Nearly $290,000 was donated to the Hoffman Breast Center through the year’s Pink Pages event with authors including Alice Hoffman and Anne Leary.

Mpower. of Cambridge aims to destigmatize menstruation by educating elementary-aged students on the issues and preparing them for when periods happen.

Fortune said it evaluated nearly 1,900 cities, towns, suburbs and villages across 50 states and found Cambridge was the best place to live.

An order asking to explore opening an overdose prevention site in Cambridge has been promised for the final City Council meeting of June.

The novelist and Anita Diamant, Lisa Genova, Ann Leary, Elinor Lipman, Jodi Picoult, Laura Zigman and Hank Phillippi Ryan raise money Monday for The Hoffman Breast Center at Cambridge’s Mount Auburn Hospital.

Cambridge passed an $884 million operating budget Monday with discussions focused on putting more money into affordable housing and, to a lesser degree, public health staffing and facilities. There was also a digression into the ShotSpotter gunshot surveillance system used by police.

The loss of five nurse-educators by July dominates a press conference, and city councillors ponder Cambridge Health Alliance real estate and public health.

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.

Public meetings this week look at the fiscal year 2024 budget, dining parklets, elder care resources, a cannabis dispensary for Davis Square and more.

Attend meetings on a Main Street bike lane project, police body camera policy, Forum on teen and tween health and an update on Grand Junction transit plans.