Attend meetings in Cambridge from April 18-25 about digital navigators and success in net-zero
Public meetings this week look at a Net Zero Action Plan report, a test of “digital navigators” to help people get online from the wrong side of the digital divide and child care for Cambridgeport. There’s also a town hall about black business.
Somerville schools plan could shrink Trum Field or risk waiting years for Brown building upgrade
Nearly a year after the Winter Hill Community Innovation School shut its doors indefinitely, Somerville Public Schools is moving toward a new building to house its prekindergarten-to-eighth-grade community and maybe another school.
Veteran Cambridge and Boston educator reflects on No Child Left Behind in ‘Testing Education’
Kathy Greeley, who spent 37 years in schools, experienced the fundamental change inspired by the No Child Left Behind law and its ripple effects.
High school officer in accidental gunfire incident placed on leave after finding he left gun on hook
The Cambridge police officer named in an April 2 accidental gunfire incident has been placed on administrative leave pending a full review of the incident.
It’s not too late to put universal after-school among explicit goals of this City Council term
The needs of our students and their families suffering a high cost of living should be able to crack the Cambridge City Council’s to-do list.
Attend meetings in Cambridge from April 4-11 about DEI, a ‘road diet’ and effect of bike lanes
Public meetings this week look at a road diet plan and the impact of bike lanes; plans to redo Haskell Street in North Cambridge; hurdles to diversity, equity and inclusion; adapting homes to child care uses; and a housing agenda town hall.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Jason Mantzoukas and how to win a marathon
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, Jason Mantzoukas does improv comedy, Angélique Kidjo performs, there’s an archaeology fair, advice on how to run the Boston Marathon, the answer to “Can we grow buildings?” and an all-clarinet band.
High school officer fired his gun accidentally
A high school resource officer discharged their firearm accidentally at around 1:45 p.m Tuesday on campus without disrupting the school day.
Growing Cambridge needs more police officers for initiatives talked through at budget hearing
As with police departments nationwide, Cambridge struggles to hire officers while staying active in an array of enforcement, outreach and other work from combating a drug crisis to tamping down fights in schools, leaders said.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville: Folk metal, Nikki Giovanni and comedy festivals
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s poet Nikki Giovanni, sex revolutionary Candida Royalle, joke fests and mystery comedy, new plays and folk metal, “Dope Science,” a tribute to Lana Del Rey and “Essays in Praise of Excess.”
