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Expect road closures and traffic impacts on Saturday November 1 and Sunday, November 2, due to the Cambridge 5K and Half Marathon.

Avoid Contact with the Alewife Brook and Charles River in Cambridge Due to Potential Harmful Bacteria and Other Pollutants Until June, 1, 2024

Street cleaning resumes on Tuesday, April 1 for the 2025 season. Just like last year, vehicles will not be towed during street cleaning operations. However, it's essential for residents to move their vehicles according to the posted street cleaning schedule to ensure thorough cleaning of our City streets. Parking tickets of $100 will be issued to those who do not move their vehicles.

Street cleaning resumes on Wednesday, April 1 for the 2026 season. Just like last year, vehicles will not be towed during street cleaning operations. However, it's essential for residents to move their vehicles according to the posted street cleaning schedule to ensure thorough cleaning of our City streets. Parking tickets of $100 will be issued to those who do not move their vehicles.

The fire was quickly contained and extinguished

In response to the non-fatal shooting of a Cambridge male in the area Columbia Terrace shortly before midnight on Wednesday, October 7, the Mayor and Acting Police Commissioner will host drop-in office hours for any interested residents and businesses in The Port. Office hours will be held on Tuesday, October 12, 7:30-9 p.m. at the St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Bright Hall, at 37 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge.

Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book, This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, acclaimed author of Our Declaration, and the forthcoming book Radical Duke, releasing June 2026. Registration is required.

A Cambridge Police officer has been placed on administrative leave after being arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol following a multi-vehicle crash early Monday morning.

An informational tool for the Cambridge community to assess climate change threats from flooding

MLK School Construction Project