Harvard Square
Carols in the Square
Carolers sing in front of the information kiosk by the Harvard Square T-stop and the Pit.
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Tourists and Cambridge residents stream out of the Harvard Square T-stop, located at the heart of Harvard Square.
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Radio personality Garrison Keillor, host of "Prairie Home Companion" on Minnesota Public Radio, sings to a full house at the First Parish Church on Monday Dec 14.
Eccentric People Create Eclectic Pit
A man holds a sign outside the Harvard Square T-stop offering a “Free Bible Quiz.” Bruce M. Benson says his objective is not to convert people, but to start conversations with the people he encounters in the Square. And the Pit, the sunken amphitheater that surrounds the T-stop entrance, seemed the perfect place for interesting encounters.
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If the Cambridge City Council approves the proposal of former Mayor Francis H. Duehay ’55, the currently unnamed, triangular enclosed area located on the median at the intersection of Linden and Mount Auburn Streets will be named to commemorate journalist David L. Halberstam ’55.
Credit Union Robbed Quietly
The Harvard University Employee Credit Union was closed briefly midday yesterday after a man demanded cash in a letter he handed to a teller at 11:15 a.m.
Author Prints New Book On Demand
Sarah Palin jokes and witticisms abounded at the international debut of Steve Almond’s “This Won’t Take But a Minute, Honey” as the local author gave a reading of his new, self-published book at the Harvard Book Store to an audience of over 50 people.
