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SIDDIQUI TAKES A DIVE: JOINS MAYOR MCGOVERN, OTHER CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS IN GREENLIGHTING BACKROOM COURTHOUSE DEAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 25, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Cambridge City Hall by Vitor Pamplona CC-BY-2.0. Modified by Jason Pramas.

 

The fix was in.

 

While the world was gearing up for the global climate strike last week, the years-long fight over the future ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Anthony Galluccio, Boston Democratic Socialists of America, Cambridge, Cambridge City Council, corruption, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui, Courthouse, Democracy, East Cambridge, economy, Election, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Mayor Marc McGovern, neoliberal, news, news to us, Our Revolution Cambridge, Politics, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

THE POLITICAL MOVEMENT TO COME

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 11, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Scenes from the 9.9.19 Cambridge City Council hearing on parking space disposition for the disputed Sullivan Courthouse development

How Cambridge can put public need before private greed

 

A five-hour city council hearing can really get you thinking.

 

As I sat watching the latest chapter in the East Cambridge courthouse saga unfold at city hall on ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Cambridge, City Council, Column, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corporate greed, DCAMM, Debate, Democracy, development, dispute, East Cambridge, Environment, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, parking, Politics, Sullivan Courthouse

LAST CALL FOR JUSTICE AT THE EAST CAMBRIDGE COURTHOUSE

Written by MIKE CONNOLLY Posted September 5, 2019 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Image by Rep. Mike Connolly. Cropped by Jason Pramas.

 

City council must resist bogus privatization scheme

 

Everyone agrees the state-owned Sullivan Courthouse site in East Cambridge needs to be remediated of asbestos and prepared for redevelopment. 

 

The current proposal, backed by the Baker administration and Cambridge’s city manager, would accomplish ...  read more

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Courthouse, criticism, East Cambridge, Housing, justice, opinion, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly

DON’T BUY WHAT CAMBRIDGE MAYOR MCGOVERN IS SELLING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 30, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

East Cambridge courthouse photo by Jason Pramas

 

An East Cambridge courthouse update

 

It’s sad when a local public official claims powerlessness before real estate developers, the market, and state government. But that’s exactly what Cambridge Mayor Marc McGovern is doing in the latest round of the already half-century long East Cambridge ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Mayor Marc McGovern, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

CAMBRIDGE COUNCILORS CAN STOP UNDEMOCRATIC COURTHOUSE DEAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 22, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

Four votes against the proposed leasing of city parking spaces should do the trick

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, capitalism, Column, Councilor Dennis Carlone, Councilor Quinton Zondervan, Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui, Councilor Tim Toomey, DCAMM, Democracy, development, East Cambridge, Gov Charlie Baker, Gov. Deval Patrick, Health, Housing, Jason Pramas, Leggat McCall Properties, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, planning, policy, Politics, privatization, public, Rep. Mike Connolly, safety, socialism, Sullivan Courthouse, Vice Mayor Jan Devereux

OPENING ALERT: LONE STAR TACO BAR’S EAST CAMBRIDGE OUTPOST OPENS JULY 5

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted June 27, 2015 Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE

There's some invite-only soft-opening parties to be had, but as of Saturday July 5, fans of all the Mexican cantina-ness of the original will finally be able to land the same in Cambridge.

Filed Under: Eats, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Allston, Deep Ellum, East Cambridge, Hangover, lizzy's, Lone Star Taco Bar, Max Toste, mezcal, openings, rose wine, sherry, Sonoran hot dogs, tequila

LONE STAR CAMBRIDGE: IT’S COMING, AND SO ARE THE LIBATIONS. HERE’S A TASTE.

Written by DAN MCCARTHY Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: Drinks, LIFESTYLE

Toste will focus on bringing elements of the old to embolden the new, but ultimately the food will dictate the palate.

Filed Under: Drinks, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Beer, Cambridge, cobbler, cobbler cocktails, cocktails, Deep Ellum, DigBoston, draft beer, East Cambridge, Food, Food and Drink, foodie, Lone Star Taco Bar, Max Toste, on tap, sherry, tequila, tequila cobbler, Whiskey, wine

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