Rep. Rogers announces June 24 office hour
State Rep. Dave Rogers, a Democrat in the 24th Middlesex District made up of two precincts of Cambridge, five precincts of Arlington and all of Belmont, has an upcoming office hour in North Cambridge from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. June 24.
Rep. Owens announces June office hours
State Rep. Steve Owens, a Democrat in the 29th Middlesex District made up of parts of Cambridge and Watertown, has upcoming office hours.
MBTA says it’ll take down trolley wires in July within Porter Square, easing a bike lane project
Porter Square trolley wires restricting street design will be gone in July, Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui told city councillors Monday, citing a letter received from the MBTA. It means skipping an interim step of replacing metered parking with short-term loading zones, providing less confusion to drivers and more certainty to businesses.
Several men surrounded a couple in Somerville, shot up their car, officials recall after court date
Five days after violence that crossed the border into East Cambridge, a public housing project in Somerville was the scene of another gun attack. Two people were arraigned for the Feb. 20 gunfire incident while others were still being looked for, law enforcement officials said.
Despite upgrades, 50 million gallons of sewage were released into the Alewife Brook over 2021
There was as much sewage-contaminated water discharged into the Alewife Brook last year as in 1997, before the implementation of a $200 million plan to modernize the area’s antique combined sewer systems – but 2021 was the 16th wettest year ever on record, a Cambridge official notes.
Kids 9 and older can learn how to be a movie critic this weekend online, via Belmont World Film fest
If you have a child who loves movies and aspires to be a film critic, join Cambridge Day film editor Tom Meek this weekend for an online Junior Film Critic’s Workshop as part of the Belmont World Film Festival.
Four people – and now an alpaca – are infected with West Nile, raising local virus risk to ‘high’
State health officials raised the risk of West Nile virus in Cambridge and 26 other communities on Friday to high from moderate. The Department of Public Health acted after reporting the first infection in an animal this year, diagnosed in an alpaca in Middlesex County.
Summer’s heavy rains meant many mosquitoes, but so far just a ‘moderate’ risk of West Nile virus
No human cases of West Nile virus have been reported so far this season in Massachusetts, but state health officials reported Thursday that a mosquito sample in Cambridge has tested positive for the virus.
Cambridge resident contracted West Nile virus; City has been labeled ‘high-risk’ area (updated)
As if Covid-19 isn’t enough to worry about, Cambridge has been in the high-risk category for West Nile virus since Sept. 10, and among four people exposed in Middlesex County is a man in his 40s who is a Cambridge resident.
Cambridge called high-risk for West Nile virus after health officials trace exposures in county
As if Covid-19 isn’t enough to worry about, Cambridge is now in the high-risk category for West Nile virus, the state Department of Public Health says.
