Alvin Buyinza

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alvin Buyinza

Harvard University student Prince Williams has long suspected that his school’s administration has been watching him closely. Williams, an organizer with the African and African American Resistance Organization, was one of several students who were suspended by the school’s administrative board last year for participating in the encampment on Harvard Yard to protest the war in Gaza. The decision by administrators was later downgraded to academic probation.

2 months ago | cambridgeday.com | Alvin Buyinza

Local leaders and officials are considering how to use city money to restart an income program for families in need next fiscal year. But as the city faces financial strains and federal cuts from the Donald Trump administration, pulling money from the general budget would force city officials to weigh a new cash assistance program against the needs of existing programs – a move that could result in less monthly cash for families in need.

2 months ago | cambridgeday.com | Alvin Buyinza

Henry Bear’s Park, a children’s toy store in Cambridge, will shut down a location in Porter Square at the end of this month and reopen in a long-empty new location a block away, a move driven by rising rent prices, staff said. The toy store will move from 17 White St. to a home just two blocks over on 1957 Massachusetts Ave. The store will close a week before the big move, on April 30.

Mar 29, 2025 | police1.com | Alvin Buyinza |Ryan Mancini

By Alvin Buyinza and Ryan Mancinimasslive.comSPRINGFIELD, Mass. — After about a decade of voicing the same concerns, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is once again questioning, “What will it take” to keep what he calls violent repeat offenders off the streets. His renewed plea comes after police arrested eight Springfield residents last week, including a repeat firearms offender.

Mar 27, 2025 | masslive.com | Alvin Buyinza

An 83-year-old woman who went missing Thursday morning was found dead later in the afternoon, authorities said. The unnamed woman was first reported missing this morning after a neighbor requested a welfare check, according to the Middleborough Police Department. Authorities from several departments searched the area. A police dog found the woman’s body in the woods in a shallow body of water, according to the department. Foul play isn’t immediately suspected.