Emily T. Schwartz
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Parents Stand by School Committee Member-Elect Santos After CPS Resignation Agreement Surfaces
Cambridge School Committee member-elect Luisa de Paula Santos faced a wave of backlash last week after details of her departure from Cambridge Public Schools became public — but many parents said their support for her has not wavered.
Cambridge Gears Up To Install Bike Lanes Near Sanders Theatre, Science Center
Cambridge is rolling out its plans for bike lanes along Quincy St. and Kirkland St., a long-awaited project set to start construction this spring.
Harvard Sells Brighton Mills Property for $39 Million
Harvard sold a seven-acre parcel containing Brighton Mills Retail Plaza in late October for $39 million to Urban Edge Properties, a New York-based real estate developer of shopping centers. The property in Brighton is currently home to Spring Shabu-Shabu, a Star Market, McDonalds, Petco and 340 parking spaces.
BU Groups Rally for Sanctuary Campus After Student Says He Called ICE on Allston Workers
Roughly 140 Boston University students rallied at BU’s Marsh Plaza on Friday afternoon before marching to the house of the school’s president, Melissa L. Gilliam, to demand she make BU a sanctuary campus to protect students from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
3 More Allston Car Wash Employees Detained by ICE Granted Release on Bond, Bringing Total to 6
Three of the nine workers arrested in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Allston Car Wash earlier this month were granted release on bond in Massachusetts immigration court on Thursday morning, bringing the total number of employees granted bond to six.
Allston Leaders Demand Response from BU After Student Says He Called for ICE Arrests
Allston residents and Boston University alumni slammed the student president of the Boston University College Republicans after he claimed he had spent months asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrant workers in Allston.
Conference Center, Hotel on Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus To Officially Open to Public in January
The Atlas Hotel and Treehouse Conference Center at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus will formally open in January, confirming Harvard’s vision for entrepreneurship and STEM research amid its continuous expansion into Allston.
Allston Residents and Officials Condemn Election Day Immigration Raid at Car Wash
Allston residents and elected officials rallied in support of nine Guatemalan and Salvadoran people who were detained by immigration enforcement officers on Tuesday morning.
Boston City Council Candidates Are Floating Ideas to Address Allston’s Stalled Community Center
With elections for the Boston City Council less than a week away, a long-running sore spot for Allston-Brighton residents has returned to the public eye through several candidates’ campaign platforms: the still unaddressed future of the neighborhood’s condemned community center.
Allston-Brighton Community Services Report Shrinking Attendance As Immigrants Stay Home
Ever since ICE presence increased in Allston-Brighton this spring, service providers and farmers market vendors said they have seen fewer Spanish and Portuguese-speaking students and patrons.
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ERC Buildings
Buildings in Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.
Boston DSA and LUCE Rally for Allston Immigrants
People hold signs at a Monday rally and vigil for nine immigrants who were arrested at a car wash in Allston, organized by the Boston Democratic Socialists of America and the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts.
AAUP-City Council Rally
Protesters — carrying signs and American flags and clad in rain gear — gathered on Cambridge Common Saturday. The rally was held by the Cambridge City Council and Harvard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, as well as the 50501 movement, which has organized anti-Trump demonstrations nationwide.
Protester Holds American Flag
A protester at Saturday’s rally holds an American flag. The rally was held by the Cambridge City Council and Harvard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, as well as the 50501 movement, which has organized anti-Trump demonstrations nationwide.
‘Stand Up to Bullies’ Sign
A demonstrator at Saturday’s anti-Trump rally holds a sign asking Harvard to “stand up to bullies.”