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Need help with a class? Have a question before an exam? Tutors are available to help you! Cambridge School Volunteers and the Library are pleased to offer tutoring services in the Teen Room. No registration required. Stop by the Teen Room or call 617-349-4027 to learn more.

The City of Cambridge and BlocPower announced a new pilot partnership to help multifamily buildings upgrade with energy efficiency, rooftop solar, and more comfortable, all-electric heating, cooling, and hot water systems. Supporting buildings in completing such upgrades is an important step in achieving the goals of Cambridge’s Net Zero Action Plan, including the city’s commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.

Learn how to access YouTube on your smartphone (iPhone or Android) to expand your knowledge. This calls will be delivered by a DOORS program instructor. To learn more about the DOORS program, please go to https://www.digitalpsych.org/doors-program.html To view and register for other Basic Tech Classes at the Library, please go to tinyurl.com/basictechclass. Registration is encouraged, but not required.

Residents who are 75 and older can register for their vaccine beginning Wednesday, January 27 at www.mass.gov/COVIDVaccineMap, and will be able to get their vaccines at any of the “Mass Vaccination Sites.” At this time, there are no vaccination sites in Cambridge due to limited vaccine availability.

Learn more about how Cambridge participates in transit planning and the MBTA.

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On April 30, 2024, Governor Maura Healy signed into law “An Act Making Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 2024 to Provide for Supplementing certain Existing Appropriations and for Certain Other Activities and Projects.” Based on the changes made by this law, applications for alteration of premises to include an outdoor area that serves alcohol no longer need ABCC approval. These applications will now only need local board approval. The law requires that each local board establish a process by which these requests will be considered.

Artists living or working in Cambridge are invited to participate in the Cambridge Arts Open Studios, held annually the second weekend in May.

Expect traffic impacts and road closures in Riverside and West Cambridge on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, due to the Head of the Charles Regatta.

When temperatures top 85 degrees, the flowers of “Heat BLOOMS”—a new art installation in Cambridge’s Harvard Square—bloom, like a visual thermometer warning of extreme heat. Three consecutive 85-degree days or hotter are considered a high alert danger by the Cambridge Public Health Department.