DCR and MassDOT will close inbound lanes of Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road in Boston on Sunday, March 15 and Monday, March 16 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. During these overnight closures, traffic will be detoured to Memorial Drive in Cambridge. 🚧 Learn more: https://camb.ma/4cEVK52

The new sharps drop box is an example of @cambridgemass.bsky.social Participatory Budgeting (PB)! The newest round of PB is going on right now. Voting ends March 15 so make sure to get your vote in now on future Cambridge projects/initiatives! www.cambridgema.gov/participator... #CambridgeMA

🏀 This Participatory Budgeting project will support upgrades for courts across the city, keeping courts safe, in good condition, and accessible for all ages to play. Learn more: https://camb.ma/4lgmJGe Remember to vote for your favorite PB project by March 15! 🗳️

Renew your Resident or Visitor Parking Permit by March 31, 2026! Renew online at camb.ma/486qQ0X or in person at 344 Broadway. To renew, you’ll need: 🏠 Proof of residence 🚘 MA-registered vehicle 🎫 All parking tickets paid Don't wait! Renew your permit today.

🌱 This Participatory Budgeting project will fix and build more garden beds and plots at the Riverside Press Community Garden. By improving the space, more people can grow their own plants. Learn more: https://camb.ma/4bk49sn Remember to vote for your favorite PB project by March 15! 🗳️

🎨 This Participatory Budgeting project funds Cambridge artists with support for studio rentals, maker space memberships, and emergency workspace needs. Learn more: https://camb.ma/4ugFbTi Remember to vote for your favorite PB project by March 15! 🗳️

🚌 This Participatory Budgeting project will offer transportation support to low‑income and unhoused residents for essential appointments—like housing court, benefits, shelter access, and healthcare. Learn more: https://camb.ma/4sju3nv Remember to vote for your favorite PB project by March 15! 🗳️

📝🎉 Have you voted in PB12 yet? You still have time! Take a look at 5 of this year's ballot projects related to improving our environment ➡️ https://camb.ma/3Tfu3VW Make sure to vote on your favorite projects! Voting is happening now through March 15.

🌳 In-Person Design Open House Help shape improvements to Ahern Field! Review concepts and share your feedback with City staff. 📅 Wednesday, March 11 | 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. 📍 Millers River Apartments - Community Room (15 Lambert Street) 🔗 https://camb.ma/47nuRPu

⚡ Heating Bill Assistance Event Get help managing your energy bills with support from Eversource outreach representatives. 📅 Thur., Mar. 12 | 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. 📍 Cambridge City Hall, First Floor Lobby (795 Massachusetts Ave.) 🔗 https://camb.ma/46QJnz6

✏️ This Participatory Budgeting project will provide school and craft supplies in school libraries and classrooms so all students can use them and have the materials they need to finish school projects. Learn more: https://camb.ma/4bei7f4 Remember to vote for your favorite PB project by March 15! 🗳️

PB12 is here! Take a look at 5 of this year's ballot projects related to community resources ➡️ https://www.cambridgema.gov/participatorybudgeting 🗳️📝 Make sure to vote on your favorite projects! Voting is happening now through March 15.

March is here, but we’re still buzzing from Winter Mix! Huge thanks to @cddat344 and Cambridge Recreation for bringing the fun. ❤️‍🔥🤝 And thank you to everyone who showed up and warmed up the season with us! 📸: Kyle Klein

How to vote in PB12! 🗳️ 💻 Vote online at pb.cambridgema.gov 📞 Call the Budget Office at (617) 349-4270 during business hours 🏛️ Visit in‑person PB voting locations (full schedule at pb.cambridgema.gov) PB12 voting is open March 5–15, 2026. Make your voice heard!

🚧 Harvard Square Traffic Alert ⚠️ Road closures for 18th Annual "Taste of Chocolate Festival". 📅 Saturday, March 7 🕚 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 🚫 Brattle Street between Eliot and Church streets will be closed. Please plan ahead and use alternate routes.

