The executive director of Cambridge Arts, Jason Weeks, retires at the end of October. Like neighboring Somerville, the city will see new arts leadership after a quarter-century.
Before the music and marching starts for the Honk! festival running Oct. 9-11, Somerville City Hall opens a “Looking Back at 20 Years of Honk!” retrospective exhibit.
It was separation of powers that was cited by several councillors as cause not to support the order. “We should stay in our own lane,“ E. Denise Simmons said.
A Cambridge property tax rate classification was accepted Monday for a tax levy increase of 6.9 percent, to $725.4 million, lower than last year’s 8 percent.
It was still raining Monday from the weekend’s windy nor’easter. Just the estimated 2 inches it brought resulted in at least three combined sewer overflows.
Take part in meetings on property taxes, a water crisis and transportation issues, Central Square arts and culture and its Barron Plaza and Lamplighter’s ownership change.
Take part in meetings on a Teele Square hotel project, updates on homelessness policies and what spaces in Somerville are available for public use, including private space.
Exasperated developers at the Harriet Jacobs House in Harvard Square nearly walked away from a hotel-and-homes project that had finally won over its neighbors.