City-owned Internet awaits final report in 2023, though details about it are coming into shape
With a financial feasibility study of city-owned Internet underway, a network looking more realistic and a new city manager in place, the dynamic Monday at an officials’ roundtable was in some ways flopped from years past: City Manager Yi-An Huang seemed more enthusiastic about municipal broadband than some city councillors.
Kids are again saying ‘Give us what we need’: Tech education and entrepreneurship revamp
Twenty years after we added biotechnology and graphic design as well as space and funding to CRLS technical education, it has been depleted and ignored again.
More equity and inclusion in after-school seats, but little progress toward offering option for all
The city’s Community Schools program provides after-school care to about 725 children, many more black and from low- and moderate-income families as of this school year, but nearly 300 are still on a waiting list, including 41 in high-priority categories.
Higher taxes for earnings over $1M, driver IDs and more questions are on November’s ballot
In addition to helping choose a governor and the holders of other offices, voters in Cambridge have the opportunity Nov. 8 to weigh in on several ballot questions, several of which affect state laws.
Whether raising standards or teaching to the test, MCAS graduation requirements are now higher
As students head back to classes Tuesday, beginning high schoolers face stricter MCAS test score graduation requirement. Local educators and officials opposed it.
Examining equity issues for Black Cantabrigians leads agenda for when councillors return to work
The City Council returns to regular meetings Sept. 12, with a priority for in-depth work already set: Examining disproportionate setbacks to Black Cantabrigians compared with other races, then fixing them.
Changes that can help build generational wealth could be decided for HomeBridge by early 2023
The HomeBridge program, which provides financial help for first-time homebuyers, may change as soon as early next year to let participants pass down property to family.
Checking success of Affordable Housing Overlay, councillors wonder at walkaways and rejections
The first report on the effects of the Affordable Housing Overlay raised many questions, but councillors decided to keep wondering until they could hold a comprehensive hearing.
Statistics of income and race inequality can shock as Cambridge races back toward population peak
Eye-popping examples of income and race inequality were presented last week to neighborhood groups, starting with median income levels of $158,519 for white Cantabrigian households compared with $41,423 for Black households.
Attend meetings on buses, hiring diversity, improvements for Danehy Park and more
Public meetings this week look at hiring a next city clerk, auditor and city manager; improvements to buses and Danehy Park, and hiring diversity; adding bike lanes on Garden Street; remembering Robert’s Rules of Order; transportation zoning and housing atop the Crimson Galeria; and the state of mental health services in Cambridge.
