Mothers Out Front’s Award Happy Hopeful January!It’s officially mid-January. A year since Biden took office, and a week of activities related to celebrating Martin Luther King Jr’s life and legacy. I participated in several (all virtual remote) events on racial justice and the unfinished work of the movement of which MLK was part – for …
Signing the Oath of Office! All: Happy New year! We’re onto a new year, 2022, and a new Council term. Let’s hope for some progress and healing and forward momentum towards fulfilling goals – as a city, state, country and world. In a former time, my family celebrated Feast of the Epiphany on January 6, …
Our new kittens! All: A whirlwind of a year is winding down. Happy New Year – I do not plan to send an update next week – so likely the next newsletter will be in the new year. I am sure we are all hoping for a better 2022. I haven’t taken the time to …
All: Why is Ithaca beating Cambridge to zero emissions city and buildings? This week I won’t put out a full newsletter, since we sent one on Tuesday. However, I didn’t want to wait on the news that after a lot of work, on the agenda for Monday’s meeting is a very exciting policy order that …
Our Hanukkah menorah the third night and, WaterFire this past weekend in Providence All: Happy December, and hope you had a break over Thanksgiving. And for those who celebrate, hope you had a Happy Hanukkah. We all need some light – especially this year with Omicron dominating some of our worries. Light is a key …
Boston Globe Business Section – Melrose mounts electric car chargers on poles All: The news from COP26 – the climate conference in Glasgow – has dominated the news for good reason. This email is mostly being sent to get your input into what Cambridge can do to address the climate crisis… read on… First, Happy …
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Double Rainbow over Huron Avenue All: Happy November! A double rainbow right near my house is a perfect sign for hope – which we all need in light of the dire messages from the climate COP26 gathering in Glasgow. The results of the Cambridge election are in, and I will continue working for you next term. …
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Danehy Park Family Fun Day Happy Glorious Fall! Yesterday I went to the Port infrastructure event and was energized by the work the city is doing. An area of real success is the stormwater mitigation effort. Despite record rains, in general we’ve had less flooding than usual – and the massive public works undertaken (and …
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Proposed re-districiting in Cambridge – some concern about overlapping lines. All: It’s mid-October, the leaves are changing color, and the weather is hopefully helping you feel positive! We gave a summary of the last meeting, so this week has a summary of some items on the agenda for Monday, comments on some issues that have …
All: Hope you are well – and happy autumn! I have been busy with council work and happy to see progress on a number of initiatives – from COVID vaccinations slowly increasing to testing to schools in session and people back to work – hoping the progress continues. And the council this week engaged in a …
