Port Infrastructure Project needs volunteers
The city is looking for volunteers to serve on a new working group to guide the Port Infrastructure Project, which will make more than $35 million in improvements.
Watch City Council talk safety, food delivery fees, School Committee hold a 2021 budget workshop
City councillors have an order this week that might bring enforcement of mask-wearing outside the home, seek to get their committees back to work and consider a cap on third-party food delivery fees, while the School Committee continues to work through details of its upcoming district budget.
Sudden chaos but little harm from downpour spun off of tropical rainstorm; heat will linger
The intense rain and thunderstorm that battered the area Wednesday evening took down utility wires and caused several car collisions between 5:30 and 6 p.m., including an injured pedestrian, Cambridge police and fire departments said.
Requiring more permits could slow tree loss, but many feel tweak to law is too small a step
Though a complete moratorium on cutting down trees drew strong support among speakers at an Ordinance Committee hearing, City Council committee members voted for a permit for anyone planning to take down a “significant” tree.
Register for snow emergency, parking alerts and other important city notifications online
Register to get important alerts, including snow emergency parking bans, crime notifications and curbside collection and street cleaning reminders from the city online through its Subscription Center.
Attend meetings about a longer school day, official election results, marijuana and more
Public meetings this week look at pinning down election results, improving and adding affordable housing and innovation space in and around Kendall Square, how marijuana and climate change affects the city and issues affecting snow removal, bikes and pedestrians.
Encounter art installations in Harvard Square that, one way or another, talk back to viewers
One’s a multilayer interactive experience meant to absorb and regurgitate our urban surroundings; the other is an ominous summation of our ever-changing climate. Both have strong Harvard roots.
City lost 18 percent of tree canopy since 2009, according to report to urban forest task force
Dramatic tree loss has continued since an assessment four years ago, according to city consultants, with 11 percent of Cambridge’s tree canopy lost in that time – on top of a study that found that between 2009 and 2014, the city had lost 8 percent of its tree canopy.
Attend meetings on stopping tree losses, affordable housing overlay district, more
Public meetings this week look at tree loss, including those dying along Linear Park and what to do to make up for all those already gone, as well as adding more affordable housing citywide, taking on irresponsible manufacturers of opioids and a clash at Alewife Reservation.
How can we protect our crucial ‘urban forest’ when we don’t know why trees are cut down?
The city’s consultants will report some initial data Thursday to the Urban Forest Master Plan Task Force. What will not be included are the hundreds of mature trees cut down just this year and the hundreds more planned to be cut down.
