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Demand high for CPL’s first web development workshop
A beginner coding workshop at the Cambridge Public Library has reached capacity ahead of its launch, with 39 people already on the waitlist for just 20 seats. The eight-week “Coding and Web Development 101” workshop series, starting April 8, will…
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Some want to rename Ruggles Station. But who was Ruggles?
An online movement to rename a T station is gaining traction after a local librarian learned that it memorializes a family that included an enslaver. The Ruggles station on the orange line gets its name from Ruggles Street, which is…
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Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis made history in Brookline, and hasn’t stopped giving back
Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis holds her Black Excellence on the Hill award. Photo by Eli Pekelny Everything fell into place after Debbie Hatzieleftheriadis saw an ad in the paper. The ad was recruiting people for the Brookline Police Department. At the time,…
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Families gather for Winchester High School Science & Engineering Night
Science teacher Ben Lawhorn demonstrates a photosynthesis lab in the biology room during Winchester Science & Engineering Night on April 2. COURTESY PHOTO/ANN RITCHIE Hundreds of families funneled into Winchester High School on April 2 to look at specimens through…
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City Council in brief: Future economic recovery options for Route 128 corridor
The City Council’s Economic and Community Development Committee voted to request that the mayor fund a new economic development manager position in the next city budget. It also requested the clerk’s office compile job descriptions for business managers in neighboring…
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Reflecting on the Wellesley Inn’s demolition 20 years ago
The first room to the left in the Wellesley Inn housed a large, ornate fireplace, a central part of the living room where residents would meet up to chat or solve jigsaw puzzles over tea and corn muffins. The room…
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‘The first step to empathy is listening’: Natick Freedom Team hosts interfaith sharing event
A microphone and oyster shell passed from hand to hand in a circle of folding chairs as neighbors spoke about their own spirituality and listened to others’ without interpretation. The Natick Freedom Team, a volunteer anti-bias, racism and bigotry organization,…
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South Coast lawmakers lay out priorities for fiscal 2027 state budget
From playgrounds to addiction treatment, New Bedford legislators are advocating for money for their communities in the state’s fiscal 2027 budget. Each lawmaker is pursuing earmarks for his district as negotiations over the spending plan unfold this spring. The Massachusetts…
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“I want to lease that space more than anybody else in the world”
An effort to reduce vacant storefronts in Cambridge is showing some success, dropping 12 percent between November 2024 and October 2025, according to Pardis Saffari, the city’s director of economic opportunity and development. The city’s Vacant Storefront Initiative aims to lessen the…