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A local high school student is excited to attend Harvard University this fall, but it’s her admissions essay that has garnered a lot of attention on social media. “The opening line of my essay was, and I quote, ‘I hate the letter S,’” said Abigail Mack of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Like many high school seniors, Mack wanted her college admissions...

MSPCA officers believe three cases of cat abuse in Cambridge, Massachusetts could be related. The non-profit organization is now offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an animal cruelty conviction in the latest case. A six-year-old cat named Gosha, whose brutal death has been under investigation, had 11 BBs removed from his body and was burned as well. Gosha…

MSPCA officers believe three cases of cat abuse in Cambridge, Massachusetts could be related.

The torture and killing of a cat in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is now being investigated in connection with the maiming of two other cats, according to a local animal hospital.

The MSPCA is investigating what they’re calling a “horrific” case of animal cruelty in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gosha, a 6-year-old tuxedo cat, never came home last week. He was found dead, tortured and shot with a BB gun. “He would go out and come back, and in the morning, he would always be there and we’d wake up, we have...

A man has been hospitalized following a shooting early Monday morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts, authorities said. Cambridge police received reports of gunshots on the 100 block of Harvard Street around 2:15 a.m. Monday. Responding officers located and recovered more than 20 shell casings at the scene. Police learned a 30-year-old man is in a Cambridge hospital with serious gunshot injuries….

A Boston man is under arrest after allegedly stealing a dog from a parked car in Cambridge, Massachusetts. According to police, the suspect broke into a car that was parked on Memorial Drive shortly after 12 p.m. on Friday and stole the 13-month-old white German Short Haired Pointer. “I came back to the car and he was gone,” said owner…

After someone allegedly broke into a vehicle and took the animal, the dog was located and returned safely to its owner Saturday.

A man who allegedly stole a dog from a car in Cambridge has been arrested and identified by police. The dog was returned safely.

An investigation is underway after a cat was found dead in Cambridge, Mass., bound with masking tape and shot multiple times. An Animal Control Officer with the Cambridge Animal Commission responded to a call about a crying cat underneath a car on Hurley and Sciarappa Street around 8a.m. on Thursday. Police say the cat, whose hind legs were bound...

A biotech company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is working on a patch that would be used to administer a combination vaccine for both COVID and the seasonal flu.

Cambridge biotech company Vaxess Technologies is working on a COVID vaccine patch. It would be used to administer a combo vaccine for both COVID-19 and seasonal flu.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] It looks like a new restaurant and bar is on its way to Cambridge, taking over the space where a dining and drinking spot known in part for its beer options had been. According to a license commission page, Drifter’s Tale is planning to open in the city’s Inman Square area, with...

A 28-year-old California woman was critically injured when she was hit by a car on Monday night in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The accident was reported around 9:14 p.m. in the area of 945 Memorial Drive, according to state police. The pedestrian, a woman from Upland, California, was taken to Beth Israel Hospital where she remains in critical condition. Her name has…

More than a year after Biogen held multi-day management meetings that became a global superspreader event in the COVID-19 pandemic, newly released emails show the extent of the fear and confusion among the drug makers’ employees in those early days, as testing shortages, miscommunication from the state and changing guidance from health care professionals plagued the response. The emails also…

Two women in Cambridge described run-ins with a coyote on Friday night, including one who said the animal pursued her and her 60-pound pitbull. She says the threatening coyote approached her around 10 p.m. as they walked near Alewife Station. “I turned around and there was a coyote like a foot within us and I had no idea that it…

Two women in Cambridge described run-ins with a coyote on Friday night, including one who said the animal pursued her and her 60-pound pitbull.

Moderna’s Covid vaccine will reportedly be reviewed by WHO this week

A woman in Cambridge was walking with her dog near the Alewife Station when she says a coyote chased after her.

A firefighter suffered minor injuries after a blaze broke out in Cambridge, Massachusetts.