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ALLSTON
Allston Residents Call for More Creative Plans
By NAN NI and VIDYA B. VISWANATHAN
Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:00 AM
Allston residents provided detailed feedback regarding the city’s development designs for the neighborhood at a community-wide planning meeting last night.

Harvard Shows Revised Allston Plan to Residents
By NAN NI and VIDYA B. VISWANATHAN
Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:01 AM
In response to suggestions from residents and city officials, Harvard planners made connectivity, permeability, and sustainability the focal themes of their revised master plan for development in Allston, which was presented to the community at a packed task force meeting last night.

OTHER EXPANSIONS
Lesley Expands In Agassiz
$13 million project will include two new dorm buildings along Mass. Ave
By BORA FEZGA and VIDYA B. VISWANATHAN
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:48 AM
In its first ground-up construction project since 1973, Lesley University has one goal: to successfully integrate the new campus extension into Cambridge’s Agassiz neighborhood.

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOLS
Schools Change Quota Rules
By MICHELLE L. QUACH and ADELINE S. ROLNICK
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:20 AM
Socioeconomic quotas for next year’s kindergarten classes will be based on current enrollment statistics—not the prior year’s statistics, as is normally the case—the Cambridge Public School Committee voted last night.
Head of Cambridge Schools Leaves Early
By VIDYA B. VISWANATHAN
Friday, November 14, 2008 12:33 AM
Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn’s announcement at Tuesday night’s school committee meeting that he would be stepping down this Friday—almost three months earlier than he had previously stated—came as a relief to some who work for the district.

Fowler-Finn Suddenly Resigns
By CORA K. CURRIER
Thursday, September 18, 2008 1:04 AM
In a surprise statement, Cambridge Public Schools Superintendent Thomas D. Fowler-Finn announced Tuesday night that he will step down in February 2009, six months before his contract expires.

SQUARE CULTURE
Academics, Street Art Merge in Harvard Square
By BORA FEZGA and BETSY L. MEAD
Thursday, November 13, 2008 1:03 AM
While most thesis-writing seniors are making the library their second home, Cydney E. Gray ’09 is taking her thesis to the streets of Harvard Square.

Square Hosts Ghosts and Ghouls in Fashion Show
By BETSY L. MEAD
Friday, October 31, 2008 2:49 AM
Three witches, a bride, and Curious George stormed down Palmer Street in style yesterday during the “Dare to Wear” Harvard Square Fashion Show.

HOMELESSNESS
City Council Passes Resolution On Homelessness
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:35 AM
The national housing and financial crises were brought home to Cambridge at last night’s City Council meeting, during which the body passed two resolutions to investigate homelessness in the city.


More Without Homes in City
By MATTHEW R. COHEN
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 2:39 AM
While John McCain and Barack Obama debate the tough economic situation, Harvard Square’s homeless community has been living it.

FACES OF CAMBRIDGE
Bartley's Burger Cottage, Harvard Square Icon, Keeps the Grill Aflame
After 35 years in the Square, the iconic burger joint is still serving up celebrity specials
By YOUHO T. MYONG
Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:56 AM
It’s slightly past four in the afternoon, yet more than a dozen customers are sitting inside Bartley’s Burger Cottage.

Book Store Owner Departs
By BETSY L. MEAD
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:10 AM
The Kramer family, who founded the store and have owned it ever since, won’t be around for its centennial.


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Facing Lease Problems, Newsstand May Soon Close
Out of Town News set to decline lease renewal
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:37 AM
The decline of print media is driving the current tenants of Out of Town News literally out of town.

Crate & Barrel To Close
By PETER F. ZHU
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:16 AM
Home furnishing enthusiasts may find themselves indulging in an extended spending spree this holiday season, with Crate & Barrel closing its iconic Brattle Street store on January 25—a move likely to be accompanied by obligatory clearance sales, according to store manager Lauren Boccuzzi.

HEALTH CARE
Hospital Facilities Will Face Scrutiny
Legislation means hospitals must prove that expansions do not replace local services
By PETER F. ZHU
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:52 AM
The Massachusetts Public Health Council unanimously approved legislation last week slapping stricter scrutiny on hospitals seeking to build new facilities—a move that is nearly certain to affect future expansion plans by Harvard Medical School’s 15 affiliated teaching hospitals.
State Budget Cuts Wound Cambridge Health Alliance
Harvard-affiliate hospital system loses out on $40 million in reimbursements this year
By JUNE Q. WU and PETER F. ZHU
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:49 AM
Just as the Harvard-affiliated Cambridge Health Alliance was solving its financial problems, Massachusetts slashed $40 million from the hospital system’s expected revenues.

