flav, 67, gave a variety of athletic equipment to the Frisoli Youth Center in Cambridge…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (930+ words) As backlash against data center development grows in Massachusetts, Everett is moving to get ahead of it. The Planning Board voted unanimously April 6 to endorse an ordinance that would restrict data centers in Everett’s Docklands Innovation District (EDID), a 100-acre…...

4+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (210+ words) Name: Jennifer Leah GoetzAge: 39City: Cambridge I started running to help with crippling depression, and running has become such an important part of my life in ways too numerous to count. I trained in pediatrics, general and child psychiatry, at Massachusetts…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (678+ words) A new local newsroom has launched in Somerville and Cambridge, aiming to fill a coverage gap as other area papers shutter or scale back. The publication, Cambridge Somerville Independent, debuted online on Feb. 12, featuring stories on local government, developments, music,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (367+ words) Welcome back to Scenic Six. I traveled to Portsmouth, N.H. over the weekend for the 2026 New England Newspaper Convention, where Scenic Six won second place for Outstanding Newsletter. I am honored and thrilled that folks are finding this little newsletter interesting…...

5+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (779+ words) Days after the Feb 23 Massachusetts blizzard, some residential streets are still not fully cleared — even as plow drivers report working nonstop since early Monday morning. The storm dropped 17 inches in Boston and up to 3 feet south of the city, stretching…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (631+ words) Massachusetts’ job market is flashing warning signs, with the clearest one coming from the private employment sector. Federal data analyzed by the Pioneer Institute shows Massachusetts is one of only four states, plus the District of Columbia, that have fewer…...