Porter Square Shopping Center owners foresee future matching city's plans for towers of homes - Cambridge Day The Porter Square Shopping Center will be overhauled eventually into a mixed-use development for housing and businesses, but several long-term leases on the property prohibit big changes in the immedi...

Yes, please redevelop the Porter Square strip mall! www.cambridgeday.com/2025/08/22/p...
I think what Porter needs most is a park. It's a busy commercial square, but there's nowhere to sit outside within several blocks. It needs a big iconic space like Davis or Copley.
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Heroin suspicions at Porter Square MBTA station lead Cambridge police to make four recent arrests - Cambridge Day A crackdown on rising open-air drug activity in Porter Square – where one man was bold enough to package heroin for resale in plain sight – has resulted in some recent arrests, Cambridge police said F...

A crackdown on rising open-air drug activity in Porter Square – where one man was bold enough to package heroin for resale in plain sight – has resulted in some recent arrests, Cambridge police said Friday.

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Porter Square Books celebrates 20 with a move that will revive long-empty spaces in Lesley hall - Cambridge Day Porter Square Books is celebrating its 20th birthday with a move to Lesley University’s University Hall, around 1,000 feet away, with new cafe partners, restaurants as neighbors and potentially even l...

Porter Square Books is celebrating its 20th birthday with a move to Lesley University’s University Hall, around 1,000 feet away, with new cafe partners, restaurants as neighbors and potentially even longer weekday hours.

See bit.ly/3AtLBai. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

In 'Exposure' at Photographic Resource Center, three is a magic and moving number - Cambridge Day The Photographic Resource Center’s “Exposure” exhibition this year has three works from each of 13 artists, giving them an increasing intensity.

Behold: The Photographic Resource Center’s “Exposure” exhibition this year has three works from each of 13 artists, giving them an increasing intensity. 

Claire Ogden writes at bit.ly/3yAEQ5W. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville (Photo: Andrew Zou)

Joyce Maynard looks back – and forward – in 'How the Light Gets In' - Cambridge Day The novel 'How the Light Gets In’ picks up with the characters from a 2021 book, 'Count the Ways,’ but is not exclusively a sequel.

Read: The Joyce Maynard novel "How the Light Gets In" picks up with the characters from a 2021 book, "Count the Ways," but is not exclusively a sequel.

Madeleine Aitken writes at bit.ly/4bY1fHY. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville (Photo: Bank Square Books via Flickr)

Our understanding of life on the planet changes from Ferris Jabr's debut book, ‘Becoming Earth’ - Cambridge Day The New York Times Magazine and Scientific American writer applies earth system science to a world experiencing an anthropogenic climate change crisis.

Read: The New York Times Magazine and Scientific American writer applies earth system science to a world experiencing an anthropogenic climate change crisis.

Madeleine Aitken writes at bit.ly/3zGKWlq. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville (Photo: Ryan G)

Catherine Newman delivers an ode to family and Cape Cod in ‘Sandwich’ - Cambridge Day Catherine Newman's latest and her second adult novel, “Sandwich,” takes place at a one-week rental on Cape Cape as a family contends with buried secrets and the narrator struggles (hilariously) with m...

Read: Catherine Newman's latest and her second adult novel, “Sandwich,” takes place at a one-week rental on Cape Cape as a family contends with buried secrets and the narrator struggles (hilariously) with menopause.

Madeleine Aitken writes at bit.ly/4b4pnIy. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Pair behind Burren in Davis Square are buying Toad and Christopher's, to become McCarthy’s - Cambridge Day The Christopher’s Restaurant & Bar and attached Toad nightclub in Cambridge are set to change hands after a sale fell through in the fall. The new buyers will likely be exciting to many: They're the o...

Update: The sale of Christopher’s Restaurant & Bar and Toad nightclub in Cambridge’s Porter Square went through Wednesday, and the new owners are Tommy McCarthy and Louise Costello, owners of The Burren in Somerville’s Davis Square.

See bit.ly/3TPH2gA. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Artists take over vintage shop in Porter Square during its final days – and now its final hours - Cambridge Day Famed Camberville street artists Matthew Natoli (known for his “Endless Courage” tags), the anonymous “NOT ART” guy and Vernon Street Studios quilt artist Alex Kalil have taken over the ReUniun/Hard T...

Famed Camberville street artists Matthew Natoli (known for his “Endless Courage” tags), the anonymous “NOT ART” guy and Vernon Street Studios quilter Alex Kalil have taken over a vintage shop in Porter Square for its closing.

Claire Ogden writes at bit.ly/45e2p0t. #Somerville #PorterSQ #Somerville

Mahalab Bakery three-cheese-and-chive fatayer - Cambridge Day The just-opened Mahalab Bakery storefront near Porter Square offers a menu of former favorites from its time at area farmers markets.

Snack: The just-opened Mahalab Bakery storefront near Porter Square offers a menu of former favorites from its time at area farmers markets.

Madeleine Aitken writes at bit.ly/44pXngY. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Contra dances are lively, colorful and welcoming, and numbers show people are eager to take part - Cambridge Day Attendance at contra dances in Cambridge are at record-breaking levels as app-exhausted people look to build community and foster togetherness.

Attendance at contra dances in Cambridge are at record-breaking levels as app-exhausted people look to build community and foster togetherness.

Jonah Spear writes at bit.ly/3WdDDuO. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville (Photos: Julia Levine)

Victor Lodato explores what it means to come home in ‘Honey’ - Cambridge Day In his third novel, Victor Lodato uses 82-year-old Honey, the daughter of a mobster, to reckon with the role biological and chosen families play in our lives.

Read: In his third novel, Victor Lodato uses 82-year-old Honey, the daughter of a mobster, to reckon with the role biological and chosen families play in our lives.

Madeleine Aitken writes at bit.ly/4aJq4aG. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Bagelsaurus will add an additional 500 square feet to its store next month, which means more room for needed refrigerator units to prepare more bagels.

Madeleine Aitken reports at bit.ly/3xzNOzA. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

The Christopher’s Restaurant and attached Toad bar in Cambridge are set to change hands after a sale fell through in the fall. The new buyers will likely be exciting to many: They're the owners of The Burren in Somerville’s Davis Square.

See bit.ly/3TPH2gA. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville #DavisSQ

The on-again, off-again plan by Lesley University to relocate restaurants from an inside food court to prime street-front real estate is on again and official.

See bit.ly/3xjZOF8. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Owner Ayham Haddad aims to combine his native Jordanian flavors with Western baking methods in a bricks-and-mortar shop near Porter Square.

Madeleine Aitken writes at bit.ly/4ckXopH. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Behold: Another potential rezoning of Somerville’s fabrication – or “fab” – district was met with intense opposition during a meeting of the City Council’s Land Use Committee.

Claire Ogden writes at bit.ly/3SU4Uis. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

Behold: Melissa Glick’s work has echoes in the outdated gear her dad used to bring home from Raytheon. Her “Hacker Creations” use what she finds in breaking apart old tech.

Claire Ogden writes at bit.ly/3wdFDbq. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville

A suspect wanted in connection with a January double stabbing in Cambridge’s Porter Square has been taken into custody, police said.

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Entrepreneur William Vivas believes that with WashLoft he can reinvent laundry – what he calls the world’s most wasteful service industry.

Matt Rocha reports at bit.ly/3HxQqzF. #CambMA #PorterSQ #Somerville (Photo: Hui-En Lin)