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Get to know Kate Thurman, Deputy Director of the Cambridge Commission for Persons with Disabilities (CCPD) and Assistant Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator for the City of Cambridge. In her role, Kate serves as an invaluable resource both for members of the disability community who are looking for guidance and referrals to services as well as for residents, business owners, and City employees striving to create a culture of accessibility and inclusion.

Due to weather conditions, Cambridge Recreation is adjusting scheduled playoff games and dinner service the evening of August 15, 2024.

Information about how to apply to the DHSP Summer Lottery for the Department of Human Service Programs' Summer Camps and Programs.

Cambridge Businesses obtaining a new measuring device or offering a new service based on weight or measure, must register the device(s).

The Cambridge Police Department has added its first all-electric vehicle to its service fleet in support of the City's Clean Fleet Initiative and Climate Action Plan (CAP).

The Community Benefits Advisory Committee acts on the Guiding Principles for Community Benefits Funding, adopted by the Cambridge City Council, and makes recommendations to the City Manager for the approval of grant awards with nonprofit organizations to deliver services.

The Cambridge Police are actively investigating a shooting that occurred around 8:18 p.m. in the area of Washington Street near Windsor Street. There are two known victims.

The Dept. of Human Service Programs offers afterschool programs for Cambridge children in Kindergarten through 8th grade. Open seats are filled by lottery.

Join the Cambridge Public Library for a symposium exploring themes of the Revolution and the history of Mark, Phillis and Phoebe. Mark and Phillis were two enslaved people who were publicly executed in Cambridge in 1755 after being found guilty of fatally poisoning John Codman, the man who enslaved them. After the execution, Mark's body was gibbeted, displayed publicly in chains on Charlestown Common, for many years. Symposium participants will include Kyera Singleton, Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters and Postdoctoral Fellow at Tufts University's Slavery, Colonialism, and their Legacies at Tufts Initiative, as well as Brandeis University legal historian Dan Breen and others. The keynote speaker for the event will be Kellie Carter Jackson, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and the Chair of the Africana Studies Department Wellesley College. Registration is required.

The Cambridge Police Department announced that 30 new police officers graduated on Thursday, June 13, 2024, from the sixth Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy class following a special graduation ceremony that was held at Northeastern University. The graduating officers join their respective departments after successfully completing 23 weeks of training, which started in January 2024. The sixth class includes 9 new Cambridge Police officers