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Cambridge cyclist deaths put spotlight on truck, intersection dangers

The crashes underscore the fact that as communities across Greater Boston work to add bike infrastructure, even the separated lanes favored by bike riders can only do so much to prevent serious injuries and deaths.

Cambridge cyclist deaths put spotlight on truck, intersection dangers
The crashes underscore the fact that as communities across Greater Boston work to add bike infrastructure, even the separated lanes favored by bike riders can only do so much to prevent serious injuries and deaths.

David Murphy appointed as interim Cambridge schools superintendent
David Murphy was the district's chief operations officer and will serve for up to a year as interim superintendent.

News from Cambridge

Cambridge cyclist deaths put spotlight on truck, intersection dangers

The crashes underscore the fact that as communities across Greater Boston work to add bike infrastructure, even the separated lanes favored by bike riders can only do so much to prevent serious injuries and deaths.

David Murphy appointed as interim Cambridge schools superintendent

David Murphy was the district's chief operations officer and will serve for up to a year as interim superintendent.

‘We are all just people trying to make it home alive.’ Vigil held for two cyclists killed two weeks apart in Cambridge.

Family, friends, and fellow cyclists gathered at Cambridge City Hall Monday to grieve and call for change.

News from Somerville

‘I don’t know why they’re not talking.’ People know who killed Charline Rosemond. They’re not cooperating with police.

Charline Rosemond borrowed her father’s car to go to work one morning in 2009. Almost a week later, she was found dead in Somerville.

Blocking a bike lane? Local social media accounts are *eager* to call you out.

Cyclists who pedal around Greater Boston are accustomed to seeing cars, trucks, and everything else on wheels hogging the bike lanes.

‘This has gotta be a scam.’ How a Somerville resident found out Guster wanted to perform on his porch at Porchfest.

Local indie icons Guster have toured the world. On Saturday, they just announced, they'll play from a smaller stage, er, porch.

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More regional news

Salem homeless encampment coming to an end

The camp has been the site of an open-air drug market, prostitution, and violence in the past, officials said.

Man convicted of gun and drug charges connected to South Shore trafficking operation, officials say

A jury found Aderito Patrick Amado, of Brockton and Quincy, guilty of more than half a dozen drug and weapons charges, including possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, and 500 grams or more of cocaine, prosecutors said.

If a fishing reel is your problem, Martha is your answer

Like her mother before her, Martha Moulton is a master of dealing with fishing gear, and fishermen.

News from Newton

Surviving Boston summer without air conditioning? Growing share of households say no.

Swastika found drawn on desk at Newton South High School

Newton won’t enroll out-of-district students through state school choice program

News from Cape Cod and Islands

‘You don’t say something belongs to you when it belongs to someone else’: Nantucket food and wine festival sparks lawsuit

New England Aquarium releases eight sea turtles into waters off Cape Cod after rescue last winter

On wealthy Martha’s Vineyard, costly housing is forcing workers out and threatening public safety

Laughter on the way at Harvard Square
WATCH: The beloved Comedy Studio was home to Boston’s comedy boom in the 1980s and now work is underway to rebuild.

Laughter on the way at Harvard Square

Home to the city's comedy boom in the 1980s, the Comedy Studio hopes to reclaim its spot as the heart of Boston's comedy scene.
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‘We are all just people trying to make it home alive.’ Vigil held for two cyclists killed two weeks apart in Cambridge.

Family, friends, and fellow cyclists gathered at Cambridge City Hall Monday to grieve and call for change.

Cambridge confronts road safety after second fatal bicycle crash in two weeks

The deaths have come as bike safety advocates fight a plan to extend a deadline for installing separated bike lanes on three major streets.

If a fishing reel is your problem, Martha is your answer

Like her mother before her, Martha Moulton is a master of dealing with fishing gear, and fishermen.

Woman killed in Cambridge bicycle crash with box truck, second in two weeks

A 24-year-old woman who was killed near Kendall Square on Friday as her bike crashed into a box truck making a right turn was the second bicyclist to die in strikingly similar incidents in Cambridge this month.

Cambridge is considering a controversial approach to saving local news: Having the city pay for it

A new proposal would see taxpayer funds spent to prop up community coverage. Elected officials and journalism experts have doubts.

‘We’re still here’: In Shrewsbury, Nipmuc tribe seeks to reclaim, preserve artifacts

There is a sweeping endeavor underway to preserve and study Nipmuc artifacts and heritage in Shrewsbury, which lies at the heart of the tribe's historic homeland in central New England.

Plymouth DA opposes request for information on Toyotas from man accused in fatal Hingham Apple Store crash

The Plymouth district attorney’s office asked a judge Tuesday to deny a request for information about issues with Toyota accelerators made by a man charged with crashing his Toyota 4Runner into an Apple Store in 2022, killing a worker and injuring nearly two dozen other people.

17-year-old boy killed in shooting outside Lynn Market Basket, DA says

Lynn police who responded to the scene found the boy inside a crashed car, and he was taken to Salem Hospital, officials said.