Attend meetings in Somerville from Sept. 1-8 about green roofs, building projects and Brazil
Public meetings this week look at a Mystic Avenue labs proposal, a possible Beacon Street teardown, overdose prevention and zoning for green roofs.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Aug. 18-25 about reparations and changes on Mount Auburn
Public meetings in the coming days look at reparations and restitution to black Cantabrigians; plans for the former offices of the American Friends Service Committee and changes to traffic and transportation on Mount Auburn Street in West Cambridge.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from Aug. 4-11 from ID’ing a police officer to keeping chickens (corrected)
Public meetings this week include the City Council’s special summer meeting, encompassing everything from naming officers in use-of-force incidents and Danehy Park improvements to changing cannabis laws and keeping backyard chickens. There’s much more, too.
Pot shop Botanica is caught in regulatory maze trying to open doors in Somerville’s Ball Square
A proposed cannabis retail shop called Botanica has once again hit a snag in Somerville’s municipal process; a Medford Street housing project is approved; and more in a development wrap-up.
Drug overdose prevention site returns as focus, and Somerville officials look at bike safety stops
The establishment of a drug overdose prevention site is back on track after a disruption, Somerville city councilors heard at a meeting covering issues from traffic enforcement to gun violence and mental health.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from June 23-30 about ID’ing officers in force incidents and more
Public meetings this week look at the police commissioner’s replies about naming the officer in a fatal Jan. 4 shooting – without the name; there’s bad news about finding, buying and building more affordable-housing property; and much, much more.
Cambridge takes a step for easier pot openings; Somerville officials want to pause linkage hikes
Cambridge moves toward ending special permits for adult-use cannabis and enacting Alewife Quad zoning, while Somerville looks at more density for affordable housing and delaying an increasing on developer linkage fees.
Overdose prevention site is eyed for Cambridge, and Central Square could be best home – or worst
An order asking to explore opening an overdose prevention site in Cambridge has been promised for the final City Council meeting of June.
Somerville Planning Board asks who’s the boss; Cambridge project plans turn 3 and need a change
Tensions over Somerville Planning Board powers emerge in two projects, and two plans get continued near Cambridge’s Porter and Central squares.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from June 9-15 about affordable towers, Hampshire bike lanes
Public meetings and events in the coming days include a no-questions-asked gun buyback, a City Council meeting looking at Affordable Housing Overlay changes and climate-change construction, a hearing on drug-overdose prevention sites and a Hampshire Street bike lane open house.
