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...Medical School, not to mention barracks for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSEThe Phillips Brooks House, built in 1898, was designed by Alexander Wadsworth (A.W.) Longfellow, Jr., an 1876 graduate of the college and nephew of the famous poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A.W. Longfellow also designed Cambridge??s City Hall.The house’s namesake, Phillips Brooks, was an 1885 graduate of the college. His great-grandfather was Samuel Phillips, Jr., the founder of Phillips Academy. Brooks, a member of the A.D. Club, became a minister, and while pastor at the Trinity Church in Boston?...
...neglected its abler students. In an e-mail to Nolan, parent Joy Lucas wrote, “As a parent I would like to feel confident that gifted children receive the same accommodations as struggling students.” Nolan said that the “irony of Cambridge?? is that the high school “celebrates” the fact that its range of classes caters to students of all math abilities, but such opportunities are not as available at lower grade levels. Nolan also said that parents recognize that the fault is not necessarily with...
...encouraging local officials to cut health care costs for unionized workers, either by putting employees into the state’s Group Insurance Commission health plan or by developing health care plans that would be as cost efficient as the state’s plan. According to Murphy, Cambridge??s current health care program is actually cheaper than the state’s plan. In the last economic downturn—between 2002 and 2004—about 14,500 teachers, firefighters, librarians, and other local employees lost their jobs statewide as a result of comparable local...
...Brother watching? A Department of Homeland Security program calls for the installation of around 180 surveillance cameras in the Boston metropolitan area, including eight in Cambridge??a prospect that has sown confusion and concern on the Cambridge City Council. In response, the Cambridge Civic Unity Committee, chaired by City Councillor Marjorie C. Decker, will be holding a meeting on Jan. 22 to discuss the surveillance program and to address community concerns. “The fact that [the cameras] were installed is news to me, and to most of my colleagues,” Decker said...
...While Cambridge??s larger and earlier payments into its pension plan have given the city more room to maneuver than others, city officials said that the pension funds have almost certainly been harmed by the slumping markets...