Camberville & beyond

What can $77 million get you in Cambridge? A fixed-up fire station, apparently.

The price tag for fixing up the old firehouse and department headquarters near Harvard Square has climbed and climbed.

Cambridge residents look for city support following Donnelly Field shooting

“We try and work really hard to create a world where people can grow up comfortably and safely,” Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons said at the Thursday meeting. “It’s incredibly frustrating and saddening for all of us to have to convene at meetings like this one.”

Horse rescued after falling through stable floor in Ipswich

The massive animal’s ”entire hind quarter had fallen through a hole in the floor of its stall and hung suspended above the stable’s lower level,” officials said.

Calling 911 in Cambridge? Soon, the city may send social workers instead of police.

The effort's anticipated launch has raised thorny questions about when people in crisis actually need the police, and when a behavioral health team can show up instead.

Money, Power, Inequality

With its $23.5 million project, Lowell Boys & Girls Club wants to help end generational poverty for its members

The renovation will double the club’s capacity and add art, mental health, and teen-focused programming.

California woman hounded online for video with South Shore stabbing suspect Jared Ravizza

A fashion designer was attacked online this week after internet sleuths dug up a year-old video in which she posed alongside a Martha’s Vineyard man who has been accused in a stabbing spree along the South Shore.

Cambridge mayor, police not concerned about gunshot detection tech. They say residents aren’t either.

The police commissioner said ShotSpotter technology had, in fact, been helpful over the years.