Residents from Area IV don’t want to be from Area IV anymore, city councillor Denise Simmons said – meaning they want to formally rename their neighborhood. Simmons has a policy order for Monday’s council meeting asking the city manager to start the process.

Maybe the rat infestation in East Cambridge, Central Square, Area IV and NorthPoint is getting a natural solution – hawks that like big rats as a snack.

The city’s 6,400 street lights and 575 park lights will be converted to LEDs from traditional bulbs over three years, but in approving the first $2 million for the project the City Council faced a bigger decision: Whether to put up security cameras at the same time.

Voters used to going to the polling place at DPW Headquarters, 147 Hampshire St., must now go to the Area IV Youth Center, 243 Harvard St., the Cambridge Election Commission said.

The independent candidate challenging Tim Toomey for the 26th Middlesex District seat isn’t satisfied with the incumbent’s response on holding debates.

The three-way race for the 26th Middlesex District seat in the House of Representatives, held by Tim Toomey since 1993, could see two or three debates, but probably not the five requested by Toomey’s challengers.

The Monday meeting of the City Council — its only meeting of the summer — looks like a monster. One reason is the Forest City proposal to build near Central Square and issues about zoning and development that have become intertwined by opponents and supporters alike.

With such high demand for housing in Cambridge, letter writers say, restricting the development of low- and middle-income housing could force out the working families, seniors, small-business owners, artists and others residents.

The developer Forest City is offering free ice cream at today’s 13th Annual Ice Cream Spree, but some neighbors may fill company officials’ ears even while stuffing their faces.

You can get your groove on to the funky New Orleans-style beats, gorge yourself with sweet Caribbean and soul food and enjoy the silent auction and open bar — and help Area IV’s Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House at the same time.