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What better way to learn about wildlife than by observing them in person? Meet local wildlife ambassadors and discover the amazing adaptations that help them survive in the wild. Ask questions and learn what you can do to protect the wildlife of Cambridge. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Cambridge Public Library.

A plumbing permit is required for all work to be performed in accordance with the pertinent provision of the Massachusetts State Plumbing Code and Chapter 142 of the General Laws.

Supplement to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance south of Pacific Street and west of Albany Street for Planning Board special permit projects. Referenced in Zoning Ordinance, Articles 17.50 through 17.200.

Cambridge Youth Programs (CYP) offers a variety of programs, events, and field trips for Cambridge residents ages 14-19. If you’re a Cambridge teen interested in exploring new skills, fostering connection, and developing your leadership, apply to one of CYP's pain teen internships and drop into Moses teen programming after school!

Student officers in the Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy are learning how to conduct field sobriety tests to help determine if a driver is too impaired to safely operate a motor vehicle.

The Cambridge Community Safety Department (CSD) has announced that four local organizations have been awarded grant funding from the City of Cambridge in support of violence prevention programs and/or services.

Learn about a free program that helps adults go to college. Some sessions are online and others are in-person. Look below and click on the link to sign up!

The Great Deluge by Douglas Brinkley. In five hours on August 29, 2005, Katrina destroyed Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Packed with interviews and original research.

Join us for a special tour of The Innovation Trail and learn more about the scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs who made Cambridge one of the most innovative cities in the world.

Children and families are invited to meet Jerry Craft, award-winning and best-selling graphic novelist of the "New Kid" series. Craft will talk about his work, answer questions from the audience and sign books. Porter Square Books will have books available for sale. This event takes place in the Lecture Hall (L2) with limited overflow seating in the Community Room. Recommended for ages 8 and up. About the Lecture The annual lecture is an initiative sponsored by the Cambridge Public Library, the Curious George Fund and the Cambridge Public Library Foundation. The series aims to bring the community together to celebrate outstanding and engaging books for young readers. About the Author Jerry Craft is The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the graphic novels New Kid, Class Act, and School Trip. New Kid is the only book in history to win the John Newbery Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children’s literature (2020), the Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature (2019), and the Coretta Scott King Author Award for the most outstanding work by an African American writer (2020). Jerry was born in Harlem and grew up in the Washington Heights section of New York City, and now travels the world telling kids and their families about the importance of reading.