Past Zoning Amendments Not Adopted
Proposed Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance that were not adopted, either due to being placed on file because the time period for consideration had expired, or due to failure to receive the necessary votes on consideration by the City Council.
Shops and Sales Licenses
The City of Cambridge issues a number of licenses related to the resale of goods including, second hand goods, antique shops, and auctioneers.
Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the City of Cambridge is focused on supporting and promoting mental wellness to all its residents.
Voter Registration Search
Search the City of Cambridge database of registered voters to verify your address, voting status (active/inactive), party affiliation and polling location.
Veterans Day Observance Event
The City of Cambridge Department of Veterans Services will host a Veterans Day Observance event, at the Sheraton Commander from 11-3 p.m.
Human Rights Commission
The Cambridge Human Rights Commission (CHRC) was established in 1984 to protect the civil rights of residents and visitors to the city.
RESCHEDULED Defying the Crown in Early Cambridge: The 1664 Petition Campaign and Grassroots Constitutionalism
This event was rescheduled from May 22 and will now take place on May 28.
The new king Charles II sent royal commissioners to New England in 1664 in order to pressure colonists into compliance with his metropolitan agenda. When these royal commissioners tried to claim full authority over local courts and militias, Cambridge inhabitants were among the first to act in defiance. Their grassroots petition campaign drew on the experience of the English civil wars and pointed the way forward to the American Revolution.
Adrian Chastain Weimer is a Professor of History at Providence College and is currently a Long-term Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library. She is the author of A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023) and Martyrs' Mirror: Persecution and Holiness in Early New England (Oxford University Press, 2011).