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During the hotter summer weather, Cambridge street trees need more water. Residents and businesses can help by watering the trees near their property. Smaller street trees need about 20 gallons of water per week with larger street trees needing even more. If you are able to help provide them with some of that, our urban forest would be grateful!
COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Vaccines are recommended even for children who have already had COVID-19, since prior infection does not protect against new variants. COVID-19 infections have caused serious illness, hospitalization, and, in rare instances, death among young healthy children who had no underlying medical conditions. Vaccines can help protect your child.
The Cambridge Police announced that four individuals have been arrested in connection with an early morning stabbing and a late evening double stabbing in Central Square on July 10, 2022. No additional suspects are being sought for the stabbings.
The Development Log, published quarterly, tracks large-scale residential, commercial and institutional development projects currently in the permitting or construction phases in the City of Cambridge.
Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of the city’s capital budget. Delegates will research project ideas submitted by the public in June and July and develop the final proposals that will be presented for a community vote in December 2022.
This week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) made several changes in the way it reports data related to COVID-19. Importantly, MDPH has worked with the UMASS Donahue Institute to update population estimates for each municipality in the Commonwealth.
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