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Cambridge School Committee votes to offer algebra to middle schoolers in 2025

The Cambridge School Committee voted Tuesday night to give eighth-graders the option to take Algebra 1 starting in the 2025-2026 school year, and the course could become required for all students the next school year.

Cambridge School Committee votes to offer algebra to middle schoolers in 2025
The Cambridge School Committee voted Tuesday night to give eighth-graders the option to take Algebra 1 starting in the 2025-2026 school year, and the course could become required for all students the next school year.

This Boston bar was named one of the country’s best by USA Today
The South Boston bar was the only watering hole in Massachusetts to make the list.

News from Cambridge

Cambridge woman arrested after alleged stabbing at Chinatown restaurant

A Cambridge woman was arrested after a man was allegedly stabbed inside a hot pot restaurant in Boston’s Chinatown on Sunday night, police said.

Some MBTA stations, seen as overdose hotspots, have begun stocking Narcan in accessible boxes

Harvard students led an effort to put the life-saving drug in MBTA stops after confronting overdoses close to campus.

Raccoon with its head stuck in a storm drain grate rescued in Cambridge

An emergency delivery of olive oil helped a trapped raccoon make a grate escape in Cambridge on Thursday.

News from Somerville

Firefighters battle through flames and hot temperatures to extinguish house fire in Somerville

“It really took a lot out of the firefighters working in the heat conditions, so we had to rotate people in and out of the building,” Somerville Fire Chief Charles Breen said in a phone interview.

A Somerville teen crocheted her prom dress in three days. Her video of the design process went viral.

Sarah Akinbuwa's behind-the-scenes look has garnered more than 26 million views on TikTok, raising her profile and affirming her faith in her abilities.

‘I don’t know why they’re not talking.’ People know who killed Charline Rosemond. They’re not cooperating with police.

Charline Rosemond borrowed her father’s car to go to work one morning in 2009. Almost a week later, she was found dead in Somerville.

More regional news

Worcester public libraries reopen following attack on staffer by person with a skateboard

Harry Frotman allegedly struck the staff member in the back of the head, knocking the person unconscious, according to court records.

This Boston bar was named one of the country’s best by USA Today

The South Boston bar was the only watering hole in Massachusetts to make the list.

Waltham woman charged with assault on partner who was later found dead

A 30-year-old Waltham woman has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery on her partner who was later found shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex in that city, officials said.

News from Newton

Newton police chief says he went on leave in May over health issues

Surviving Boston summer without air conditioning? Growing share of households say no.

Swastika found drawn on desk at Newton South High School

News from Cape Cod and Islands

The ‘Town Neck Torso’ case: a gruesome mystery on Cape Cod

On Cape Cod anyway, the summer job is back

Linda Murphy named executive editor of Cape Cod Times

Laughter on the way at Harvard Square
WATCH: The beloved Comedy Studio was home to Boston’s comedy boom in the 1980s and now work is underway to rebuild.

Laughter on the way at Harvard Square

Home to the city's comedy boom in the 1980s, the Comedy Studio hopes to reclaim its spot as the heart of Boston's comedy scene.
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Some MBTA stations, seen as overdose hotspots, have begun stocking Narcan in accessible boxes

Harvard students led an effort to put the life-saving drug in MBTA stops after confronting overdoses close to campus.

Raccoon with its head stuck in a storm drain grate rescued in Cambridge

An emergency delivery of olive oil helped a trapped raccoon make a grate escape in Cambridge on Thursday.

Animal rights activist facing felony charges after throwing glitter on interim Harvard president

Harvard Police arrested Brittany A. Drake on May 31, after she shouted “For the baby monkeys!” as she allegedly rushed the stage and showered Alan Garber with glitter before he began his speech on Alumni Day.

‘This was not on our mood board’: How a Quincy clothing company became the official brand for Cape Verde’s Olympics team

ISLNDZ was founded in 2018 by four Quincy residents who wanted to share their homelands' rich heritage through streetwear.

Dial 911 in Cambridge? Now social workers, rather than police, are responding to some calls.

The new unarmed team says it is successfully responding to calls for people in distress, even as a local police union remains skeptical about the program.

30-foot boat slides off trailer, interrupts traffic in Cambridge on Saturday

After stopping at a red light, a driver was accelerating through the intersection at Cambridge and Third streets when the trailer’s safety chains failed, causing the boat to slide onto the road, police said.

Cities are razing homeless camps across US. Advocates want New Bedford to build one.

The city-run encampment is envisioned as a place where homeless people could live safely.

She wants you to love greenhead flies. Then smack them.

They appear each year near the end of June, waiting for those sunny, windless, glorious summer days that scream “beach.” Then they attack, buzz-sawing open your capillaries.