Cambridgeport

Cambridgeport, before and after

Cambridgeport, before

Rebecca Volynsky photographed her Cambridgeport street before and after the blizzard.

Geese playing chicken

Geese on train tracks.

Some geese were just hanging out this morning on the train track on the Cambridge side of the BU Bridge.

Charming: Chocolate chihuahua chomps child

The parents of a girl bitten by a brown Chihuahua in Cambridgeport last week are hoping the owner will come forward and let them know if she has to complete her painful rabies injections, Wicked Local Cambridge reports.

Cambridgeport: Free-range chicken capital of Massachusetts

BellyGlad reports on a talk about raising urban chickens, says there are lots of live chickens living in Cambridgeport, while Somerville bans chicken raising. Also:

Shredded junk mail makes great chicken litter.

Monkeying with a sign

Baboon

Spatch shows the dangers of leaving an old sign up long after the bar has closed, in Cambridgeport.

Triple decker catches fire in Cambridgeport

Chemi Che-Mponda reports on a fire on River Street today.

Advice to pregnant women: Don't use a stolen ID when checking into the hospital

Cambridge Police report that Cambridge Hospital officials called them when a pregnant woman tried using a stolen ID around 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday (no word if she was in labor). When police arrived, they found the car her male acquaintance had used to drive her there had been stolen - and was loaded with "ten stolen pocketbooks and several personal identifications from victims of car breaks from Danvers to Weymouth." Both will now face charges.

Buses for Cambridge

On Democracy for America - Cambridge, Ssachs signals support for a Silver Line-like bus line from Allston to Central Square via Cambridgeport:

... Any transportation system worth its salt will have heavier reliance on buses than subways, since bus routes are more flexible and cheaper to run (and are consequently more affordable for commuters). ...