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Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Pauline Wells have confirmed that on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, shortly after 12:00 p.m., Cambridge Police and Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office responded to Fresh Pond in Cambridge for a report of the body of a male individual along the shoreline.

This week's selection: Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Reading Interests: We concentrate on Great Books in the following areas: a long novel over the summer, two sections of poetry and short stories, a book of the Bible, a Shakespeare play, an ancient and modern drama, a work of science, a smaller work of fiction, an even smaller work of fiction, and a rotating mix of politics, philosophy, and religion. Authors read in the past five years include Dickens, Keats and Yeats, O'Connor and Munro, Ecclesiastes, Sophocles and August Wilson, Darwin, Austen, Duras, The Federalist Papers, and Arendt. How to get the print book: Copies of the reading are set aside at the Main Library. Visit the Main Library at 449 Broadway during current service hours and a staff member can help you get a copy. How to register: Registration is required. Click the registration link below to register. This is a hybrid event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants 1 hour before the event. For more information, contact Drew Griffin (dgriffin@cambridgema.gov)

A class for all levels and bodies that blends contemporary dance, improvisation, and play.

The Cambridge Police Department is now accepting applications for Sworn Police Officer Positions through GetBadged.com, a Civil Service approved alternative hiring pathway. Individuals who are not already academy trained or POST Certified can apply through the Full-Time Entry Level posting. Current academy trained and POST Certified Police Officers can apply through the Full Time Lateral Entry posting Questions can be directed to CPDrecruitment@cambridgepolice.org

The Small Business Challenge Grant offers Cambridge businesses, business associations, and groups of neighborhood businesses the opportunity to secure one-time grant funding in increments of $1,000 for well-designed projects that bring together neighborhood business interests around shared goals of improved design, promotion, and business resilience in a commercial area.

The City of Cambridge announced the results for the ninth Participatory Budget (PB) Process. From December 1-11, 8,707 Cambridge residents age 12 and older voted to decide how to spend $1 million on capital projects to improve the community, representing the most votes yet in a Cambridge PB process.

This event has been postponed. Please stay tuned for a rescheduled date. Albino Mbie is an award winning Musician, Guitarist, Singer, Composer, Sound and mixing engineer born in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, a country in southern Africa known for its rich musical and cultural heritage. This event is generously sponsored by The Manuel Rogers, Sr. & Mary R. Rogers Endowment Fund. In the event of rain or extreme heat, this event will be moved inside the Valente Community Room. All ages welcome. No registration is required.

Are you a Cambridge high school student between the ages of 16 and 19? Do you want to pay $25 a year for a Bluebikes membership? Look no further!

Available opportunities and calls for Public Art.

Experience the vibrant rhythms of Haitian Folklore in a class led by JAE company dancer Velouse Joseph. Class is accessible to all levels and welcomes kids of all ages and their caregivers. Class includes a guided warm-up followed by traditional Haitian dances. You'll move to the sounds of prerecorded Haitian rhythms as you connect to culture, community, and the joy of movement. No registration required. Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Cambridge Public Library.