Spencer Buell

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Spencer Buell

The owners of an historic 66-unit Cambridge condo building, who had to flee it in a hurry last year amid concerns it might collapse, are planning to demolish their home along the Charles. The process is anticipated to begin in the months ahead, according to a statement from the company that manages the property. A formal vote to demolish hasn’t yet been taken, and it was not immediately clear when, exactly, the building would be taken down.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Spencer Buell

Now, say the skatepark’s overseers, it’s time to make it official. This summer, they hope to designate it a “free wall” space, where graffiti is encouraged — and hire its first-ever graffiti artist-in-residence to promote and teach the artform they feel is too often misunderstood. Michael Siedlecki rode his skateboard at the Lynch Family Skatepark in Cambridge in 2023. Vincent Alban For The Boston Globe“Most people associate it with vandalism. That’s where it started.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Spencer Buell

The Cambridge City Council this week passed a call for a ban on mandatory tenant-paid broker fees, joining renter-heavy neighbors Boston and Somerville in pressuring state lawmakers to end the practice for good. If they had it their way, the days of landlords requiring prospective renters to pay for the services of a real estate broker in Cambridge — often a full month’s rent, due up front — would be over.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Spencer Buell

Former Cambridge city councilor Nadeem Mazen was arrested last month and is facing several charges including kidnapping after an alleged incident at a local hotel, police and court documents show. Mazen, who left the council in 2017, pleaded not guilty. He “categorically denies the charges brought against him,” his attorney, Zachary Barry, said in an emailed statement. “Mr. Mazen remains confident that a full and fair review of the facts will result in his exoneration.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Spencer Buell |Catherine Carlock

CAMBRIDGE — The flier featured a picture of Mr. Monopoly, holding a crimson-red bag of cash, dashing toward a map of Harvard Square. It beckoned people to a community meeting in a high school library, and posed the question residents here have been asking for many years: “What does Harvard owe?” That was in long-ago March, when the people calling for Harvard University to pay more in taxes were unions, elected officials, and neighborhood associations.