Cambridge News Weekly

Statement from Cambridge Health Alliance CEO Dennis D. Keefe on Dept. of Labor Relations Decision

 

(from CHA)

We are disappointed with Friday’s decision by the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board and are reviewing our legal options with regard to next steps.

We continue to believe our negotiations with the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), which represents the Cambridge Hospital nurses, were conducted fairly and with proper consideration. We remain confident we can ultimately demonstrate the serious need to implement the desired changes for the benefit of the entire organization. Four other labor unions representing more than 750 Cambridge Hospital employees understood how important this change is to Cambridge Health Alliance’s financial stability, and ratified the proposed changes to the public employee retiree health plan.

Election Commission offers voter registration training on September 20

 

The Cambridge Election Commission expects increased voter participation in the upcoming fall elections. The Primary Election is September 14, 2010, and has a voter registration deadline of August 25^th. The State Election is November 2, 2010, and has a voter registration deadline of October 13, 2010.

Cambridge Artist-in-Residence Sees Poetry in Traffic Enforcement

 

The Cambridge Arts Council (CAC) and the Department of Traffic, Parking and Transportation (TPT) are jointly presenting a public art project from September 7 - November 17, 2010 by artist Daniel Peltz that offers a poetic interpretation of language typically used in parking enforcement. 

17th Annual Old Time Baseball Game Tonight

 
The 17th Annual Old Time Baseball Game - Thursday, August, 26th at 7 p.m. at St. Peter's Field in Cambridge.  
 
This year, the Old Time Baseball Game is being played in support of The Marley Jaye Cherella Memorial Fund (www.marleycherellafund.org), founded after the tragic death of Jason and Melissa (Mountain) Cherella's beautiful 5-month old daughter Marley on February 22, 2008 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).  The Mountain/Cherella Family, who suffered a tragic loss at the hands of SIDS, have worked with Steve Buckley and the Old Time Baseball game to dedicate this year's game to help curing this disease, which is the number one cause of death for infants one month to one year of age, claiming 2,100 babies in the United States each year.

Cambridge High Rindge & Latin Class of "78" Reunion

Cambridge High Rindge & Latin School's  Class of "78" Reunion is coming up soon.

When: Friday September 10th at 7:00pm

Where: Paddy's located in Cambridge at the corner of Sherman and Walden Streets.

Free admission

Fire on Holton Street in Somerville

~Photo by William Tauro

By William Tauro

Somerville fire units responded to a three alarm fire that started at a residence on Holton Street around  6pm on Monday evening turning the evening drive into a commuter’s nightmare.

Firefighters from Somerville, Medford, Cambridge and Boston were called in to battle the blaze.

Community Preservation Act Committee Meeting

The Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) will hold a committee meeting on Tuesday, September 7, at 5:30 p.m., in the Ackermann Room at Cambridge City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue. 

The purpose of the meeting will be for the CPAC to vote on the percentage allocation to CPA expenditure categories and on particular projects to be funded with Community Preservation Act Funds for FY11.  These funds may be allocated to affordable housing, open space and historic preservation. 

Two Central Square Municipal Parking Lots Now Allow Credit Card Payments

Meter Hours will be from 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.


Effective Monday, August 23, the two City of Cambridge parking lots at the corner of Green and Pleasant Streets, also called Lots 8 and 9, will be upgraded with new pay stations that also take credit cards as well as quarters.  The old single space meters will be removed. The patron pays for their parking and places a receipt on the dash board of their vehicle so the enforcement staff knows they have purchased time.

INMAN UNDER THE STARS: MOVIE NIGHT & NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL

Presented by the Inman Square Business Association in collaboration with the Cambridge Arts Council and Cambridge Community Development Department

On Thursday, August 19, 6: 00 p.m. to 11 p.m., light rain or shine, the Inman Square Business Association in collaboration with the Cambridge Community Development Department and the Cambridge Arts Council present the annual

INMAN UNDER THE STARS: MOVIE NIGHT & NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL

Expect traffic delays in East Cambridge

 
By William Tauro

Work crews connect underground utility repairs at the intersection of Cambridge and 
Sixth street in East Cambridge on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Expect delays during the morning and evening drive.   

Being entertained in Harvard Square

 


By William Tauro

A crowd gathers in Harvard Square Tuesday, during the heat 
of the day, to watch a soapbox magician display his talents. 

European Fire Ants Discovered in Danehy Park

In late July, European fire ants (Myrmica rubra) were discovered in Danehy Park and on three residential properties on Bellis Circle adjacent to the park. Experts believe the ants arrived in Cambridge about five years ago on plants brought in from Maine by the Bellis Circle homeowners.

In addition, an unrelated colony of European fire ants are present in the woods surrounding Fresh Pond.  Experts believe this ant population dates back to 1908.

These ants spread extremely slowly, and have not been detected in other locations in Cambridge.

Summer in the City

Thursday, August 5, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Due to rain, the performance will be held inside the
Kennedy Longfellow School, 158 Spring Street (Auditorium)


Alastair Moock
American Folk Music
Alastair Mook engages audiences with a style of humor and insight that Americana Radio chart-topper Slaid Cleaves describes as "masterful." Not content to simply serve up a laundry list of tunes, he mixes his own songs with spoken word pieces, stories from the road, and even a bit of American history, providing context for the traditional blues and ballads he includes in every show. http://www.moock.com/bio.php

 

Run 'N' Ride at CambridgeSide

 
On Sunday, August 15, 2010 children ages 5 to 14 years will be running and biking as part of Run & Ride @ CambridgeSide duathlon event.  Children who love to run and ride their bike are invited to compete in this first ever, kids only Cambridge duathlon taking place in and around CambridgeSide Galleria.