University Stationery will close its doors Friday May 1, bringing to an end its 97-year run in Cambridge.

A Sad Passing to note (the owner died back in January and his longtime friend and employee for 25 years has been dealing with the wind down. The late owner's nephew was unable to find a buyer, and lives himself in Oregon and had no interest in continuing the business.

Piece by piece I have watched the Cambridge I move here for 29 years ago fade away, the neighborhood stores and people and institutions fade away or be forced out by greedy property developers or the long arm effect of the Trumpies of the world trying to break Cambridge with their policies. The true home of the original American Revolution and its descendents are being erased.

Last Call For The Oldest Business In Cambridges' Central Square

#Cambridge #MA #97Years #FadingCambridge

Cambridge was home to the first Christmas tree in Massachusetts

Another Cambridge History "First" Most Folks Don't Know About

#History #MA #Cambridge #Xmas #CambridgeDay

As A Former PCA I know this will be a big deal for PCAs

Live-In PCAs No Longer Subject To Income Taxes

#OurModernTimes #PCA #HealthCare #TaxCodeChange #MA

Suit claims inclusionary zoning is illegal

This Could Have National Repercussions... More Far Right Attempts To Rule By Lawsuit While They Control the SJC Nationally

#OurModernTimes #Cambridge #MA #Zoning #AttemptsToSegregateThe Poor #PredatorsAmongUs

Judge tells regime it can't halt funds to Boston and Cambridge just because they won't help ICE drag away brown people

Judge Extends Injunction To Protect MA Cities vs Trump & ICE

#MA #Trump #Immigration #ICE #JudgeOrrick #HUD #FundsInjuction #News

For Cambridge, July 3 is the claim to fame

Cambridge - Where the Continental Army First Formed In The American Revolution

#History #AmericanRevolution #MA #Cambridge #Washington #GeorgeWashington

Judge halts another Trump administration effort to block foreign students from attending Harvard

Another Fail For Trump

#Cambridge #MA #Harvard #Trump #FirstAmendment #ForeignStudents #JudgeAllisonBurroughs #EndTrumpTyranny #HarvardTrumpWar

Cambridge is suing to get promised federal funds without having to pledge against DEI, immigrants

Meanwhile, Here in Cambridge....

#OurModernTimes #News #Cambridge #MA #DEI #Immigrant #LawsuitVsTrumpAdministration #Seattle

Judge Halts Trump Admin’s Attempt to Withhold HUD Funds From Cambridge

Once More The Battle Ends up in the Court over Trump Administrative Overreach.

The ruling comes after Cambridge joined more than 30 other towns, cities, and counties in a lawsuit against U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner. The lawsuit argues that adoption of certain policies “in exchange for Continuum of Care funds is an abuse of executive power and violates the Constitution and federal laws,” according to a city statement.

Just Posted On the Harvard Crimson

#News #Cambridge #MA #HUD #Funding #CourtOrder #SeparationOfPowers #Homelessness #ScottTurner

US citizen says ICE mistakenly took him into custody outside Massachusetts courthouse

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —A U.S. citizen said he was mistakenly taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside a Massachusetts courthouse Friday. He was later released after agents confirmed his identity. Hugo Monteiro, a 31-year-old Brazilian American from Revere, said he was taken by ICE agents outside Cambridge District Court when they confused him for another person.

Here We Go Again...

#News #ICE #Cambridge #MA #TheyJustDon'tLearn #IntimidationTactics #ICECrimes

How the highlighter was invented in Cambridge by Carter’s Ink, an innovator back to the 1800s

A Piece Of Cambridge MA History Most Folks Didn't Know

#History #LocalHistory #Highlighters #Invention #Cambridge #MA

Cambridge, Massachusetts, inks record 50 MW virtual PPA deal with MN8 Energy

It’s the largest VPPA signed by a U.S. city and the first time a city will use one to offset residential carbon emissions, according to deal broker Sustainability Roundtable.

Cambridge MA In The News

#Energy #CarbonEmissions #Cambridge #MA #VPPA

THE FEDS ARE INVESTIGATING UMASS AMHERST FOR ANTI-PALESTINIAN BIAS

Via The Intercept

#News #DepartmentofEducation #DOE #USA #CivilRights #UMassAmherst #MA

Federal lawsuit alleges Boston police hid evidence, paid witnesses in murder case

There are good things to say about My Home State and the City Next Door.... But Police Conduct and Actions are NOT among the things I would ever say Good Things About.

The BPD's Finest... Prioritized clearing cases over All Else... Paid Witnesses... Extorted Testimony... Withheld Evidence... Ignored Reality

#PoliceAbuse #PoliceCrimes #JusticeDenied #JusticeDelayed #FederalLawsuit #Boston #MA

The Skeletons of the Red Line

Meanwhile... Beneath Harvard Square....

#History #HarvardSquare #MBTA #Cambridge #MA #SubwaySecrets #TransportationHistory #Technology #HArvardCrimson

Mass. Prisoners Could Choose Between Freedom And Their Organs

The legislation, HD 3822, states, “The Bone Marrow and Organ Donation Program shall allow eligible incarcerated individuals to gain not less than 60 and not more than 365 day reduction in the length of their committed sentence in [prison], on the condition that the incarcerated individual has donated bone marrow or organ(s).”

Unethical Law Proposed In MA Regarding Organ Transplants

#MA #News #OurModernTimes #CurrentEvenets #Massachusetts #Coercion #PayingForOrganTransplants