Join the 2026 Annual Winter Bike Ride! 🚴❄️ 🗓️ Saturday, March 7 | Meet between 9:30–10 a.m. (ride leaves promptly at 10) 📍 Meet near the intersection of Broadway & Norfolk, by the Bluebikes station For more details and other bike rides ➡️ https://camb.ma/4shDoLT

👏 Happy Employee Appreciation Day, Cambridge! 🎉 Today we’re celebrating the incredible employees who keep our city moving. Thank you for your dedication and hard work!💙 Check out just a few of the bright faces behind it all! 📸✨ #EmployeeAppreciationDay2026 #CambridgeMA

🎉 PB12 is here! 🎉 🗳️ Cambridge residents ages 12+ can vote on projects to improve our city from March 5–15, 2026. Voting is now open! 🤝💭 Make your voice heard — vote today! ✅ For more info, visit https://camb.ma/3Tfu3VW

Is your household eligible for the Home Energy Assistance Program to help pay a portion of your winter heating bills? Find out! 💸❄️www.cambridgema.gov/HeatingHelp

🚫 Did you know plastic film can’t go in your curbside bin? ✅ But the good news: some types can be recycled at drop-off spots like the Cambridge Recycle Center! ♻️ 👉 Find out what’s accepted & where to go: camb.ma/3OmZpdH

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City of Cambridge 2026 Scholarship applications are due TOMORROW on March 4, 2026. 🕰️🎓 The fund provides financial assistance to Cambridge residents looking to pursue post-secondary education. Don't miss out on this opportunity! For more information: https://camb.ma/4kYiq2g

🗳️ Cambridge’s 12th Participatory Budgeting is almost here! 📆 Vote March 5–15, 2026. Residents 12+ (including non‑US citizens, 6th graders, and university students) can help choose projects funded up to $1M. 📢 Learn more and explore all 20 proposals: https://camb.ma/3Tfu3VW

3 days left! Don't miss out on applying to the City of Cambridge 2026 Scholarship! Applications are due on March 4, 2026. 🕰️📝 The fund provides financial assistance to Cambridge residents looking to pursue post-secondary education. For more information: https://camb.ma/4kYiq2g

Cambridge Preschool Program: Apply now for free, high-quality preschool! 🏫🙌 ✅ For families new to Cambridge or who missed the fall deadline 👶 Child must turn 3 or 4 by Aug 31. ‼️ Apply by April 13 for early summer placement 🔗 Learn more & apply: https://camb.ma/3MactiG

☃️ Student Shoveler Program❄️ The Office of Workforce Development and Council on Aging work together to match teens who are interested in earning money with older adults and people with disabilities who need assistance clearing snow from their property. https://camb.ma/4896Gm1

🎉 Celebrate Black History Month at CPL! Join Castle of our Skins for “A Little History”—an interactive 60-minute recital sharing stories of Black figures through music and poetry. 📅 Sat, Feb 28 | 2–3 PM 📍 Main Library ✅ No registration required 🧑‍🧒 For school-age kids

Make winter heating more affordable with HEAP - Cambridge's Home Energy Assistance Program. To see if you're eligible and to apply, please visit www.cambridgema.gov/HeatingHelp.

Homeowners in Cambridge who are over 60 or have a disability may qualify for the Snow Exemption Program, where City staff shovel their sidewalks after clearing roads, schools, and public buildings. ⛄🌨️ To learn if you are eligible, call the Council on Aging at 617-349-6220.

Cambridge teens are invited to join Moses Youth Center staff after school! 🎮🏋️ 📅 Monday - Friday | 3 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. 📍 359 Broadway (Temporary location) ✅ No registration needed! Learn more: https://camb.ma/4cxxm5e

❄️ We know shoveling out after a storm takes a lot of work and we appreciate you. A quick reminder that “space savers” aren’t allowed in Cambridge and will be removed during curbside collection. 🪑🚗 Thanks for your cooperation. Stay safe and warm, Cambridge! 🙌💙

🔥👨‍🚒 Congratulations to our 5 Cambridge Firefighters on Probation (FFOPs) for graduating from the MA Firefighting Academy on February 13! After completing EMS First Responder training, they’ll join Cambridge fire companies. We’re proud of this dedicated class of recruits! 🧯🚒

