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The Community Learning Center's High School Equivalency Credential Program prepares students to take the HiSET or GED test.

Join the City of Cambridge at Science in the City, our official contribution to the annual Cambridge Science Festival!

Recycling and Trash Guide translated to Chinese

The Cambridge Public Health Department (CPHD) strongly encourages residents to get a flu vaccine this fall in addition to maintaining your healthy, safe habits of wearing a face covering, handwashing, and practicing physical distancing as a way to slow the spread of both the flu and COVID-19.

Seven projects in total were selected after a record number of ideas were submitted and more than 10,000 Cambridge residents age 12 and older voted how to spend $1 million on capital and operating projects to improve the community. In order of ranked votes, the following seven projects won $1,060,000 in fiscal year 2026 funding: 1. Improve Parks with Shade Structures and Seating ($250,000) 2. Build a Pollinator Garden in a City Park ($75,000) 3. Funding for High School Clubs ($150,000) 4. Slower Speeds for Safer Streets ($250,000) 5. Mobile Center for Hard-to-Recycle Items ($75,000) 6. Welcome Baby Boxes for New Parents ($60,000) 7. Electric Vehicle Chargers ($200,000)

Beginning November 1, 2022, commercial generators that produce more than 1,000 lbs of food waste per week will be required to reduce or divert their food waste going into the trash. To assist small businesses in Cambridge with this state regulation, the service and carts will be provided by the city at no cost to the participating businesses. Weekly collection is anticipated to start on October 24, 2022.

Cambridge Cooks, Read to a Dog, Trilingual Press Book Release, Seamus Heaney's Station Island, and More!

Join the Council on Aging and the Department of Transportation for weekly walks designed to encourage movement, connection, and exploration. Open to Cambridge residents ages 60 and older.

This page is intended to aid in your further research of topics including historic preservation, architecture, Cambridge and Massachusetts history, genealogy, and sustainability for older buildings.

1987 plan used to guide actions of Central Square Advisory Committee appointed by the City Manager.