Black History Month, MLK Brunch invite get time in spotlight, with more to come
Fittingly, orders by the City Council looking forward to Black History Month in Cambridge arrived with a history lesson. Also on the agenda: encouragement to attend the 32nd annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Brunch, scheduled for the coming weekend.
City councillor comes out of law training with flawed understanding on recording
City councillor E. Denise Simmons recently told colleagues that the council can prohibit recording of a public meeting. Simmons is wrong – that is not the law.
With recreational pot sales as soon as July, council calls for legal advice before March
Legal recreational marijuana is bearing down fast on Massachusetts, with the first sellers able to begin applying for licenses April 1 and be issued them June 1, and the City Council wants to be sure Cambridge is ready.
First green line extension payment okayed, some prod city to take the wheel on transit
Whether it’s a commuter rail stop for the fast-growing Alewife population or driving T stop design in East Cambridge, elected officials are pushing to get more aggressive on transportation. And city managers are keeping expectations low, but not saying no.
Gore Street can’t escape getting ripped up for sewage line from Cambridge Crossing
The residents of Gore Street in East Cambridge will get 18 months or more of torn-up asphalt and construction noise so the waste of thousands of people in Cambridge Crossing can pass through on its way to the Deer Island Sewage Treatment Plant.
New Year’s inauguration of city councillors includes fast election of mayor: McGovern
Nine city councillors were sworn into office today, followed by their swift selection of Marc McGovern as mayor, making for the third term in a row in which the mayor has been seated at the inaugural.
Councillor trio, longtime aide bid farewell in ceremony during final meeting of year
The business of the final City Council meeting of the year and of the current two-year term paused Monday for a farewell ceremony for Sandra Albano, executive assistant to the council, as well as for three councillors who decided not to run for reelection.
Enjoy the run, Cambridge marathoners, because there may well be fewer coming
Road races such as today’s Cambridge Half Marathon could become rarer, with City Manager Louis A. DePasquale saying the number of races is capped at 17 a year “and if we lose one of the 17, there will be a question of whether we let someone substitute in.”
Campaign finance reform responsibility returns resoundingly to city councillors
The hot potato of campaign finance reform got tossed back to the City Council with what seemed like a game-winning flourish by City Solicitor Nancy Glowa.
Complaints of ‘bicycle bullies’ gets reaction, but official sees rider change already afoot
Continued transportation tensions inspired a call Monday for the development of a document on safe riding to be posted citywide, and for a task force to pull that document together. But one city councillor says the needed changes are happening already.
