Federal regulators’ advisory on water chemicals outpaces work by Cambridge to filter them out
Just as Cambridge is about to upgrade its water treatment system to halve the levels of a group of worrisome and persistent chemicals, federal regulators have signaled that far more drastic reductions may be necessary.
Trees, solar panels and city shortsightedness: Plantings must be better chosen for the future
While protecting and reestablishing our tree canopy is important, the misguided selection offered by the city will destroy the possibility of solar energy for the next generation.
Attend meetings on tenant rights, climate crisis and cutting the ribbon at the Foundry building
Public meetings and gathersings this week include a ribbon-cutting at the $46 million Foundry community building, a tenants-rights forum sponsored by A Better Cambridge, Brattle Street safety improvements, a school district nondiscrimination policy, the restaurant replacing Loyal Nine in East Cambridge, and much more.
Attend meetings on trash bins, Alewife zoning, budgeting and meeting city manager candidates
Public meetings this week look at trash bins and Alewife development (and IQHQ’s plans there), budgeting for the next fiscal year, infrastructure for The Port and meeting candidates to become the next city manager.
Attend meetings on $22M in direct family aid, $787.9M budget, municipal broadband, more
Public meetings this week look at $22 million in direct-aid for lower-income families, the city’s budget for the next fiscal year, a moratorium on construction of labs and offices around Alewife, a Fresh Pond beer garden, bike lanes on Brattle Street, municipal broadband and ideas for improving The Port and the future of Cambridge Street.
Attend meetings on millions in Covid aid money and new commercial towers for Kendall Square
Public meetings this week look at a pair of commercial buildings proposed for Kendall Square, an update on Covid aid money and the city’s energy use disclosure law.
Attend meetings on figuring out Alewife zoning, helping the unhoused, Starlight Square and more
Public meetings this week look at making a neighborhood in Alewife; bike lanes through Porter; school district budgeting; a Net Zero Action Plan update; solutions in helping the unhoused; permitting for Starlight Square and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology food kiosk; and more.
Starry will put $15 broadband into CHA homes; The Brook opens; Residences will cross city line
The wireless Internet provider Starry will provide low-cost broadband to more than 2,630 affordable homes citywide in partnership with the Cambridge Housing Authority; a high-end apartment building called The Brook has opened near Alewife; and 29 residential units are planned for a building crossing the city line between Inman and Union squares.
Bill by state reps would enact a ‘polluter’s fee,’ focus on utilities instead of maximizing profit
As the season keeps getting colder, I am eyeing my thermostat nervously and worrying about the higher bills that Eversource announced in December. Having to choose between heating my home and an exorbitant gas bill is the latest example of corporate greed.
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.
