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Cambridge's $7.9M Linear Park Fix Drags On, Now Stretches Into 2027
Linear Park, the paved artery that carries walkers, joggers and cyclists between Davis Square and Alewife, has been closed since October 2025 for a renovation that was supposed to wrap up by the end of this year. Instead, Cambridge officials now say the project is on track to reopen the park to the public by the end of December 2026, but construction activities are expected to continue into 2027.
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Inside Boston's Forgotten Subway Tunnel, Rusted Tracks and Cold War Crackers
Beneath the streets of Boston sits a tunnel that hasn't carried a passenger since the 1960s, but still holds the rusted tracks, ventilation fans and switch box from when it helped launch the nation's first subway system. NBC10 Boston went inside the forgotten passage, part of the historic Tremont Street Subway, and found it frozen in time, down to stacked civil-defense ration cans left over from the Cold War.
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Somerville saw our housing shortage coming
From Joshua Michel, Ashish Shrestha and Chris Beland. Over the past 10 years, rents in Somerville have jumped by 50 percent. If you live here, you probably don’t need that statistic to tell you what’s happened: Somerville can hold a lot more people, but we haven’t built enough homes for them, and prices have risen fast.
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Cambridge Council Votes 8-0 to Rethink Harvard Square's Struggling Kiosk
The Cambridge City Council voted 8-0, with one member absent, this week to demand a fresh look at how the Harvard Square kiosk is being run, more than a year after the long-vacant Out of Town News landmark reopened with new programming. The policy order directs City Manager Yi-An Huang to report back within 60 days on the kiosk's current operating arrangement and on options for managing the site over the long term.
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Marblehead entrepreneur responds to overdue rent allegations, cites investment in Swampscott arts center
Marblehead musician and entrepreneur Johnny Ray is responding to allegations that he is four months behind on rent at his new Swampscott Performing Arts Center, saying he has invested substantial resources into restoring the building (the old Hawthorne by the Sea restaurant) and remains committed to reaching a resolution with the town.
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Revere, MA Weighs 1,700-Unit Housing Project
The city of Revere is eying a large redevelopment plan that would create 1,700 new affordable and market-rate homes about five miles northeast of downtown Boston. The Revere Housing Authority presented a proposal to the Revere City Council last week requesting a zoning change that would allow for development on a 40-acre site at Cooledge Street, near the city’s main street and commercial district, as reported this week by the Revere Journal.
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White Stadium reaches major construction milestone as Boston Legacy’s home takes shape
BOSTON — The redevelopment of White Stadium in Franklin Park reached a major construction milestone this week as the final steel beam was added to the stadium structure. The milestone marks the completion of the 2,500-ton steel structural framework for the new stadium, which will be used by both Boston Public Schools athletes and Boston Legacy Football Club, the professional women’s soccer team that played its inaugural season this year.