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Outlines services available to seniors in Cambridge and discusses key physical planning issues affecting transportation, economic development, zoning, parks and housing.

Meeting minutes of the Commission for Persons with Disabilities Advisory Board meeting held July 14th, 2011

The Department of Public Works (DPW) asks residents and businesses to help us collect leaves from sidewalks, streets and storm drains. Collecting leaves from the street helps our local and global environment by protecting our local ecosystem and fighting climate change.

Spend your lunchtime with us for a midday party and an American Sign Language (ASL) class rolled into one! Please feel free to bring your lunch with you to the class. Light snacks will be provided! SIGNING Basics hosts this event which teaches students various ASL signs through fun games and activities for beginners or intermediate learners that have more advanced skills. Signing Rocks! events are conducted in ASL with experienced instructors. Sign language interpreting is not provided; you will learn the vocabulary as you go throughout the class. This program is great for adults, teens, and families with kids ages 7+.

Students will learn how to approach a human portrait drawing from start to finish. The class is offered as part of the pilot program at Russell Youth and Community Center.

Students will learn how to approach a human portrait drawing from start to finish. The class is offered as part of the pilot program at Russell Youth and Community Center.

Students will learn how to approach a human portrait drawing from start to finish. The class is offered as part of the pilot program at Russell Youth and Community Center.

Students will learn how to approach a human portrait drawing from start to finish. The class is offered as part of the pilot program at Russell Youth and Community Center.

In observance of the Veterans’ Day holiday on Friday, November 11, City of Cambridge offices, libraries, and senior centers will be closed and payments will not be required at City of Cambridge parking meters and parking meter pay stations. Additionally, the offices at Cambridge Cemetery, 76 Coolidge Avenue, will be closed on the holiday, though the gates will be open from 7 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Curbside collection of trash, recycling, compost, and yard waste will be suspended on the holiday and one day behind schedule. Regularly scheduled street cleaning routes for Friday, November 11 will be cleaned on Monday, October 31.

The CHA's mission is to develop and manage safe, good quality, affordable housing for low-income individuals and families in a manner which promotes citizenship, community and self-reliance in one of the most expensive housing markets in the country.