Public meetings this week look at changes coming to Memorial Drive, school and police budgets, how to fight climate change floodwaters and envisioning the Massachusetts Avenue of 2040. There’s a community iftar celebration, too.
Public meetings this week look at resolving conflicts in Ball and Magoun squares and South Medford where parcels split at city lines and zoning districts; the future of the Armory arts building; a Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination backlog; and more.
After deferring an evaluation that could have decided the fate of Victoria Greer, the school district superintendent, the Cambridge School Committee has set itself up for a dramatic turn from March to April.
School officials promised context for bad survey results and delivered for those who listened closely: It all depends whether you compare the Cambridge Public Schools district with all others in a dataset, or only a subset identified as “urban.”
An end to parking minimums has been embraced by most Somerville city councilors and staff for Mayor Katjana Ballantyne and heads on to more public process
A standardized test debated for more than a quarter-century gets an online-only forum Thursday that will try to pack a lot into a mere hour and a half.
Perceptions of Cambridge Public Schools among faculty and administrators, families and students are stuck in the doldrums and in some cases quite bad, according to a survey that compares districts nationwide. A town hall will discuss it.
Cambridge police were outnumbered and almost overwhelmed Oct. 30 as they tried to prevent demonstrators from vandalizing the Central Square office building that houses a unit of Elbit Systems, according to documents the city has tried to keep secret.
Public meetings this week look at how the Cambridge Public Schools community feels about the district; what Massachusetts Avenue will look like in 2040; a way to add green space in a Kendall Square park; and a new unarmed crisis response team.