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The City of Cambridge is extending the current prohibition on City-sponsored community events, events permitted for the use of City parks, or other City-sponsored public gatherings through March 31, 2021. Additionally, to ensure the safety of the public and City staff, in-person appointments at City buildings, including contactless holds pick-up at the Cambridge Public Library, will be suspended from Saturday, January 2, 2021, through Monday, January 18, 2021.

The City of Cambridge has announced the opening of the new Triangle Park in East Cambridge, located on Binney Street between First Street and Edwin H. Land Boulevard.

The suspect wanted in conjunction with yesterday afternoon’s gunshots incident in The Port neighborhood of Cambridge has been taken into custody.

This temporary relocation of the Headquarters Companies will allow for the total rehab of the current Fire Headquarters building

The City of Cambridge wants to make sure everyone—residents, families, pet owners, and businesses—stays safe, cool, and prepared during extreme heat. Here is a guide to locate places to cool off this heat wave and summer!

History Cambridge, the Somerville Museum, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Friends of Longfellow House-Washington’s HQ, Boston 1775, Cambridge Historical Commission, and Cambridge Public Library will present free events marking the 250th anniversary of the 1774 Powder Alarm and the start of Massachusetts’s political independence from Britain.

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book, This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, acclaimed author of Our Declaration, and the forthcoming book Radical Duke, releasing June 2026. Registration is required.

Odell to be in conversation with Nina MacLaughlin in hybrid program.

On January 23, 2024, after completing necessary repairs, the Cambridge Water Department has switched from MWRA water back to Cambridge Water.

Thanks to an innovative partnership among multiple local institutions and a new wind power project in North Dakota, all of the electricity used by Cambridge city buildings, schools and operations will be 100% carbon neutral starting in 2026.