Eleven starting points for easing youth violence
What can be done about recent youth violence in Cambridge? It is important that we discuss specific responses that can immediately begin to address the economic disenfranchisement and the social disconnect of many 17- to 30-year-olds.
Holistic Emergency Alternative Response Team shows how a community can work well together
I am eager to see the Cambridge we can build together – a Cambridge that is better and stronger for all of us, that centers our most affected community members and that listens deeply to their voices. The Heart program is the affirmation of life and community that we are building together.
Police commissioner Bard is leaving Cambridge to be a vice president at John Hopkins University
Police commissioner Branville G. Bard Jr. is leaving the Cambridge Police Department to become vice president for public safety at Johns Hopkins University, where he will lead a 1,200-person security and safety operation for the university and health system enterprise.
Attend meetings on campaign finance reforms, unarmed public safety and Covid grant priorities
Public meetings this week look at municipal campaign finance reform proposals, how to spend $65 million in pandemic recovery funds, a citizen proposal for an unarmed public safety response team and the relocation of an Eversource gas eyesore in Kendall Square.
‘Safe Streets, Safe City’ meeting about shootings is scheduled to take place online on Wednesday
Recent shootings in The Port neighborhood and the city’s response will be the topic of a Wednesday virtual meeting. Police are investigating two separate, nonfatal shootings Thursday and Friday and others that took place in the area.
Man accused of Cambridge cat torture incidents will be held in custody into August, judge decides
A Cambridge man charged with animal cruelty in connection with East Cambridge cat torture cases will be held without bail until a pretrial hearing next month, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office has confirmed.
Azeem announces a second run for City Council, with the need for housing remaining a key focus
Burhan Azeem is returning to run for a council seat after a first attempt in 2019. The run was announced Saturday.
Man is arrested and charged with animal cruelty after incidents in East Cambridge involving cats
A Cambridge man was arrested at his home without incident Thursday and charged with four counts of animal cruelty in connection with three East Cambridge animal cruelty cases that occurred between March and May, police said.
Attend meetings on reparations, name changes, police technology and aging elementary schools
Public meetings this week look at reparations through cannabis revenue, name changes to the Agassiz neighborhood and Central Square branch library, police surveillance technology that worries civil libertarians, aging elementary schools, tree tear-downs and much more.
Should police be at Pride parades?
Over the weekend, the second annual Trans Resistance March and Rally took place. Noticeably missing, guiding and participating in the march from Nubian Square in Roxbury to the Franklin Park Playstead was the presence of police and law enforcement.
