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Closures & Service Schedule for Patriots Day Holiday. Veterans Observance on Cambridge Common Apr. 15 is CANCELLED

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In observance of the Patriots Day Holiday on Monday, April 15, Cambridge City offices, libraries, and senior centers will be closed; payments will not be required at City parking meters and parking meter pay stations; and there will be no trash, recycling, or compost pickup, and no street cleaning. 

CANCELLED: Patriots Day Observance on Cambridge Common 
The City of Cambridge’s Department of Veterans’ Services  annual Patriots Day Observance on Monday, Apr. 15, on the Cambridge Common has been cancelled, including the reenactment of Patriot William Dawes Jr., historic horseback ride from Boston to Cambridge altering the colonist of the British threat of 1775. For more information, please contact Cambridge Veterans’ Services at 617-349-4760 or veterans@cambridgema.gov.

Please note that trash, recycling, and compost daily pickup routes will be one day behind schedule for the rest of April 15 week. Regularly scheduled street cleaning routes for Apr. 15 will be swept on Monday, Apr. 29. The offices at the Cambridge Cemetery, 76 Coolidge Ave. will be closed on the holiday, however the gates will be open from dawn to dusk. 

Residents can find curbside collections and street cleaning schedules by entering their address in the “My Cambridge Schedule” tool on the Cambridge Public Works webpage at CambridgeMA.Gov/theworks. Notifications are now available by text message, email, or app notifications by downloading the “Zero Waste Cambridge” app for iPhone/Android. Those previously signed up for reminders through ELine should re-subscribe using the scheduling tool or by downloading the app. Residents can also use the “Get Rid of it Right” tool on the website to properly dispose of items.


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