Housing M.I.T.'s Grad Students; Somerville's Green Thumbs

KENDALL SQUARE—Will somebody at M.I.T. please think of the graduate students? "Nevertheless, the petition remains deeply flawed because it skews far too heavily in favor of commercial real estate development while ignoring the institute's pressing need for graduate student housing." [Day]
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SOMERVILLE—The city will pick 15 volunteers to cultivate gardens Somerville-wide: "The participants in the program, called the Urban Agriculture Ambassador Program, will take training programs on garden installation, planting, and winter growing over the course of four consecutive Saturdays, starting March 16." [Boston.com]