🪏 If you’re able, please shovel out your nearest fire hydrant to speed up clearing and keep the city safe. Consider joining our “Adopt a Hydrant” program. Fire companies will also be out clearing snow from every hydrant citywide. 🚒❄️

🎊 Final Winter Mix: Dance Party! 🪩🕺 Join us for warm food, hot cocoa, winter games, fire performances, and dancing to DJ beats! 🎶🎧 📅 Thurs, Feb 26 | 5:30–7:30 PM 📍 Main Library

In recognition of Black History Month's 100th anniversary, Cambridge's Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Initiative issued a statement to confront a painful truth about sexual violence long being weaponized to justify violence, surveillance & retribution: https://camb.ma/4s5EmLa

Join Opera on Tap Boston as they present "Shakespeare of Harlem", a concert celebrating the life, work, and enduring influence of Langston Hughes. 🎶🎙️ 📅 Thurs, Feb. 26 | 6-7p.m. 📍 Main Library 🔗 Registration not required, but encouraged ➡️ https://camb.ma/4aJ74ut

A big thank-you to the DPW, CFD, CPD, and all of the agencies that have been working around the clock to reopen our roadways, schools and City buildings! 🌨️❄️ ICYMI: For residents, the City provides salt barrels in several locations for residents to use.

Important snow-related reminders: ⏰ The snow emergency parking ban will be lifted at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday) ⚠️ Residents parked in the City’s Snow Emergency Off-Street Parking locations should exit by 7 p.m. to avoid being charged. https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

Important snow-related reminders: ⏰ The snow emergency parking ban will be lifted at 5 p.m. today (Tuesday) ⚠️ Residents parked in the City’s Snow Emergency Off-Street Parking locations should exit by 7 p.m. to avoid being charged. https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

❄️ The Cambridge Snow Emergency Parking Ban lifts today at 5 p.m. 🚗 If you're in a city lot, you have until 7 p.m. to exit before charges kick in. (1/2)

Due to the ongoing storm situation, the City of Cambridge has announced the following service and program impacts for Tuesday, February 24.

🚨 Snow Emergency Parking Ban currently in effect will be lifted at 5 p.m. as of Tuesday, February 24, 2026! 🚨 Vehicles must exit off-street parking facilities by 7 p.m. For more information, please visit the City’s Snow Center at https://camb.ma/3ZTE1iD

Celebrate Black History Month at the Cambridge Public Library at the Wikipedia Highlights Black Cambridge: Edit-a-Thon! 🖥️🌐 📍 Central Square Library Branch 📅 Wednesday, Feb. 25 | 5:30–8:30 p.m. ✅ No registration required.

A significant concern with this storm is the potential for a number of downed lines/wires. If you see any, report them directly to the Cambridge Police Non-Emergency Line at 617-349-3300. Power outages should be reported directly to your utility company. https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

It continues to be very white, wet & windy out there. ❄️Please stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary Our DPW crews are fully deployed with nearly 200 pieces of equipment actively working to clear & treat roads, bike lanes, public spaces. https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

Winter storms pose a severe risk to the safety and health of people outdoors. If you see someone & have concerns, please contact the FirstStep Outreach team at 617-592-6895 or Cambridge Police at 617-349-3300. Call 911 for a medical emergency. https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

🚨 The parking ban is in effect and vehicles will be towed. If you haven't already done so, please move your vehicle now. Every car left slows our plows & can put our community at risk. Find a garage: www.cambridgema.gov/snow ❤️

❄️We are gearing up for another significant storm❄️ Our amazing Public Works team and contractors will be deploying nearly 200 pieces of equipment. Equipment includes loaders, salters, sidewalk and bike lane machines & bobcats. https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

All City of Cambridge administrative offices, library branches, public schools, DHSP locations & Council meetings will be closed or cancelled Monday, Feb. 23 due to the severe weather. Curbside trash & recycling collection will be delayed a day. More: https://www.cambridgema.gov/snow

🌨️ Tomorrow's the day, Cambridge. The parking ban takes effect at 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 22, and vehicles left in ban areas will be towed. Free parking is available in several City garages opening at 6 a.m. Please move your vehicle tonight or first thing tomorrow: www.cambridgema.gov/snow