Cambridge, MA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/ Cambridge, MA News New taxi medallions shifting into gear http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/70c50c53acac1e73a895dbb3cc6d5296.html Brookline After five years of discussions Brookline officials have filed a warrant article that could allow the town to start selling medallions to taxi operators a move which could bring in about 12 million in onetime revenue and nearly 100000 in annual regulatory fees they say The current licensing fee of 300 has fallen short of covering the town's costs Language programs growing http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/b3dabb9d09a9ffd9f9767299655397a5.html The headlines have focused on the cutbacks and reductions but in Newton and other suburban communities there is an area of the public schools that is quietly growing: services for students who are learning to speak English Visual memoir http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/0aacca72f60385f54f8ccd49d8759d2f.html One of Karen Davis 's most enduring childhood memories is of her younger sister Cheryl playing with four 6inchtall mechanical dolls that she named the McCann Family Davis who inherited the dolls after Cheryl's death two years ago at age 61 has featured them in a series of photographs going on display this week at the Griffin Museum of Photography Beth Israel cited for residents' long hours http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/aa3472658b47e098f48ffb25c3ffb4e9.html Young surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have regularly worked more hours than allowed by national safety limits with some on the job seven days straight or up to 90 hours a week according to an oversight organization and hospital officials Teenager recalled as 'gifted athlete' http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/9e9b514e4af2c792e9825a67950df03b.html HOLLISTON Sheets of white paper covered in colorful notes of remembrance and loss lined the walls of the main entrance of Holliston High School yesterday They were written in tribute to a popular Holliston varsity football player who collapsed and died Friday night after being hit in the chest during a scrimmage Exconvict nabbed in drug bust http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/9f7335fb45e7dc4a74c42481338e8e0f.html WORCESTER A former city man convicted of manslaughter was arrested Friday by members of the Police Department's gang unit on a drug trafficking charge after they watched him allegedly sell drugs in the parking lot of a Cambridge Street bar officials said Francisco D Jr Martins http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/429be5c1cd6bd7c5cf971a4364ed30d2.html Francisco D Jr of Stoneham September 6 2008 formerly of Somerville Husband of the late Maria Cabral Martins Father of Helia and Mariazinha DaSilva Esmeralda Dias Lane reopens on Longfellow Bridge http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/massachusetts/cambridge/content/a716c8a575abfc46b93b50cc35bf753f.html A lane that had been closed since June reopened yesterday on the Longfellow Bridge after repairs were completed beneath the BostontoCambridge side of the span over the Charles River