Tag: Cambridge
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Cambridge company helps White House track drug usage trends through wastewater
MWRA’s Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Courtesy of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Biobot Analytics has a contract with the Office of National Drug Control Policy. A Cambridge wastewater analytics company is working with the White House to analyze…
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Local pharmacies adapt, push back against corporate stores
As the pharmacy business has shifted, smaller stores have closed and corporations like CVS and Walgreens have taken over. But Robert Skenderian, third-generation owner of Skenderian Apothecary, says these chains aren’t his biggest competitor: It’s benefit management companies, also known…
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Belmont Clothing Designer Charts a New Creative Course
The machine groaned as John d’Arbeloff turned the crank, pressing silver through cardboard and cheesecloth until the metal emerged with an imprint of woven texture. After 30 years in the clothing business, the 65-year-old founder of RailRiders adventure wear has…
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Hotel’s sudden shutdown sends guests scrambling for rooms
By Martina Nacach Cowan Ros Employees and guests of 907 Main Hotel Central Square were informed Sunday afternoon that they would have to evacuate the building by 9 a.m. Monday after Marriott ended its licensing deal with Sonder, the company…
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Digitizing the legacy of The Group School
By Martina Nacach Cowan RosScattered across homes throughout Cambridge are faded curricula, pictures and worksheets stored in boxes that preserve the memory of The Group School, an alternative high school run democratically by students and teachers in the 1970s. Now,…
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Basketball for the small provides fun for all
By Layla PennOn a dreary Sunday afternoon, children in Kyrie Irving jerseys and Lakers uniforms ran through basketball drills in the Baldwin School gymnasium. The hoops were lowered, making it easier for the kids to make shots. Coaches stood underneath…