Another in a string of troubles with the MBTA rode into Central Square early Friday: an electrical fire on an inbound red line train during rush hour.

Public meetings this week look at details in the 2024 fiscal year budget and energy code changes that arrive July 1, and introduce city climate ambassadors.

Public meetings this week look at firehouse renovations, oversight of the overseers of police, two projects that can provide homes in Central Square and North Cambridge, Danehy Park water problems and budget changes and a vote.

Mid-Cambridge is getting a brand-new fire station, then losing it roughly three years later – because it’s a temporary facility meant to house vehicles and crew while the fire department’s headquarters are renovated.

Public meetings this week look at lab building proposed in Union Square, outdoor dining across the city, water rates, public safety reform and more.

Tenants were sleeping when a fire broke out in one apartment of a public housing development for elderly and disabled people on April 24. The blaze left all 59 units damaged from water but caused no injuries.

Public meetings this week look at the budget for the 2024 fiscal year, a methane pocket at Danehy Park, a temporary fire station, bike-lane business study and the creation of a pollinator “meadow” on a small triangular block in East Cambridge.

There are 21 trained dispatchers in an Emergency Communications Department that should have at least 36, “a very serious staffing shortage,” a union says.

The fire that raged for hours on Easter Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church is considered suspicious and officials are seeking the public’s help in investigating.

In the aftermath of a six-alarm fire Easter Sunday at Faith Lutheran Church, a 114-year-old steeple was removed Tuesday and a crowdfunding campaign was started for the structure’s eventual rebuilding.