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The City of Cambridge and Cambridge Public Schools (CPS) are proud to announce the opening of the new Tobin Montessori and Darby Vassall Upper Schools and Community Complex. Officially opening on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the state-of-the-art building replaces the former school facility located between Vassal Lane, Concord Avenue, and Alpine Street in West Cambridge.

FY26 Business Personal Property Abatement Form is not available. The due date was December 8, 2025 8:00 p.m.

FY26 Real Property Tax Abatement Form is not available. The due date was December 8, 2025 8:00 p.m.

Recount for Office of Representative in General Court, 25th Middlesex District, in the Democratic Primary held on September 3, 2024

In recognition of Black History Month, the Cambridge Department of Veterans Services, the City's Office of Equity & Inclusion, and the Office of Mayor E. Denise Simmons cordially invite you to this event.

People and pets should avoid contact with the Alewife Brook and parts of the Mystic River and the lower Charles River from May 23 to the early morning of May 25 due to the release of stormwater mixed with sewage into the brook and rivers.

In its ongoing efforts to identify ways to better serve the community, the City of Cambridge is currently conducting its biennial resident opinion survey. The survey, conducted since 2000, serves as an important evaluation tool that enables residents to rate City services and offer input on what the City of Cambridge does well and where it can improve.

Join Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery—a writer, science communicator, and plant biologist—for a wide-ranging discussion of her new book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy. The event will be moderated by Tracy K. Smith, a two-term U.S. Poet Laureate and the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University. Registration is required. This event is cosponsored by the Cambridge Public Library Foundation and Sustainable Cambridge.

Morgan Talty will discuss his latest novel, Fire Exit

This year's national them is "Fire won’t wait. Plan your escape”