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Many Spotify users got Cambridge as their "Sound Town" in the annual Spotify Wrapped.

‘Hey bestie’: Cambridge gets the spotlight in Spotify Wrapped 2023

Other frequently assigned “Sound Town” locations were Burlington, Vt., and Berkeley, Calif.

‘Hey bestie’: Cambridge gets the spotlight in Spotify Wrapped 2023
Other frequently assigned “Sound Town” locations were Burlington, Vt., and Berkeley, Calif.

This interactive map shows you where the best holiday lights are in Somerville
You can take a tour of the city to see the flashing displays.

In Newton, Somerville, ‘catch-up’ water bills catch many off guard, with some owing thousands

Genaro Hernandez, an employee with Cambridge Landscape, used a gas-powered leaf blower on a commercial property in Central Square.

Cambridge eyes ban on most gas-powered leaf blowers over health, environmental concerns

The smoked beet Rueben at Lehrhaus. The Somerville eatery was named one America's best new restaurants by Esquire.

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Two New England eateries make Esquire’s list of best new restaurants in America

Taylor Swift spoke during a graduation ceremony for New York University at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. A class centered around the singer will launch at Harvard in 2024.

Class is in session: Taylor Swift course coming to Harvard next year

Harvard University President Claudine Gay spoke at a Shabbat service on Oct. 13.

Harvard, MIT presidents to testify before Congress about confronting antisemitism on campus

Fallen windowpanes lay across the lobby of the Alewife MBTA station after a car on the roof of the parking garage knocked over a section of concrete retaining wall on Feb. 4.

Charges dismissed against driver who crashed car through barrier at Alewife parking garage in February

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Siblings Lilly and Asa seek a home together

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or children currently in foster care awaiting adoption. 8:00 a.m.

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The former NASA complex in the heart of Kendall Square will be knocked down in the next year or two. Employees at the facility built next door now work on research focusing on the future of transportation.

‘Cambridge, we have a problem’: The true story of NASA’s center in Kendall Square

The NASA Electronics Research Center, which will soon be knocked down, is “the only major center the space agency has closed,” according to the author of the official NASA history. 10:16 a.m.

Police urged anyone with information about the shooting to contact the Cambridge Police Criminal Investigations Unit.

Woman dies, man injured after shooting in Cambridge early Thanksgiving morning

A woman died and a man was injured in a shooting in Cambridge early Thanksgiving morning, police said. 1:19 p.m.

Tori Antonino, an ecological landscaper, served as a consultant on the newest Miyawaki forest in a Cambridge front yard. Building a forest involves carefully selecting and arranging local trees and plants in close proximity, to mimic a natural growth forest and entice the trees to grow at a faster speed.

A Cambridge resident wanted bigger things for her urban front yard. Neighbors helped plant a ‘Miyawaki forest’ there.

Using a popular approach to planting trees, even a Cambridge front yard can be rapidly transformed into an environmentally friendly space. 6:10 a.m.

Harvard Book Store staff panicked when a pallet of boxes of what appeared to be frozen haddock fillets showed up at their warehouse earlier this month.

The Harvard Book Store was expecting a shipment of books. A pallet of boxes marked ‘haddock filets’ arrived instead.

Staff panicked when the boxes showed up at their warehouse earlier this month. But it was just a red herring. 2:22 p.m.

‘Explain Boston to me’: With help from guests, Cambridge transplant’s podcast explores what makes the region unique

Lee Stabert invites local guests onto the show and has them unpack the topics, quirks, and traditions that make the area tick. 12:49 p.m.

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Fried chicken and buttermilk waffle with coconut and maple syrup at Rosebud Bar & Kitchen in Somerville, which reopened with new ownership and a new menu.

At Davis Square’s newest Rosebud incarnation, diner classics mixed with Indian flavors

Inside, everything looks exactly the same, right down to the cherry-red booths and pies in the pie case. 11:30 a.m.

Students march around Harvard's campus in a pro-Palestinian demonstration. More than 100 Harvard University professors sent an open letter on Tuesday to university president Claudine Gay, urging Harvard administration to protect its students freedom of speech.

Harvard professors condemn university stance on free speech in open letter

An open letter from professors to Harvard president Claudine Gay urged the university “affirm its commitment to the freedom of thought, inquiry, and expression." 7:09 p.m.