With my new “palm card” hot off the press, I’ve kicked my canvassing into high gear. One thing’s for sure: I am going to be in excellent shape after spending 4-6 hours a day for the next 6 weeks going ...
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Last week’s campaign schedule included time in the studio at Cambridge Community Television to tape a 5-minute stump speech, which soon will be posted on CCTV’s website along with those of other candidates for city council and school committee. Below ...
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This week I’ll be marking my last back-to-school season with the youngest of my three children, Olivia, who is entering her senior year at Princeton. Each of the past three Septembers we’ve driven to New Jersey together, and I’ve helped ...
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If you are a property owner in Cambridge (only about 35% of residents are), you probably have noticed “CPA” as a line item on your tax bill. (On my last bill the amount was $188.85.) CPA stands for Community Preservation ...
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I attended three community meetings this week at which residents of three different areas expressed strong opinions, outrage and fear on three very different issues affecting their neighborhoods: violent crime, street construction, and rats. Monday’s community meeting concerned the murder ...
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The election calendar plays tricks with our minds — and I’m not referring to Donald Trump’s antics. There are 11 weeks until Election Day, but Labor Day comes late this year and despite seeing Halloween decorations for aquariums at Pet ...
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Today (August 9) is Michael Brown Remembrance Day nationally, and this afternoon I marched with a big crowd of people of all colors from Harvard Square to Central Square along Mass Ave, which the police had closed off for the ...
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“Let’s make a plan” was the theme of one of the three teams that pitched for the contract to lead the citywide master planning process in a four-hour dog and pony show that I attended on Monday night at City ...
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I write on a (delayed) Amtrak train back from a quick trip to Manhattan, where my 21-year-old daughter has a summer internship. Each time I visit New York City I am reminded of how excited I was to move there ...
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I am officially on the ballot for the Cambridge city council election on Nov. 3rd. Thank you to all who signed my nomination papers. To date 26 candidates have pulled papers, making the 2015 election potentially another record-setting field. Such ...
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