Take part in meetings on municipal and school district budgeting and making a new school with environmentally sustainable practices.
Somerville meetings, June 8-15: Budgeting for City Hall and the school department
Public Works
Somerville meetings, May 31-June 8: Ending waste outfall in public waters and razing the city’s ‘First Pizzeria’
Take part in meetings on Combined Sewer Overflows, homes at the Florentine Gardens and a fix for temperature issues at the Edgerly school.
Whatever process was promised, Cambridge plans to sink a giant stormwater tank on Sherman Street
Neighbors got an apology, but no sign that a 2.1 million-gallon tank wouldn't be installed. What goes above it may still be open to debate.
Somerville needs to brace for years of surging water and sewer bills
The year of bills that starts July 1 could have been worse, but the causes of the rate increases coming up are largely out of city control.
Cambridge meetings, May 25-June 1: A family-friendly Memorial Day and future-friendly waste plan
Take part in a Memorial Day ceremony and meetings on the Zero Waste Master Plan and the future of 135 Sherman St., formerly known as Bellis Circle.
Somerville meetings, May 25-June 1: Memorial Day, a better Broadway and water and sewer rates
Take part in a Memorial Day ceremony and meetings on remaking Broadway and a hike in rates tied to water and sewer use.
Somerville meetings, April 27-May 4: Developers vie for 90 Washington St. project
Take part in meetings on remaking 90 Washington St., surveillance technology, a teen center at Cummings School and Davis Square issues.
Affordable housing and space for Public Works are priorities at six Cambridge-owned properties
Affordable housing and room for a squeezed Department of Public Works was top of mind at a Monday roundtable in Cambridge.
After a ‘particularly brutal winter,’ Somerville urges pothole reports and prepares road repairs
The repaving of streets and other road improvements are mentioned as budget priorities in memos filed with mayor Jake Wilson by five city councilors.
Looking at this winter convinces a councillor that Cambridge needs a snow corps to call in for help
A wild winter with extreme outcomes for city workers and finances leads to exploration of a volunteer “snow corps”; another idea emerges from Somerville.