Attend meetings on rolling out solution for rats, single-use plastics answer and zoning proposals
Public meetings this week look at keeping rats out of the trash with new barrel and advice on a single-use plastics ban; the school district budget; and the “Missing Middle” and “Green Roofs” zoning petitions.
Public Works projects were hardest hit by Covid; Parking permit deadline is now pushed to May 31 (corrected)
Street and sidewalk infrastructure projects and building maintenance and improvements have been hard hit by the coronavirus lockdown, many falling “at least six months behind where we expected to be,” City Manager Louis A. DePasquale told city councillors Monday.
April Cambridge Poetry MashUp promises verse after year of pandemic lacking rhyme or reason
With the cancellation of Cambridge’s two weekly slams, the past year of coronavirus lockdown has been distinctly drained of live poetry. That ends in April with the introduction of a four-week Cambridge Poetry MashUp.
Crab Apple Gardenerz nurture a community, and poetry, toward goal of feeding the hungry
The Crab Apple Gardenerz got Karened, but they didn’t let it stop them. Instead, they’ve distributed small food crops grown in Cambridge community plots, and celebrated with a Poets In The Garden event.
Watch meetings on an eviction moratorium, classes in city parks and Envision Cambridge
Public meetings this week look at keeping eviction moratoriums in place even if the state lets its own expire, how to respond to crises without police, changes to the city’s marijuana retail laws, holding coronavirus-era classes in city parks, a Buckingham, Browne & Nichols expansion and more.
Exploring city employees’ race, gender and pay? There’s a tool for it, but it might not fix inequity
Numbers on a color-coded interactive website maintained by Cambridge city government show obvious racial and ethnic disparities in pay and job category in the city’s workforce. Three years after its creation, it’s reportedly being used by city employees and a consultant presenting in October.
Watch meetings about how police do business, open-air dining and the summer camp situation
Public meetings this week look at Central Square street dining and policing debates over hiring, equipment and labor negotiations; what the School Committee will do with its summer calendar; and what’s happening with camps for kids in the coming months.
Street sweeping is back, but not tickets and tows, so until July some residents are taking to raking
Street cleaning began Monday, with the Public Works Department once again sending street sweepers on their regular routes. What’s different since the coronavirus lockdown is that residents aren’t required to move their cars until July 1.
Cambridge Cemetery sees a toll of coronavirus with surge in burials, ‘devastating’ for staff too
Cambridge Cemetery has seen a surge in burials during the coronavirus pandemic – so much so that it’s taking a toll also on Department of Public Works cemetery staff.
Watch meetings about $267M in spending, reopening the city, vote-by-mail and more
Public meetings this week look at $267 million in spending – starting with $237 million for the Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools – and when the city will wrap up its look at digital equity and begin work on municipal broadband. “Nonprofit row” and the Foundry projects take shape too.
