A former firehouse in Union Square is being cleared out by Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne before its two tenants, both nonprofits, have secured new homes.

Lamplighter and Food For Free team up on a beer and a lemonade and host a Thursday picnic; Puritan & Co.’s Julia Child-inspired dinner is waitlisted; and Forage, the bistro outside Harvard Square, goes all the way to Dedham to open a shop.

The City Council voted 5-4 recently to ask the city manager for additional money to go toward the budget of the Cambridge Math Circle founded in 2018.

Nearly 400 Cambridge households with children are already getting $500 monthly cash payments through Rise Up Cambridge, the city’s $22 million assistance program announced in May. The payments were expected to start June 30.

Give to the Good Food For All campaign and double the buying power of people looking for better health through nutritious farmers market selections.

Union Square is already buzzing with nightlife and construction, but professional dancers will soon have a space of their own with The Hive.

Nearly $290,000 was donated to the Hoffman Breast Center through the year’s Pink Pages event with authors including Alice Hoffman and Anne Leary.

Mpower. of Cambridge aims to destigmatize menstruation by educating elementary-aged students on the issues and preparing them for when periods happen.

Public meetings this week take on budget decisions (including the budget-trimming “cut night”), preservation and repairs to an 1892 building and more.

Somerville resident Jean Duffy never imagined herself an athlete, much less a soccer granny like Beka Ntsanwisi, but the South African inspired her.