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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.

A Somerville teen crocheted her prom dress in three days. Her video of the design process went viral.

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

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

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

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

Cold Case Files

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

Cambridge police investigate reported sexual assault on Franklin Street

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

Florida woman dies in bicycle crash with truck in Cambridge

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What can $77 million get you in Cambridge? A fixed-up fire station, apparently.

The price tag for fixing up the old firehouse and department headquarters near Harvard Square has climbed and climbed.

Cambridge residents look for city support following Donnelly Field shooting

“We try and work really hard to create a world where people can grow up comfortably and safely,” Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons said at the Thursday meeting. “It’s incredibly frustrating and saddening for all of us to have to convene at meetings like this one.”

Calling 911 in Cambridge? Soon, the city may send social workers instead of police.

The effort's anticipated launch has raised thorny questions about when people in crisis actually need the police, and when a behavioral health team can show up instead.

Cambridge mayor, police not concerned about gunshot detection tech. They say residents aren’t either.

The police commissioner said ShotSpotter technology had, in fact, been helpful over the years.

Cambridge School Committee votes in favor of superintendent’s resignation

Victoria Greer joined Cambridge as interim superintendent in July 2021 and was named permanent superintendent in 2022.

Cambridge man arrested in connection with Donnelly Field double shooting

Yonayvi Cruceta, 23, pleaded not guilty to multiple gun charges Tuesday during his arraignment at Cambridge District Court.

Two people shot, injured Thursday night at Donnelly Field in Cambridge

A 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, both of Cambridge, were taken to an undisclosed hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the Cambridge Police Department said in a statement Friday.

Cambridge Police Department seeks public’s help as part of sexual assault investigation

Police on Thursday asked the public to check security cameras and other video surveillance they may have of the Cambridgepark Drive area recorded between 5 p.m. and midnight on May 17 as part of its investigation into a reported sexual assault by a masked man armed with a knife.