The pause on contactless library book pickups through Jan. 18, announced Thursday by the city and causing some unrest among residents, resulted from a “dramatic uptick” in Covid-19 positives among employees and could be extended by another week.

Public meetings this week look at a roadblock to socially distanced exercise; how Kendall Square evolves under the CRA’s watch; a new way to decide in-person vs. remote learning; a dog park for the Cambridge Crossing neighborhood; and the police department’s inventory list.

Cambridge Public Schools enter 2021 with debate and decisions that will reshape the school year. A change in how to decide between in-person or remote learning will be discussed and voted on Tuesday.

All Cambridge Public Schools classes will stay remote until at least Jan. 11, though current guidelines would allow in-person learning to resume next week.

Residents living in Cambridge public housing developments are dying from Covid-19 in disparately high numbers, accounting for a far higher percentage of deaths than their proportion of the total population. Their burden is coming to light as deaths from the virus begin to mount.

Though some Cambridge arts organizations enter the holidays with $15 billion in Save Our Stages disaster recovery upended by the White House as part of a larger political war, there are still presents being delivered in a year defined by doors locked against the spread of coronavirus.

Not to be outdone by the administration of Gov. Charlie Baker, the City of Cambridge on Wednesday rolled back business and other activities further than it had intended just two days before – and more than Baker ordered Tuesday.

After weeks of deliberation and debate, City Manager Louis A. DePasquale was poised to order new Covid-19 constraints on businesses Tuesday when Gov. Charlie Baker upended the plan with his own, more restrictive rollback.

The School Committee will discuss or vote on three key changes to its Covid-19 response at its special meeting Tuesday: to reduce social distancing requirements; change quarantine rules; and reassess how Covid-19 metrics are used to gauge the safety of in-person learning.

A fairly rote resolution of thanks to the speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for years of service went a surprising direction Monday, with only one-third of Cambridge city councillors voting yes.