City councillors used their “charter right” four times Monday to delay discussion on a variety of topics by one week. despite there being just one meeting to go before their summer break. Millions in funding, a reparations plan, government reforms and a treat rescue are briefly on hold.

Public meetings this week look at reparations through cannabis revenue, name changes to the Agassiz neighborhood and Central Square branch library, police surveillance technology that worries civil libertarians, aging elementary schools, tree tear-downs and much more.

Public meetings this week look at the future of public safety, a vision for Harvard Square, how Neighborhood Conservation Districts are created and run, and climate change-friendly buildings; check in with the DPW, city water utility and Eversource; and wade back into Middle East politics.

Police are investigating the shooting of two men in early morning gunfire at Cherry and Harvard streets, The Port.

Cambridgeport’s Rebecca Richman Cohen presents her country- and culture-spanning documentary “Weed & Wine” on Saturday at the Independent Film Festival Boston. After five years in the making, “in the end, it was about family,” the filmmaker finds.

Arlington police arrested a 17-year-old from Cambridge on firearm and motor vehicle charges Tuesday after an attempted traffic stop.

Police are investigating gunfire that left one man seriously injured at around 2:16 a.m. Monday on the 100 block of Harvard Street in The Port.

A March 2 shooting in East Cambridge has led to arrests against two Boston men and drug trafficking charges related to the incident.

Officers were on the scene of the second gunfire incident in three days in The Port neighborhood, police said Friday night.

Police were investigating reports of gunfire Wednesday afternoon in The Port neighborhood, and have so far found a shell casing but no victim.