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On Tuesday, November 17, the Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department will install separated bike lanes on Webster Avenue between the Somerville City Line and Cambridge St.

The City of Cambridge today announced it is reopening its search to create a permanent public artwork to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women in the United States winning the right to vote. The public artwork will celebrate the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 and recognize Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latinx, and other women of color who were excluded from access to voting rights, even as many fought in the movement.

As cases continue to increase in Massachusetts and in Cambridge, the City is reminding residents that COVID-19 is still with us. Help prevent the spread by remembering the basics - Wear a mask or face covering, Practice physical distancing, Wash your hands for 20 seconds.

The Wilson family is offering $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment in case.

A new partnership with Biobot Analytics, Inc. in Cambridge offers a new approach to tracking COVID-19 outbreaks: analyzing wastewater. This week, for the first time, Cambridge will have access to local wastewater data that will serve as an early warning signal of increased COVID-19 infections in the city. This new monitoring tool will augment more traditional public health approaches for tracking and responding to disease outbreaks.

Although the State Eviction Moratorium expired on October 17, 2020, the City of Cambridge’s Temporary Emergency Order on Eviction Enforcement and Non-Essential Entry by Property Owners and Their Agents into Occupied Dwelling Units remains in effect until further notice.

An overview of the Cambridge Police Department's daily calls for service for November 10, 2020

An overview of the Cambridge Police Department's daily calls for service for November 11, 2020

Cambridge City Manager Louis A. DePasquale is pleased to announce that the King Open/Cambridge Street Upper Schools and Community Complex has won the 2020 American Architecture Award from Chicago Athenaeum. Over 130 buildings and urban plans from a shortlist of over 400 projects won the prestigious 2020 American Architecture Awards® for the best new architecture designed and constructed by American architects and by international architects with offices in the United States.

The Development Log, published quarterly, tracks large-scale residential, commercial and institutional development projects currently in the permitting or construction phases in the City of Cambridge.