The MBTA reports it's started running trolleys to and from Union Square again, but that service on the stubbier end of the Green Line Extension remains slow because of a signal issue near Lechmere.
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Henry Kissinger, who earned BA, MA and PhD degrees at Harvard then stayed on as professor of government and international affairs before leaving for a job in the Nixon administration, where he helped overthrow a democratically elected government in one country and oversaw B-52 carpet bombing in another, died today.
A woman and a man were shot outside 10 Magazine St. in Central Square in Cambridge around 12:30 a.m., Cambridge Police and the Middlesex County District Attorney's office report. Read more.
When I think of a literary reading, I think of cardigan sweaters, stuffy rooms, and restrained academic earnestness. When I think of a death match, I think of an all-out, no holds barred, brutal and unholy spectacle.
So if I hear of something called a "Literary Death Match," there's a 100 percent chance I'll attend. Read more.
Ari Ofsevit snapped the front of Little Bake, 1925B Massachusetts Ave. in Porter Square, which closed for good yesterday.
The Crimson reports on the status of plans to rebuild the venerable Garage mall into a six-story, mostly office building: The owner is waiting to find somebody who wants to lease a good chunk of the office space first, which is proving more difficult in these post-pandemic days.
Protesters with signs calling for an end to the Israeli invasion following the Hamas massacre of Israelis blocked both sides of the BU Bridge this morning.
Cambridge Police alerted motorists to "please find an alternate route to avoid delays."
Sure, Harvard station filled with smoke shortly after 8 a.m., but after getting the offending train out of the station, the MBTA responded to several people alarmed by the possibility they were on or near a flaming train: Read more.
Cambridge Day reports that Gregg Moree, who has run unsuccessfully for a seat on the city council in nine straight elections, died after driving into a parked car near his house Tuesday night - following another election in which he did not win a seat.
Cambridge firefighters are at 35 Gore St. for what is now a three-alarm fire that started shortly before 3:30 a.m. Video. Another video.
Federal officials today announced the arrest of two Korean nationals and a Korean-American on charges they ran a series of brothels in newer high-end apartments both here and in northern Virginia, following an investigation that began in 2020 that involved stake-outs, phone surveillance, rooting through trash and interviews with customers. Read more.
Ari Ofsevit spotted the staff at the Fletcher Maynard Academy on Windsor Street in Cambridge preparing for snow season this morning.
Cambridge Day reports that Rockler Woodworking and Hardware in Porter Square is closing next month - and has already marked down everything by 30%.
Cambridge Police report arresting pro-Palestinian protesters outside the offices of Elbit Systems on Bishop Allen Drive in Central Square this morning. Read more.
The MBTA said yesterday it's identified the overhead power-line issues that have led to a recent spate of dead trolleys from the new Green Line Extension to the ancient tracks near Copley and on Beacon Street. The T also said it's working to keep them from happening again. Read more.
Cambridge Police report a man followed a woman through Harvard Square and the Lesley University campus before sexually attacking her on St. John's Road around 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 23. Read more.
Harvard University today sued its insurance broker, which it says is to blame for the failure to notify one of its legal insurers in time to get reimbursed for all the legal help it needed in a nine-year, ultimately unsuccessful, effort to fend off a lawsuit - and still ongoing federal investigation - involving its affirmative-action policies for student admissions. Read more.