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In today's newsletter:

  • How a $32M makeover is reshaping this historic Harvard Square landmark
  • What the sudden Circle Furniture shutdown means for Cambridge shoppers now
  • How a Cambridge vigil fits into America’s ‘great unchurching’

Also on today's calendar: New Year's Eve - Candlelit Meditation and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: What two things can you never eat for breakfast? . 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Historic Harvard Square Apartments Get 21st Century Makeover (bankerandtradesman.com) — A century-old apartment building at 1200 Massachusetts Ave. in Harvard Square has been transformed into 91 modern Longfellow Apartments after a $32 million rehab approved by the Cambridge Historical Commission. The project preserves historic architecture while adding accessibility upgrades, energy-efficient systems, and amenities like keyless entry, bike storage, and a restored courtyard, helping meet housing demand and refresh a prominent Cambridge landmark.
   

• Circle Furniture Stores Close Suddenly (newsweek.com) — Circle Furniture, founded in Cambridge in the early 1950s, has abruptly closed all eight of its Massachusetts and New Hampshire locations, including its Cambridge store, just before Christmas. About 65 employees were laid off with little warning, and customers are still waiting to learn what will happen with outstanding orders and payments as the owners remain publicly silent.
   

• Rapid Increase In The Religiously Unaffiliated Leads To Numerous Church Closures Nationwide. (theashlandchronicle.com) — A national look at America’s rapid move away from organized religion briefly spotlights a candlelight vigil in Cambridge, where attendees prayed and shared stories of returning to church after activist Charlie Kirk’s killing. Despite such anecdotes, researchers say there’s little evidence of a broad religious revival, as more Americans turn to online spirituality, folk saints, or no religion at all.
   

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