Posts Tagged ‘cambridge’
Dunkin’: Banks Yes, Cali No
Dunkin' Donuts is saying yes to banks and no to California. Yes, Citizens Bank customers in Cambridge can now conduct all banking business at a new, full-service branch inside a city Dunkin’ Donuts shop. The Citizens branch is at 808 Memorial Drive in Cambridge. A similar coffee/banking combo [...]
More Sleaziness from the Monitor Group
By: Paul Kix It’s one thing to work with the Libyan government, under the guise of introducing its otherwise rapacious leaders to Western ideals. This is what the Monitor Group , the Cambridge-based consulting firm, with plenty of Harvard professors on the payroll , said it wanted to do when [...]
Spring has Sprung, in Real Estate at Least
By: Ricardo Rodriguez Many real estate developers are optimistic about Boston’s market — I like that! The rumor is that several buildings could begin construction as early as this month. Some of these have been approved for years, but are just now ready to break ground. Here are a few big [...]
Boston Blotter: False Bomb Threat @ Logan, Worcester Man’s Teeth Stolen
State police arrested 51-year-old Nicolas Cauchy of Cambridge and charged him with making a false bomb threat and disorderly conduct after he allegedly claimed to have a bomb in his car. Cauchy ade this claim during a routine security check in a Logan Airport garage on Friday afternoon. Police [...]
Saturday A.M. News, March 12
The tsunami and earthquake in Japan that spread to the United States West Coast prompted Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in four California counties. The election for the District 7 seat on the Boston City Council is Tuesday. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us [...]
Bite Size News, February 28: Rescue Dog Edition
The Cambridge Fire Department rescued a young springer spaniel named Maggie from the Charles River Monday. Carmen Guzman wants the Suffolk County District Attorney's office to release the case file on Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff, who took the life of her daughter, Julissa Brisman. Remember to [...]
Bite Size News, December 20: Marathon Sentence Edition
Image by glimpseandecho from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. A study suggests that sentences for the same crime can vary widely among Boston judges. Someone has noticed the organization that holds the Boston Marathon is led by a lot of white people who are related to each other. And serious [...]
A different city
Oswald Mondejar experiences it when he recruits candidates for health care jobs in Cambridge and on the Cape. Martha Fields heard it from leaders who were coming to Harvard University for a conference. And Michele Carroll saw it in the faces of her friends in Washington, D.C., when she told them [...]
Person Killed by Red Line Train
A southbound Red line train struck and killed a person at the Kendall Square station in Cambridge today around 11:30 a.m. today. MBTA shuttle buses are taking passengers between Broadway station in South Boston and Harvard Square station in Cambridge. The T advises riders to seek alternative routes [...]
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During a 1962 news conference, a reporter asked President John F. Kennedy if he'd consider locating his presidential library in Washington, D.C., after leaving the White House so scholars and historians would have the broadest possible access to it. No, he replied playfully, "I'm going to put it in [...]
