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Unless noted, no backpacks, shopping bags or similar type containers may be carried onto the Esplanade, and all carried items are subject to inspection.
City offices will be closed on Monday, July 4 for the Independence Day holiday. Trash and recycling pick up will be one day behind. Street cleaning of odd-side B-district (July 4) will be posted and swept on Wednesday, June 29. See important information related to road closures in advance and during holiday, and other useful information.
The Text-A-Tip numeric address for this year’s July 3rd and 4th event is 67283. Texters should then enter the characters B4 as the first two characters of their text.
The following vehicular and pedestrian traffic restrictions will be in place for Cambridge and Boston’s July 4th celebration. All roadways will remain closed (unless noted otherwise) until the Department of Conservation and Recreation has an opportunity to clean the roadways.
To help improve public safety response times and outcomes, the City of Cambridge today announced a new collaboration with RapidSOS, an advanced emergency technology start-up formed at M.I.T. and Harvard.
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan and Cambridge Police Commissioner Christopher Burke have announced that a fatal shooting occurred on Harvard Street in Cambridge early this morning.
The Traffic, Parking, and Transportation Department has been working on a traffic study of the Inman Square intersection, with the goal of addressing safety and congestion issues raised by the community. The Department held a community meeting on June 22 to present the initial results.
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