Author: Sangmin Song
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Cambridge music-tech startup to represent city at Tokyo innovation gathering
A wearable music-technology startup born from a student-led engineering effort will represent Cambridge at a global gathering in Tokyo this week, as the company begins bringing its product to market. Founded by Jeremy Chow in 2019, Cambridge-based Tactus Music designs…
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Medford third-grader’s idea becomes school newspaper at Roberts Elementary School
The student newspaper at the Roberts Elementary School began not with a curriculum change, but with a third grader who decided the school should have one. Owen Jette Walsh, 10, proposed the idea during the final week of third grade…
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Dunkin’ dusts off ‘Donuts’ in Cambridge with a ’90s throwback pop-up
A Dunkin’ pop-up selling 1990s-themed merchandise sits outside MIT’s Stratton Student Center along Massachusetts Ave. on Feb. 5, 2026. Photo by Sangmin Song. “Dunkin’ Donuts” – not “Dunkin’” – made a quiet comeback in Cambridge this week. Massachusetts’ favorite coffee…
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Connection through innovation at Venture Café’s Thursday gatherings
Hundreds of people pack into a Kendall Square building Thursday evenings wearing name tags and green wristbands. Conversations spill across the floor as attendees weave between rooms, pausing for talks, introductions and exchanges (even in the bathroom). Approaching a stranger…
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Medford School Committee adopts AI policy, with more changes ahead
The Medford School Committee voted 6–1 Monday to adopt a new artificial intelligence policy for classroom use, formally approving guidelines that the district had already published in this year’s student handbook. The guidelines don’t explicitly ban students from using AI…
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Strings and stories Flow as Irish folk duo lights up Medford this Sunday
The sound of Celtic strings will fill Medford on Nov. 16 when the Irish-American folk duo Rakish performs at Arts Collaborative Medford. The sound of Celtic strings will fill Medford on Sunday when the Irish-American folk duo Rakish performs at…