City of Cambridge
Recent News About City of Cambridge
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2023 Municipal Election Nomination Papers
Nomination papers for City Council and School Committee will be available beginning Monday, July 3rd at the Election Commission office, 51 Inman Street, Cambridge.
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City of Cambridge Once Again Achieves Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Gold Level Certification
The City of Cambridge is proud to announce that it has again been awarded the Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities Certification at the Gold level for its use of data to inform policy decisions, allocate funding, improve services, evaluate program effectiveness, and engage residents.
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Help Pick New Public Art For Cambridge
The City of Cambridge is looking for artist selection committee members for two upcoming percent-for-art projects.
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Free Lunchtime Concert of Brazilian Music
Receita de Samba will perform a free concert of Brazilian music--bossa nova, samba, forró, ijexá and coco--in Cambridge's Jill Brown-Rhone Park, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Main Street and Sidney Street Extension, in the Central Square Cultural District, on Thursday, July 6, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free.
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Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy Graduates Fifth Class
The Cambridge Police Department announced that 35 new police officers graduated on Thursday from the fifth Cambridge-Northeastern Police Academy class following a special graduation ceremony that was held at Northeastern University.
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Cambridge Police Receive Grant to Help Provide Enhanced Aftercare Support for Overdose Survivors
As a result of a new grant, the Cambridge Police are now participating in a multi-disciplinary approach to post-overdose follow-up between first responders and community partners at the Access: Drug User Health Program as part of its PARTNER (Providing Access to Resources, Treatment Needs, and Education for Recovery) Initiative.
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Registration for War Memorial Summer Programming opens June 20.
This summer, the War Memorial Recreation Center, located at 1640 Cambridge St., will offer a variety of recreational programming beginning the week of June 26.
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City Parks Hardcourt Repairs Scheduled
The City of Cambridge Parks Department has scheduled the following maintenance and repairs to the hardcourt surfaces at Riverside Press Park, Hoyt Field, and Dana Park.
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Cambridge Summer Food Program Begins Monday, June 26
Beginning Monday, June 26, the Cambridge Summer Food Program will offer free breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals every weekday to Cambridge children and youth ages 18 and under.
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Cambridge Tops Fortune Well's Second Annual Fortune 50 Best Places to Live for Families
In this year’s Fortune 50 Best Places to Live for Families list, the City of Cambridge ranked #1, topping the charts on metrics ranging from quality of healthcare, aging resources, and education, to community connectedness.
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Celebrate Summer with Cambridge Plays!
Cambridge Plays is a series of outdoor entertainment events sponsored by the City of Cambridge and our community partners.
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Expect traffic impacts due to events in Cambridge: June 16 to June 19
Expect road closures and traffic impacts in Central Square, the Port, and Riverside due to events taking place in Cambridge between Friday, June 16, and Monday, June 19.
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Center for Families Family Fun Day June 24
Join the Center for Families for a fun-filled morning of games, bubbles, waterplay, arts and messy crafts, entertainment and much more for your little ones!
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Cambridge Youth Poetry Awards
On June 1, 2023, the Cambridge Public Library celebrated the 24th year of the Youth Poetry Awards with readings from this year’s winning poets at the Main Library.
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City of Cambridge Announces 2023 Outstanding City Employee Award Recipients
Cambridge City Manager Yi-An Huang and other city officials recognized the recipients of the 2023 Outstanding City Employee Award during a special ceremony June 9, in the Sullivan Chamber of Cambridge City Hall.
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Library to host Ilyon Woo
The Library will welcome Ilyon Woo, The New York Times bestselling author of Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom, for a discussion of her latest book at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21.
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City of Cambridge Celebrates First Cohort of Early Childhood Education Career Training Program
On Thursday, June 1, sixteen participants in the inaugural Early Childhood Education Career Training Program gathered at Raymond Park with their family members and City staff to celebrate their completion of the pilot program.
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Dive Rescue Training
The Cambridge Fire Dive Rescue Team trains monthly in hands-on exercises in order to maintain the high-standard skills required.
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Sell Your Art At Farmer's Market
Sell your art at Cambridge Arts' Art Market at Harvard University's Farmer's Market, located on the Science Center Plaza, 1 Oxford St., in Harvard Square, Cambridge.
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Take the East Cambridge Customer Intercept Survey
As part of its Customer Intercept Survey Program for Cambridge’s commercial districts, the Community Development Department (CDD) will begin surveying East Cambridge neighborhood (Cambridge St., First St., and Morgan Ave.) on Thursday, June 8 through June 23, 2023 (weather permitting).