Public meetings this week look at new life-science building designs, a mixed-use development near the Twin Cities mall, relationship status protections, a cannabis store on Broadway and more.

A concerned citizen rang alarm bells at a meeting about shady businesses practices in Cambridge’s cannabis industry, but officials responded with indifference.

Public meetings this week look at free lunches for schoolchildren, automated traffic enforcement or unarmed traffic stops; renovations at a city-owned garage; an update on universal pre-K; a city manager review process; and more.

Public meetings this week look at a Comcast license renewal, plans for a safe drug-consumption site, maintaining the Armory, choosing a superintendent and more.

Public meetings this week look at police issues and cannabis fees, a replacement for Mona Lisa Pizza, combined lab-limit plans, a Vassal Lane school name change, Affordable Housing Overlay changes, Alewife zoning and more.

After an online program on kids’ substance abuse drew nearly 400 participants, the City of Somerville plans in-person events for libraries in February and March.

Public meetings this week look at police department protocols, processes and training that might have led to a resident’s death; cannabis sellers; the Volpe parcel in Kendall Square; public school art; charter changes around budgeting; and more.

Attend meetings on remote parking enforcement, proposed cannabis dispensary, job creation, Davis Red Line station improvements and more.

A “recommended path forward” on issues around the unhoused and substance use in Cambridge will be presented in early 2023, residents learned at a hearing.

Public meetings this week look at municipal broadband feasibility, the unhoused and substance issues, Alewife zoning recommendations and more.