Eric Weinberger reports from New Haven on the Charles that some movie maker has recast an area near Harvard to look like Yale.
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By adamg - 1/29/21 - 3:48 pm
Cambridge Day reports the arrest of a Boston man for the Nov. 23 robbery.
By adamg - 1/21/21 - 9:14 pm
Bernie Sanders sits in for John Harvard in Harvard Yard, at least as imagined by kevinguiney.
By adamg - 12/12/20 - 1:05 pm
The Crimson reports the U made the decision to ensure people playing by Harvard Covid-19 rules on campus can use school facilities in reasonable safety.
By adamg - 11/16/20 - 11:53 am
Peter Brand, 67, of Cambridge, and Jie "Jack" Zhao, 61, of Potomac, MD, were arrested by federal agents today on a charge of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery over bribes Zhao allegedly paid Brand and charities he controlled to get Zhao's sons accepted to Harvard. Read more.
By adamg - 11/12/20 - 9:08 pm
The Crimson reports the presidents of the eight Ivy League schools have called off all winter sporting events due to escalating Covid-19 numbers, that the fall season will not be rescheduled for the spring and that spring events, if they happen at all, will not start until the end of February.
By adamg - 11/12/20 - 11:54 am
A federal appeals court in Boston ruled today that Harvard's "race-conscious admissions program" does not violate federal law. Read more.
By bostonpads - 11/9/20 - 1:30 pm
The challenges faced by the Boston housing market have been well documented in 2020. The pandemic has caused massive shifts in urban population distribution in metropolitan areas all across the country, and Boston is no exception. It effectively took one of the nation’s hottest real estate markets and caused it to come to a grinding halt as apartment vacancies soar all over the city.
By adamg - 11/7/20 - 11:54 am
Celebraton at Boylston and Charles continued for hours. Photo by Edward Orde.
By adamg - 11/6/20 - 9:41 am
A federal judge yesterday dismissed Eric Clopper's libel suit against the Harvard Crimson over the way it covered the controversy surrounding his one-day performance at Sanders Theatre over the evils of circumcision. Read more.
By adamg - 10/15/20 - 9:48 am
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Harvard University was within its rights to turn up the lights in Sanders Theater and end an employee's performance while he was nude and having intercourse with a sex doll on stage and a video played showing him ejaculating in the doll's mouth, all somehow connected to his argument that Jewish circumcision is evil. Read more.
By adamg - 10/5/20 - 10:20 am
The Crimson reports the three freshmen were ordered to leave their on-campus dorms after hosting a gathering with three other people despite Harvard rules against such things in an age of pandemic. The move means they're still enrolled, but have to take all their classes remotely.
By adamg - 9/22/20 - 1:52 pm
Bicyclist's father chokes up during ceremony.
Greg Cook attended the weekend unveiling of a "ghost bike" in Harvard Square for Darryl "Pikachu" Willis, 55, who died Aug. 18 in a collision with a truck while riding his bicycle on Massachusetts Avenue in Harvard Square. Read more.
By adamg - 9/8/20 - 4:29 pm
Cambridge City Councilor Marc McGovern reports the family of Darryl "Pikachu" Willis, who died in a crash with a truck in Harvard Square last month, has been unable to claim his body from the state medical examiner's office because it doesn't have the money. Read more.
By adamg - 8/28/20 - 8:57 am
Cambridge Day reports Raj Dhanda wants to lease some space in his Crimson Galleria mall building for a pot shop. Just three years ago, Dhanda sued over a proposed pot shop, which he accused - along with the city - of ruining his business and violating the federal anti-racketeering law. Dhanda now says he was misinformed; a "substantial payment" to settle the suit possibly helped.
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