Apply to the 2026 DHSP Summer Lottery through March 9!
The Department of Human Service Programs (DHSP) offers summer programs to Cambridge children and youth currently in Kindergarten through 8th grade. Activities include art, sports, swimming, field trips, and more. All DHSP summer camps and programs are filled through a lottery process. The deadline to apply to the 2025 DHSP Summer Lottery application is Monday, March 9.
Sustainable Cambridge
As our planet heats up, we all need to stay safe from extreme weather and move away from fossil fuels. Sustainable Cambridge includes all that we do to address climate change while keeping our community welcoming, neighborly, and beautiful.
Rise Up Cambridge
Rise Up Cambridge was a $22 million commitment from the City of Cambridge to provide assistance to families with kids.
Slide Shows and StoryMaps
View slide show presentations in pdf format and GIS StoryMaps on history and historic preservation topics
Memorial Drive Shooting Under Investigation
Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Massachusetts State Police Colonel Geoffrey Noble and Acting Police Commissioner Pauline Wells have confirmed the ongoing investigation into a shooting that occurred this afternoon on Memorial Drive in Cambridge between River Street and Pleasant Street Extension.
Alewife Fish Book
Published in 1979, the Alewife "Fish Book" plan offered a revised vision for redevelopment of Alewife, then an aging industrial area in western Cambridge.