Mid Massachusetts News

Expect traffic impacts in North Cambridge, Harvard Square, and East Cambridge due to events between Thursday, June 8, and Sunday, June 11. 

• The commencement ceremony for the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School will take place on Thursday, June 8 at Russell Field. Expect traffic impacts in North Cambridge around Fresh Pond Parkway and Rindge Avenue between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
• The New England Open Market takes place Sunday, June 11. Every Sunday between June 4 and October 29, Church Street will close in Harvard Square from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Cambridge Street will close from Fulkerson Street to Sixth Street on Sunday, June 11, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the Le Grand Prix Elmendorf Du Pain Parisian Street Fair. Buses will detour to nearby streets. The 69 bus traveling to Lechmere will travel right on Fulkerson Street, left on Charles Street, left on Third Street, and right on Cambridge Street. The 69 bus traveling toward Harvard Square will turn right on Fifth Street, left on Gore Street, left on Lambert Street, and right on Cambridge Street.
• The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation will close part of Memorial Drive all day on Sunday, June 11, for the Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival.