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.

A general town hall forum with five city councillors is scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, when residents can ask questions about whatever is on their mind and hear about conversations happening at the council level.

North Cambridge’s Jen Fries, who is challenging state Rep. Dave Rogers for his seat in the 24th Middlesex District, was endorsed last week by Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui.

Wilford Durbin, former chief of staff during city councillor Marc McGovern’s term as mayor, and before that an aide to councillor Craig Kelley, is moving to his home state of Ohio, to be replaced by Sarah Powazek, a recent graduate in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Longtime Democratic activist and Democratic State Committee member Steve Owens plans a run to replace state Rep. Jon Hecht in the 29th Middlesex State House seat, representing parts of Cambridge and Watertown. Hecht said last month that he will not run for reelection.

Though its food remains seasoned perfectly, Grendel’s Den has had the saltiest of social media presences lately – funny and overtly political, and on Tuesday has an event to match: a special menu of Russian small dishes labeled “Russia Wins!” offered throughout the Super Tuesday primary.

City clerk Anthony Wilson is making a change that’s massive in the somewhat esoteric context of municipal clerking: putting virtually every word a councillor utters on the record, fully accessible and searchable for the first time by anyone with an Internet connection.  

State Rep. Jon Hecht, a Democrat in the 29th Middlesex District made up of parts of Cambridge and Watertown, said Tuesday that he will not be running for reelection. He is the second longtime area state representative this year to opt out of running after Somerville state Rep. Denise Provost.

Mayor Marc McGovern said he is not campaigning for reelection for that role in the coming term, and is instead throwing his support behind councillor Sumbul Siddiqui, who will be entering her second term.

The next City Council will deal with the Envision Cambridge master planning process, decide who sits in the City Manager’s Office and almost certainly see the return of an Affordable Housing Overlay zoning proposal. Who’s on that council will be decided Tuesday.