In a single decade Francis Ford Coppola made not just one but four cinema-defining films: “The Godfather” (1972) and “The Godfather Part II” (1974); “The Conversation” (1974); and of course ...

An MBTA green line train derailed at around 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Red Bridge on the one-stop Union Square spur from Lechmere, according to the transit agency’s social media and a rider account. Free ...

Despite the urgency expressed by many after the third bicyclist death in Cambridge in four months, officials signaled Monday at a City Council meeting that there is a long public process ahead for ...

The cyclist struck Monday by an SUV on Memorial Drive in Cambridge has died. The cyclist, identified as John Corcoran, 62, of Newton (state police initially gave the name as “John Cochran” in an email ...

More than 700 bicyclists came Friday to ride three times around the Cambridge rotary where Memorial Drive intersects with the Boston University Bridge – once for each of the riders who have died on ...

A proposal for multifamily-building zoning, which could allow apartments of up to six stories in all residential areas of Cambridge, has been delayed until Monday due to concerns that sending the ...

Massachusetts Avenue Planning Study community meeting, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday. The group held a process already looking at a segment of the avenue from Porter Square south to Cambridge Common; now it ...

Because of standardized tests, I thought snipe were fictional birds. When I was in school, every spring we took assessments called Iowa tests. One year, I read a passage about a group of kids who ...

The annual Honk! festival is back Oct. 4-6, bringing the sounds of brass, drums and social justice to the streets of Somerville. It’s one week earlier than usual for the festival of activist street ...

I’ve lived in Cambridge for more than half a century, and I vividly recall the dozens of bookstores (yes, dozens!) we had in earlier years. That era is long gone, but we still have several bookstores ...

The cuts to hours at Somerville’s Central Library to avoid disruptive and violent teen behavior took many by surprise, including city councilors now coming together to press for solutions. A meeting ...