Public meetings and gatherings this week look at the opening of Triangle Park, a city spending disparity study, Jerry’s Pond design, Massachusetts Avenue changes, ‘It’s Basic’ documentary screenings, backyard chickens and more.

Public meetings this week look at traffic calming and speed radar detectors for cut-through streets, zoning meant to retain the arts, housing stability and more.

Cambridge nonprofits are still waiting to get American Rescue Plan funds more than a year after award letters arrived showing their approved amounts.

Bank or credit card companies will do their utmost to avoid making a scam victim whole. They anticipates that the customer will give up and go away.

Until we zone for growth in our housing stock, especially in neighborhoods where such developments have been discouraged, we will see continued deterioration of affordability and accelerating displacement.

Amid a senior care market in which a one-bedroom apartment in assisted living can cost $7,500 a month, Cambridge offers a rare affordable option. But that choice – Neville Place – faces financial challenges.

A 6.25 percent cut for Head Start in the federal 2024 fiscal year budget and additional cut by Gov. Maura Healey will force layoffs and elimination of services for vulnerable children and families. These cuts cannot stand.

Cambridge affordable-housing developers have built or renovated hundreds of units for low-income tenants in recent years. But the pace is slowing, delaying improvements for many occupants of buildings that need work.

The Plan B for closing Somerville’s Winter Hill school over safety concerns has a problem too: Asbestos has been found at the Edgerly Education Building, which was meant to accept several classes of displaced Winter Hill students starting Aug. 30.

After an extra two years and an additional $4 million, Inman Square construction is expected to be finished paving this week and get final touches on a public plaza within three to four weeks, according to Cambridge staff.