Several women took one step closer to their next job Wednesday with professional headshots arranged by The Loop Lab, a nonprofit that seeks to empower people of color to go into the media arts, and YWCA Cambridge.

City Councillor Dennis Carlone unleashed a scathing criticism of proposed amendments to the Affordable Housing Overlay at a Housing Committee hearing.

As Somerville heads toward establishing a civilian oversight body for its police department, an expert warned of compromises to expect and challenges to beware.

City councillor debate over changes to affordable-housing zoning was bumped to March after impassioned public comment took up much of a hearing last week.

The Planning Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday for a preliminary plan at 75 First St., part of a larger development of the First Street corridor between Bent and Spring streets by the company Urban Spaces.

Business leaders continue to express dismay over how Building Energy Usage Disclosure Ordinance has been implemented, while electricity industry representatives look to work with Cambridge to build more power infrastructure.

A move toward using cameras to enforce parking laws, with tickets mailed later, is underway by Somerville’s City Council, starting in Davis Square trouble spots.

The removal of school resource officers would become permanent, replaced by a program of off-campus school liaison officers who would be available in emergencies.

The Cambridge Historical Commission recommends establishing an East Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District. Members said that it would send that guidance to the City Council with amendments suggested by the Planning Board, which approved the idea of an NCD on Nov. 22.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has opened more of its campus to the public, bringing access closer to what it was before the Covid pandemic.