Summer Reading: Drop-In Button Making Workshop (Boudreau)
Come try your hand at making a beautiful pin or magnet! Draw your own design, and learn to use our button making machine. Each attendee will have the opportunity to make one or two printed designs as well.
This event is recommended for school-age children. No registration necessary - just drop in anytime during the event (while supplies last).
Apply for a Short Term / Special Event Sidewalk Business Use Permit
A temporary business use sidewalk obstruction permit is required if you are a plan to temporally obstruct a City of Cambridge sidewalk. Please apply for an Annual Sidewalk Obstruction Permit if you plan to use an “A” framed sign, sandwich board, display merchandise, temporary banner or use tables and chairs on a sidewalk in the public way.
Honk Parade and Oktoberfest 2025
Please be advised of traffic impacts this Sunday, October 12, 2025, due to the Harvard Square Business Association’s 46th annual Oktoberfest and Honk! Parade.
‘Find It’ Easier!
Find It Cambridge recently completed upgrades to improve the site's user experience. This includes a more intuitive layout, improved searchability, new categories, and more!
Bicycle Signals
Bicycle signals are basically traffic signals for bikes. They provide cyclists with their own signal phase, enabling them to more safely cross intersections.
Salt Shed Reconstruction Project
The City of Cambridge along with its design consultant Weston & Sampson begin to design a replacement for the Salt Shed at Danehy Park.
Take a Tour of The Water Department
Part of CWD’s mission and stated goal is to provide public out-reach and education through tours and other presentations at the Water Department.
Cambridge Police Department Assists in Federal Sex Trafficking Investigation
A Cambridge Police Department (CPD) detective assigned to a federal task force was instrumental in a federal investigation that led to an arrest in a sex trafficking case involving multiple states. The suspect, a Lowell man, was arrested on Friday, December 13, 2024, and charged with sex trafficking a victim in Massachusetts, Nevada, Rhode Island, and New York.