Budget Cuts Hit Healthcare
Cambridge City Council says health services could see drastic cutbacks
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Monday, October 27, 2008 10:45 PM
Some of Cambridge’s most vulnerable populations—the mentally ill and the elderly—will soon face a dramatic reduction in health services as a result of major budget cuts to the Cambridge Health Alliance, Dennis D. Keefe, the Alliance’s CEO, told the City Council in a roundtable meeting last night.

Seniors Decry Local Clinic’s Closing
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Friday, November 07, 2008 1:34 AM
Cambridge residents expressed disbelief and dismay at the planned closing of the Oliver Farnum Senior Health Care Center during a community meeting held last night to discuss the Cambridge Health Alliance’s strategic plan.

BUDGET CUTS
Human Services Face Budget Cuts
Economic crisis forces Cambridge to cutback on community services
By SHAN WANG
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:04 PM
Cambridge’s Department of Human Services Programs is among the areas hit hardest by the recent statewide budget cuts announced early last month. Several DHS programs that are funded through state, city, and private grants will see significant cuts to the services they provide for the community, ranging from childcare to adult education, according to DHC officials.

City Braces for Budget Cuts
Non-profit programs from around the city face down substantial cuts
By PETER F. ZHU
Monday, November 10, 2008 12:03 AM
Cambridge city officials and organizations have only just begun to digest and grapple with last month’s initial round of state budget cuts, but already, the specter of further cuts—perhaps as early as February—is looming overhead.



FEATURED CONTENT
Republicans in the 'People's Republic of Cambridge'
By SARAH J. HOWLAND
Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:01 PM
When Cambridge residents complain about the past eight years of George W. Bush in Peter M. Wilson’s presence—and they often do—he simply smiles and nods his head.

Harvard Profs Weigh in on Charlesview Design
Urban planning professors say that density is not a problem but that concerns about segregation may be valid
By NAN NI
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:01 AM
In the 1960s, the Charlesview Apartments were born amid fervent community protests, built upon the rubble of homes razed in the name of urban renewal.
Measure To Decriminalize Marijuana Goes On Mass. Ballot
By PETER F. ZHU
Sunday, September 28, 2008 10:31 PM
While a recent poll showed that more than two thirds of Massachusetts voters favor relaxing laws against marijuana, State Representative Will N. Brownsberger ’78—a drug addiction and enforcement expert who represents parts of Belmont and Cambridge—said he has grave concerns about the wisdom of a November ballot initiative that would decriminalize possession of the drug.

A Ball With Literary Whimsy
Bookish Ball goers support local bookstores while enjoying discounts, refreshments, and live music
By BETSY L. MEAD and HEE KWON SEO
Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:52 PM
Elizabeth Bennett, seven Harry Potters, and the Old Lady Who Swallowed the Fly graced the stage of the Holyoke Center’s Forbes Plaza Saturday night as contestants in a literary costume contest at Harvard Square’s first-ever “Bookish Ball.”

Minding the Achievement Gap
Cambridge Public Schools focus on improving performance despite achievement discrepancy
By VIDYA B. VISWANATHAN
Friday, April 18, 2008 1:58 AM
When Thomas D. Fowler-Finn arrived in Cambridge in 2003 to serve as superintendent of the city’s public school system, the district had been losing nearly 100 or more students annually, and the city’s only public high school, Cambridge Rindge and Latin (CRLS), was on probation for failing to meet state standards.

Square Shelter Celebrates 25th Birthday
By CORA K. CURRIER
Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:51 AM
A panel of local activists, including Massachusetts State Representative Alice K. Wolf and former representative Jarrett T. Barrios ’90-’91, praised the services that the shelter has provided to the community and debated solutions to homelessness at a national level.

Harvard Alumnus Thrives on Boston City Council
For Connolly, a love of Boston complements a family history of political service
By DANIEL A. HANDLIN
Monday, February 25, 2008 12:49 AM
As a city councilor, you may often find yourself acting as a salesman—whether that is selling yourself to your electorate or selling a policy proposal to your fellow councilors. But for John R. Connolly ’