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Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1h

TOMORROW, Cambridge!

Meet the candidates for School Committee
October 9 (5-7:00 PM)
Central Square Church
5 Magazine St. (Central Square)

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2h

City Council delays vote on commercial tax increase

Cambridge pushed pause Monday on a potential 22 percent hike in the commercial property tax rate, as city officials tried to ease concerns about the jump.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 14h

Sports roundup: CRLS girls’ volleyball team takes two of three matches

The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Girls’ Volleyball team (3-9) defeated Arlington on Sept. 30 and Greater Lawrence Technical School on Monday, both by scores of 3-1.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 15h

Cava’s pita chips and Crazy Feta dip

I never thought of feta as being divisive like cilantro, but my counter help at Cava tried to steer me away from the Mediterranean chain’s Crazy Feta dip

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 16h

Residents, city hold contentious conversation about drug use, homelessness in Davis Square - Cambridge Day

Frustrated over drug use, bad behavior and homelessness in Davis Square, business owners and residents came for a meeting with city officials – and more frustration.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 19h

‘A House of Dynamite’ shatters our not-very-calm with replays of the minutes before a nuke strikes

The scariest movie of 2025 just dropped, depicting the U.S. response to an ICBM being detected heading inexorably toward downtown Chicago.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Beyond buzzwords: Cambridge schools need action, not rhetoric

Buzzwords and angry candidates won’t move culture forward, even if you’re a new voice on the committee who manages to win a seat. We must shun the rhetoric and finger-pointing and examine how we accelerate progress.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Brazilian community supporters see funding cut and worry their financial situation may worsen

Nonprofits and community groups serving Brazilian residents in Somerville face growing challenges, with at least one group losing hundreds of thousands of dollars last month that was promised by the government.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Health Alliance is among a group working to save discount meds program serving the low-income

Cambridge Health Alliance is “deeply concerned” about proposed changes to a prescription drug discount program that has helped nonprofit “safety net” health care systems such as the Alliance survive financially.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Gunfire is heard in Cambridge after three months, back in The Port area with no one found injured

Gunfire returned to the Clement Morgan Park area in Cambridge on Monday, the year’s sixth reported gunfire and the third in The Port neighborhood.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

How Porter Square’s Drinkwater’s built a community, one suit at a time - Cambridge Day

Crossing the threshold of Drinkwater’s feels like stepping into another world. At the center of it stands Gary Drinkwater, impeccable in a tailored suit, pocket square folded just so, embodying the ae...

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

Pring-Wilson, convicted in stabbing after a fight, dies quietly in Colorado at 47 as electronics exec

A former Harvard graduate student convicted in 2004 of stabbing an unarmed Cambridge teen to death after a night of drinking died in mid-August.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

David Murphy named permanent superintendent for Cambridge schools in unanimous final vote

David Murphy will be the permanent superintendent of Cambridge Public Schools following a vote by the School Committee on Monday.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 1d

WMBR’s weekly local news report returns to airwaves

Local news has been covered sporadically on MIT’s campus radio in the past few years, but this is the first time a show has aired consistently since before the Covid pandemic.

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Cambridge Public Health Department @cambpublichealth.bsky.social · 2d

While this health advisory is in effect, individuals should not:

- Consume fish from this area
- Allow dogs to swim in or drink the water as harmful algal blooms can be deadly for animals.

www.cambridgepublichealth.org/health-advis...

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Health Advisory: Cyanobacteria Algae in the Charles River (Update) - Cambridge Public Health Department

The Cambridge Public Health Department is alerting residents of a cyanobacteria algae bloom in the Charles River downstream of the River Street/Cambridge Street bridge.

www.cambridgepublichealth.org

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Cambridge Public Health Department @cambpublichealth.bsky.social · 2d

We're alerting residents of a cyanobacteria algae bloom in the Charles River downstream of the River Street/Cambridge Street bridge.

www.cambridgepublichealth.org/health-advis...

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Health Advisory: Cyanobacteria Algae in the Charles River (Update) - Cambridge Public Health Department

The Cambridge Public Health Department is alerting residents of a cyanobacteria algae bloom in the Charles River downstream of the River Street/Cambridge Street bridge.

www.cambridgepublichealth.org

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Business community members call 22% tax hike a backbreaker ahead of Monday meeting on rates

The business community is alarmed by – and objecting to – getting a 22 percent increase in property taxes, guaranteeing fiery public comment and debate among officials for Mondays’ rate-setting.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Event will serve food and history in Cambridge, inventor of Porterhouse steak and Peking ravioli

The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts hosts on Oct. 23 its Culinary Crossroads, a fundraiser for History Cambridge to explore the many contributions Cambridge has made to the region’s culinary landscape.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 2d

Janet Echelman’s climate data installation shows Earth nearing the end of its rope

A newly commissioned artwork by Janet Echelman at the MIT Museum turns climate data into a massive soft sculpture and potentially dread-inducing information into a magical, whimsical object.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 3d

Unintended consequences from $100,000 visa fee will wound universities and industry, expert says

Universities will suffer much more than industry from president Donald Trump’s radical change to H-1B visa processes, a local expert predicts.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 3d

Somerville elections: Endorsements keep coming, from tattooists too; council forum is Wednesday

These political notes cover a city councilor at-large forum coming Wednesday and ongoing endorsements – including from the body art community.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 3d

A comedian turns a manic episode into a work of art in ‘300 Paintings’

Before artist and comedian Sam Kissajukian won awards at fringe festivals for his show “300 Paintings,” he quit comedy, rented an old cake factory and, in what he later learned to be a manic episode, painted the titular 300 works.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 3d

Two philosophy professors on how societal change can start with individual behavior

If you are paying attention to any number of the social issues plaguing society and feeling frozen without any idea how to make a meaningful difference, you are not alone.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 3d

Superintendent finalists take committee queries in final public session before a vote on Monday

Each Cambridge superintendent finalist got 90 minutes to answer the same 20 questions surrounding communication with community stakeholders, closing achievement gaps, addressing racial equity and collaboration and management skills.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 3d

The co-stars will be recognizable from television, but you’ll have to trust them on plots of ‘2 Square’

One is most likely recognizable for sitting in the driver’s seat at a Sonic Drive-In. The other was told to “shut up” by Tina Fey so many times over the run of the sitcom “30 Rock” that it became his Instagram handle.