There are sweeping changes proposed for Carl Barron Plaza at the heart of Central Square, including new bus stops, bike lanes, a renovated plaza and sculptural elements.

While it may have felt like time stood still during the coronavirus, transit planning, changes and construction did not. Looking forward over the next six months, residents can expect to see updates on several projects discussed by city officials in interviews May 12.

Sometimes referred to as “freedges” in the United States, there are now almost 200 community fridges nationwide. If there are any silver linings to the coronavirus, their appearance could be one.

A third community fridge has come to Cambridge: A “Fridge in the Square” that lets the hungry stop by to take what they need, installed in front of The Sinclair nightclub in Harvard Square.

In addition to takeout delights from The Coast Cafe and Summer Shack, get some reminders on ordering that will save time, money and frustration and learn about the pleasures of Bilinski’s Apple Breakfast Sausage and an omelet any flat-earther would love.

In this notebook about dining options during the Covid-19 shutdown, get some takeout to make a sunny lockdown more enjoyable: A lobster sandwich from Alive & Kicking, comfort fare from Cambridge Common, spicy tofu of all sorts from House of Chang and gourmet Thai from Chalawan.

Cambridge police sent 26 officers to Boston on Sunday after a protest grew violent, with Boston officers gassing and attacking citizens – but apparently not the visiting Cambridge officers, who are prohibited also from using chokeholds and using tear gas as other departments might.

Three teens, including two from Cambridge, have been arrested and charged with an incident in which a man was cut and stabbed on his arms, police said Friday. They are suspected in a crime spree that included the taking and crashing of two Lamborghini Urus sport utility vehicles.

A man was cut Sunday night after confronting some rowdy kids in the Riverside neighborhood, police said.

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy comes for a talk, The Griots of Cultural Sound pay tribute to Stevie Wonder, it’s Love vs. Death at the Boston Poetry Slam, there’s a Kids’ Italian Carnevale, and more.