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Ribbon cutting for a new, modular, Passive House ADU in Arlington All: As the summer heat rolls along, official council business slows down. Although there are fewer council meetings, my work continues on a number of important issues. The summer schedule also allows me to attend a number of great events in the area. There […]

The 24th Annual Cambridge Citywide Dance Party, tonight (6/28) All: For the second time in two weeks, a cyclist was killed in Cambridge in a crash with a truck, this time at the intersection of Hampshire Street and Portland Street. On Monday there was a vigil at City Hall to remember the victims. Everyone in the

The 35th Annual Cambridge Pride Brunch All: Shortly after last week’s newsletter went out, on June 7, a cyclist was killed while biking in a crash with a truck at the intersection of Mt. Auburn Street and DeWolfe Street. It is a tragic event that has affected the community. I bike through that intersection almost every day,

Adopt a tree! Every green spot on the map is a tree waiting for adoption. Learn how to adopt one of your own below. All: Happy Pride Month! There are many events in June, so please see below for a sampling, and make sure you continue to keep your eye on the City of Cambridge webpage

My family celebrating a landmark civil rights moment at City Hall, midnight May 17, 2004 All: Sorry to be a bit late in sending this update…. the last few days ended up being full of events and didn’t get a chance to finish.  Tonight’s meeting has several items of interest – please send your thoughts.

Our beautiful “bleeding heart” blooms, alongside our lackluster hostas (that have provided quite the meal for our local bunnies) All: It was quite a meeting this week at City Hall. We had such a long public comment period on Monday that we had to complete the regular council meeting agenda on Tuesday morning. Some of

Extraordinary views of the solar eclipse from Burnet, TX. (Photo: David Rabkin) All: I hope you have all been enjoying the wonderful blooms on the trees around Cambridge. It seemed like everything really “popped” the last two weeks. And, I have to give a shout out to the news that popped up all over some

Come see “Rain Dance,” a production of the North Cambridge Family Opera! All: Happy Spring. There wasn’t much to show for our “winter” this year, but the warm weather of spring is still a happy respite. One sign of spring here in Cambridge is the sight of turkeys around the city – I spotted the

Suffragist and bicyclist, Susan B. Anthony All: On the front page of most sports pages and newspapers this morning a woman was featured – and a basketball player! I don’t follow many sports (shhh) but I am a total fan girl of Caitlin Clark. So yesterday made me happy to watch the videos of her

All: I hope you all enjoyed my last newsletter, which was a 2023 in review. It didn’t include everything because it’s challenging to capture an entire year in just a few pages, and if was still long…  It did paint a good picture of the work I did last year and some of my priorities for