Cambridge snow parking ban ends at 6 p.m.; Emergency remains in effect in Somerville
After getting an estimated 17 to 18 inches of snow Saturday, Cambridge said it is lifting its snow emergency parking ban as of 6 p.m. Sunday and asks property owners to remove snow from sidewalks. A Somerville snow emergency stays in effect for parking, but snow removal requests are similar.
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.
Between 17 and 29 inches of snow are expected for Cambridge and Somerville. Are you ready?
As few as 17 inches of snow but as many as 28 inches are expected to land this weekend on Cambridge and Somerville according to National Weather Service estimates Friday, with wind chill factors potentially reaching -7 and gusts of wind as high as 50 mph.
Despite upgrades, 50 million gallons of sewage were released into the Alewife Brook over 2021
There was as much sewage-contaminated water discharged into the Alewife Brook last year as in 1997, before the implementation of a $200 million plan to modernize the area’s antique combined sewer systems – but 2021 was the 16th wettest year ever on record, a Cambridge official notes.
We like our wild turkeys, and not just as a dinner, and can coexist if we stop feeding them like pets
When early European colonists settled in Massachusetts, there were an estimated 11 million wild turkeys roaming North America. Now there are at least enough that you might be tempted to feed one a Somerville doughnut (but shouldn’t) or welcome one into your backyard.
There really are fewer chipmunks this autumn, for reasons less cute than the critters themselves
If you find yourself unhappy because of high heating bills this winter, think of the chipmunks hibernating away, preserving their food stores until spring. If your heating bill is low this winter, the chipmunks might be wide awake devouring their stores of food too early.
Reopening of Collins branch library is delayed
The reopening of the Collins branch library in West Cambridge has been postponed due to delays in construction upgrades to the roof, gutters, and ventilation system begun Oct. 4.
Millers River tenant had own way to humidify, and it cost $31,000 to clear the resulting mold
Newly renovated apartments at the Millers River public housing development are sealed up tight to save energy – maybe too tight, for tenants who aren’t used to it.
City opens cooling center, notes other locations for residents during three days of extreme heat
The city has opened a cooling center during the extreme heats of this week and is welcoming residents to come cool down in certain city buildings as well.
More flexible heating and cooling was considered but not feasible in 2013, authority says with regret
The $32 million in renovations and energy-saving advances rolled out by the Cambridge Housing Authority at its Lyndon B. Johnson Apartments in 2013 now looks far from modern with the urgency of climate change, and the authority has had to adapt on the fly.
