State Rep. Steve Owens, a Democrat in the 29th Middlesex District made up of parts of Cambridge and Watertown, has upcoming office hours.

The East Cambridge Planning Team held elections at its annual meeting May 11. Audrey Cunningham and Jean Spera as well as incumbent board member Fabrizio Gentili were elected as directors; incumbent president Chuck Hinds was reelected.

Teachers need and deserve to be treated as professionals. Work with the Cambridge Education Association to give them a contract that honors that professionalism.

Teachers and administrators have been offered an effective salary increase way under current levels of inflation, be evaluated based on test scores and are being asked to take on bigger class sizes and give up consultation on transfers. They’re even being asked to accept assignments as bus and sidewalk and cafeteria monitors.

Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui and City Manager Louis A. DePasquale will give remarks at 6 p.m. April 27 on the State of the City, addressing accomplishments and ongoing work in the more than two years since the start of the Covid pandemic.

Where is the transparency and accountability in the city’s negotiation with Lesley and in the Affordable Housing Trust’s financing for its property?

If the city allows clinics such as ours to be kicked from neighborhood to neighborhood based on the whims of an unrepresentative slice of neighborhood activists, Cambridge would be just like any other community where the wealthy and entrenched can run roughshod over the marginalized.

Our need to comply with the MBTA Communities law requirements presents a perfect opportunity to set a fair and reasonable citywide standard, increase our MBTA-adjacent housing, and reestablish our progressive regional leadership in meeting our community’s housing needs.

The East Cambridge Planning Team will hold its annual elections for three members of the board of directors and president May 11, with nominations taking place April 27. Both meetings will be held via the Zoom teleconferencing platform.

A 2035 schedule to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions puts us on the right track to build a climate-resilient Cambridge that is healthier and more equitable for all residents.