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Avoid contact with the Alewife Brook in Cambridge due to potential harmful bacteria and other pollutants. Warning in effect until 5 a.m., January 28, 2023. People and pets should avoid contact with the Alewife Brook and parts of the Mystic River from January 26-28 due to the release of stormwater mixed with sewage into the brook.

Spring 2015

Election Night unofficial results include in-person early voting, mail-in ballots received before Election Day, and ballots processed by tabulators at the polling places. These results do not include hand-counted ballots (auxiliary ballots), write-in results, provisional ballots, or on-time mail-in ballots received on or after November 8, 2022.

The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) helps income-eligible Cambridge and Somerville residents pay their winter heating bills between November 1 – April 30. Applications to HEAP are accepted beginning October 1.

Summer 2010

An overview of the Cambridge Police Department's calls for service on August 1, 2025

Police Review and Advisory Board meeting held on December 7, 2016

Fall 2011

Cambridge Fire responded with 3 Engines, 1 Tower-Ladder, 1 Squad, and a Division Chief

Purchase, place, and maintain 100 additional Smart Boxes (rat traps) for rodent reduction and data collection. Adding these traps would expand existing pest control measures through 2027.