Update from Councillor Patricia Nolan: On March 30, the Cambridge City Council had two policy orders about closing some streets – one about Memorial Drive and one about selecting streets across the city – during the Covid19 emergency. I was happy to work with colleagues Mayor Siddiqui, Vice Mayor Mallon and Councillors Carlone, Sobrinho-Wheeler and …
Hospital beds lined up at a reserve field hospital set up in Yale’s Lanman Center (Photo credit: Dan Renzetti) Hi all, As Cambridge absorbs the news of our first death of a resident from COVID-19, we should all remember to take time to deal with our feelings of fear, uncertainty and concern. One of the …
Walking Streets, Emergency Shelter for Homeless, and Additional Resources Read More »
Hi all, The world keeps changing around us. There are incredible folks working around the clock in these unprecedented times. We owe them our gratitude – from front line health care workers to government folks at every level delivering services on which we depend to the farmers and food workers making sure we can eat, …
COVID-19 Updates, Council Meeting, and Resources Read More »
Hi all, This update includes a number of opportunities to give back during this crisis! If you can, I urge you to pick at least one of the ways to support the Cambridge community. As this Covid19 crisis escalates, anxiety is escalating as well. Everyone in the medical field is urging all of us to self isolate …
Update from Councillor Nolan: With the rapidly developing coronavirus crisis, I thought it would be important to send an update today on what we know and some resources. Thanks to Katie Porter and other leaders like her taking action on behalf of the American people to keep us safe Thanks to Katie Porter and other …
Hi All! No Council meeting this week, as most of us are in Washington DC for the National League of Cities conference. I arrived yesterday – International Women’s Day – and headed for the Belmont-Paul house, a national park service monument of Equal Rights. A good reminder of the long fight to achieve equality for women. …
Another busy week at City Hall! Happy March! I hope you enjoyed Leap Day. There has been a ton going on in City Hall and I hope these emails have been helpful – if you have any suggestions for these email blasts please let me know, and forward to anyone you think might be interested! …
Lovin’ the title, lovin’ the job! It’s been about one month since I took office as Cambridge City Councillor and I am thrilled to have this new role! I intend to send weekly communications on city issues, upcoming council votes, and work I am doing. If you don’t want to receive these emails, simply click …
In my final months on School Committee, I have been hard at work for the wellbeing of students and parents and for our school system’s effectivness. Please see the message below; it’s about the configuration of our schools so they will better meet student and family needs. It’s also about using data to drive our …
School Committee Motion: Montessori, Bi-Lingual and Data-Driven Decision-Making Read More »
I’m so excited about my solid victory in the Council election. Thank you, Cambridge! Look here for the detailed round-by-round statistics on the rank-choice voting. I’m honored to have been elected, and so pleased that it was decisive. I understand that you elected me for my emphasis on: listening to all views; use of sound …
