Most Cantabrigians know that the State Department of Transportation (DOT) is planning to extend the Green Line from Lechmere into Somerville. This is good news for our neighbors to the north and the region. We get better public transport, making commuting to jobs and shopping better, while providing traffic, parking, and pollution relief. This will include a branch to Union Square, and a main line through West Medford to Tufts or Route 16 near the Somerville-Medford border. (Why they wouldn't go the last mile is a real puzzler.)

Little of the new construction will take place in Cambridge: less than half a mile of new track. The biggest local change happens at Lechmere Square. We are all familiar with this area as it has been configured since about 1920 with the T station on the point between Cambridge Street and the O’Brien Highway at their convergence. In ten years you won’t recognize the spot. read more...

SAVE THE DATE! FEBRUARY 24, 2010
The East Cambridge Planning Team will hold its Mid Winter Soiree at the offices of the Constellation Center. Come spend a pleasant evening with your neighbors, raise a glass and enjoy. There will be a short performance by Handel & Haydn Society singer Shannon Larkin with cello accompaniment. Constellation Center President Glen KnicKrehm will give a project update and you will be able to hear an example of the Constellation Center sound system.

Take this opportunity to chat, find out more about what's going on in East Cambridge, and learn about what may one day be one of the planet's greatest performance venues. Right here in East Cambridge!. I look forward to seeing you all there.

While walking home from work yesterday, I got a big shock. The 21 linden trees that grew in the grass strip in front of the Museum of Science were being cut down. By noon today, they were gone. I knew that the sidewalk was scheduled to be widened, but according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s project description that is still linked to on their web site, the “streetscape improvements” weren’t scheduled to begin until May of 2011. read more...

2010-2011 City Council Sworn in today at City Hall read more...

The City of Cambridge hosted part one of the 2009-2010 Cambridge Climate Congress at City Hall today. The purpose of the Congress is to recommend ways for the community and city of Cambridge to respond more effectively to climate change. The members of the 2009 Cambridge Climate Emergency Congress Steering Committee that organized this event include John Bolduc, Joanna Herlihy, John Pitkin, Minka vanBeuzekom, Steve Wineman and Quinton Zondervan. School Committee member Patty Nolan and councillor elect Leland Cheung and many others were also involved in organizing the Congress. Participants were solicited from all parts of the city, and at least one “delegate” from another town was invited for his expertise. read more...

Coming Tuesday November 3, 2009 at your local polling place.
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After writing my piece on who owns what at City Hall, and the related bit that appeared on the Cambridge Chronicle website, I thought I’d take a look at Campaign contributions to our
City Councillors. Who is paying for who(m?) at City Hall. The Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) posts the information provided by candidates on their required reporting statements. The statements are supposed to be itemized and have the name, address and employer of contributors. read more...