Marc Levy

A victim with a leg wound was taken to a hospital Thursday after a shooting at around 7:05 p.m. in The Port neighborhood in Cambridge. 

Sex workers are asking the public to stop making assumptions about the Cambridge “brothel” case, and another group wants to “humanize” all involved.

An emergency rally has been called for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Powder House Square in Somerville to protest a Tufts international graduate student being taken into custody Tuesday by federal authorities.

Public meetings this week look at Covid aid and police budgets, school communications. city charter changes, housing affordability and sewer improvements.

A fatal, multivehicle crash at around 1:21 a.m. Friday is under investigation. A New Jersey woman was charged with drunken driving.

The end of the outdoors-gear shop is a blow to Central Square, which is seeing a dozen businesses open – a Green Soul cannabis seller is set to begin sales Friday – but also just lost a Redline gym and its Walgreens.

Among the names of men named in court Friday as customers of “brothels” that ran in Cambridge, Watertown and Virginia was Paul Toner. It’s the second round of names to be revealed in court – 28 total from a list of 2,800 contacts, authorities said.

Public meetings this week look at the Massachusetts Avenue of 2040, mobility for all, changes in floodplain regulations, the search for a superintendent, what cannabis retailers face and U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley on our political future.

The outdoor equipment retailer REI Co-op is closing its “small-format neighborhood store” in Cambridge’s North Point neighborhood after three and a half years.

Enter the paradise of authenticity that is East Somerville and find La Cosecha, which provides you a full sandwich and fries with enough change to make a dessert of buñuelo seem like a good idea. (It is.)