Our Bad: Lizard Lounge Not Jerks, And a Word on Fixies
As a blog, it's rare that we have to publish a corrections column. Usually, we can sneak back into an entry and edit any error of fact that we may have inadvertently made without making such a big deal about it. But, when an entire post —and its related... read the full story
Penny Cherubino details all the reasons she loves Craigie on Main in Cambridge for brunch, including: ... I've yet to meet a Craigie sausage that I haven't loved so I ordered, "Craigie Dimanche Sausages, Buttermilk Biscuit and Gravy with farm fresh egg." It was full... read the full story
Movies It might be the highlight of the HFA's Kathryn Bigelow retrospective, if you don't count Point Break . Tonight, the director presents her newest feature, The Hurt Locker (2008), a film about the Iraq war that portrays a bomb disposal unit as it defuses seven... read the full story
CombinatoRx in ‘creative’ merger with Canadian firm
CombinatoRx Inc., a Cambridge biotechnology company that last year eliminated two-thirds of its workforce in a bid to stretch its cash, yesterday said it has found a Canadian merger partner that will bring an infusion of cash and create a stronger pipeline of drugs. read the full story
Cambridge comic Lenny Clarke , already a regular on FX's "Rescue Me," just landed a role in "Brothers," playing the only white guy... read the full story
Boston Blotter: Pantsless Robber in JP; Cambridge Pimp Busted in Somerville
Blotter siren -- Boston police captured a man allegedly breaking into a second floor Jamaica Plain apartment while his pants were waiting for him in the backyard. [ BPDNews ] -- Police arrested a 46-year-old Cambridge man for allegedly forcefully coercing a... read the full story
People's Republic of Smugness: Fancy Cambridge Joint Thinks Poor People are
Image of Cambridge City Hall by Caroline Roberts. Every year, folks in Boston try to find alternatives to spending Independence Day on the Charles, amidst the crowds. There are many facets to the American experience and many different ways to celebrate the founding... read the full story
Wednesday, July 1 6:00 p.m. PEN New England Reading with Fred Marchant and Teresa Cader at the Hotel Marlowe (25 Edwin H Land Blvd., Cambridge) 7:00 p.m., Brookline Booksmith Jennifer Haigh, The Condition 7:00 p.m., Harvard Book Store Larry Tye, Satchel: The Life and... read the full story
Drug-Related Violence Prompts City Action
An unusual slew of drug-related violence in Cambridge during the last two months has prompted city leaders to expand the local police presence and increase public outreach in an effort to quell residents’ unease. read the full story
Cambridge native Matt Kenseth returned to the track at which he cut his teeth as a young driver. read the full story
Yahoo ending video hosting service Maven
Just 16 months ago, in February 2008, Internet giant Yahoo paid $160 million to buy the Cambridge online video firm Maven Networks. read the full story
Mass. sites spared in Sanofi shakeup
Sanofi- Aventis SA will restructure global research and development operations by focusing on fewer diseases and combining research sites, but the French drug maker plans to keep sites in Cambridge and Canton, which together have about 250 employees. read the full story
Cutbacks to Subcontracted Janitorial Staff Continue
University officials are continuing to cut Harvard's subcontracted janitorial staff despite a string of protests in Cambridge and at the Medical School campus this past spring, according to union organizers. read the full story
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