There are many possibilities for a new name for the Agassiz neighborhood, and voting should follow our ranked-choice proportional representation ballot where your vote counts even if your top favorites are eliminated.

As we approach the start of the second year of this pandemic, the large institutions of Cambridge and city government need to act differently than in 2020. Studies have shown that the non-congregate shelter option is a public health option that works.

The coronavirus has canceled its second Boston Calling music festival. Organizers announced the cancellation in a Monday email. Full refunds are being offered to ticket buyers, or the option to move the tickets to next year’s event.

Volunteers are wanted for the Harvard Square Advisory Committee, which reviews and comments on land use and development proposals in the Harvard Square Overlay District; conducts large project review consultations; and comments on applications for variances and special permits.

First Church in Cambridge plans a virtual fundraising gala Saturday for two community ministries continuing to take in and support the homeless, featuring a talk with philosopher Michael Sandel and, beforehand, a taped cooking demonstration from chef Tony Maws, owner of Craigie on Main.

The city should look into keeping at least 50 rooms for the homeless at Green Hall, an otherwise empty student dorm of the Harvard Square-based New England School of English, city councillors agreed Monday.

Harvard plans to buy four all-electric buses to replace four existing biodiesel buses – expected to be operational this fall in a 12-bus fleet facilitating approximately 600,000 student trips a year across Harvard’s campuses. The MBTA recently opted for hybrids instead.

Public meetings this week look at legalizing magic mushrooms, a delivery-driven street name change, trust and transparency around kids’ social-emotional health; town-gown reports from four institutions; ‘Green Roofs’ zoning petition; and Landmarking St. Augustine’s.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has submitted plans for a Vassar Street dorm to serve 690 graduate students, taking up 327,000 square feet and 10 stories over two buildings around a large central plaza.

Former mayor Francis H. Duehay died Friday of complications from leukemia. He was elected to 14 terms on the City Council, starting in 1971, and served as mayor three times in a career in city politics that spanned 36 years before a 2000 retirement from public service.