Summer Reading: Arthropod Petting Zoo (Boudreau)
The Arthropod Petting Zoo is a hands-on, show-and-tell introduction to entomology featuring real live insects and arthropods! While having fun and interacting with genuine crawling critters, kids learn about biology, taxonomy, adaptations, and scientific thinking that real scientists use in the field. Recommended for ages 3-12 and their families.
Funding for Summer Reading has been generously provided by the City of Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library Foundation, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
Raising Children with Black Joy
A 4-part series for Black and Brown parents who live, work, play or pray in Cambridge. Join other parents with children 0-8 for this series.
Raising Children with Black Joy
A 4-part series for Black and Brown parents who live, work, play or pray in Cambridge. Join other parents with children 0-8 for this series.
Raising Children with Black Joy
A 4-part series for Black and Brown parents who live, work, play or pray in Cambridge. Join other parents with children 0-8 for this series.
Raising Children with Black Joy
A 4-part series for Black and Brown parents who live, work, play or pray in Cambridge. Join other parents with children 0-8 for this series.
Raising Children with Black Joy
A 4-part series for Black and Brown parents who live, work, play or pray in Cambridge. Join other parents with children 0-8 for this series.
Man Charged for Role in July 4th Fatal Shooting in Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Pauline Wells have announced that Rayquon Brown, 29 of Canton, has been arrested and charged with murder, carrying a firearm without a license, being an armed career criminal, and conspiring to commit murder. On July 4, 2026, at approximately 5:24 AM, the Cambridge Police Department received a call from pedestrians who, while out on a walk, found a man, later identified as Xavier Bautista, lying in a pool of blood in the area of Norfolk Street and Broadway Street.
Rayquon Brown was arraigned today at Cambridge District Court and ordered held without bail. The next date in this case is Friday, July 17, 2026.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Cambridge Police Department at (617) 349-3300.
Anonymous tips can be shared with the Cambridge Police Department through phone, text or e-mail. Instructions for doing so are available on the CPD website
Exploring Careers at the CLC
The Career Connections Program (CCP) begins in January and helps adults who need to improve their English communications and/or math skills to think carefully about their interests, values, and job skills