stannenb
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Saul Tannenbaum
Cambridge,
MA
United States
A Cambridge resident for 30-ish years, I recently retired from a long career doing Information Technology Architecture and Planning for a local university. I'm interested in issues involving Central Square, the Cambridgeport neighborhood, government, politics and technology.
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Feb 2, 2012
Neighbormedia
Last year, the budget discussion in Cambridge grew testy when City Councilors insisted the City focus on technology innovation. The results of those discussions are beginning to bare fruit as...
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Jan 12, 2012
Neighbormedia
A sunny Sunday noon time stroll to brunch through Central Square may be one's introduction this area of Cambridge. If one were to make that stroll on a recent Sunday, this is what you'd find.
Fancy...
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Dec 27, 2011
Neighbormedia
From a distance, the corner of Mass Ave and Brookline Street didn't look very different than it does on many a Sunday afternoon: a throng of people waiting for admittance for a concert at the Middle...
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Oct 7, 2011
Neighbormedia
The Cambridge City Council election is almost half-funded by contributions from outside of the city, an analysis of donations reported to The Office of Campaign & Political Finance (OCPF), the...
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Sep 26, 2011
Neighbormedia
The final reports of the 4 committees of the Mayor's Red Ribbon Commission on the Delights and Concerns of Central Square, chaired by City Counilor Ken Reeves have been distributed to Red Ribbon...
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Sep 20, 2011
Neighbormedia
It was a conference of, by, and for those interested in the deep details of national security law and presidential power. The words used were the technical language of lawyers. But make no mistake....
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Sep 9, 2011
Neighborhoods
Cambridge is changing. While politicians decry the loss of the middle class, the real change in Cambridge is that it is becoming a city of roommates rather than families, one where, whether you own...
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Sep 2, 2011
Development
At this week's inaugural City Council candidate forum, some candidates bemoaned the loss of the middle class in Cambridge as well as the loss of Cambridge jobs for Cambridge residents. These are...
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Aug 8, 2011
Neighbormedia
When the Boston Breakers took the field at Harvard Stadium Saturday night to take on the visiting magicJack, the best and the worst of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was on display. In front of a...
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Jul 21, 2011
Neighbormedia
The indictment reads like a techno-thriller. Covert entry into an MIT network closet to hide a laptop and secretly download data. Cat and mouse games with network security staff trying to find the...
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Jul 15, 2011
Neighbormedia
Delicious ice cream was important in Harvard Square. Noise from students was a town/gown issue. The Cambridge Arsenal, guarded by Harvard students during the Civil War, was located at the corner of...
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May 27, 2011
Neighbormedia
Despite his repeated insistence at two City Council hearings that the City's Information Technology (IT) Department was sufficiently innovative, City Manager Robert Healy reversed himself this week...
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