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🗳️ 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: 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: 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: 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. 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

Cambridge's Domestic and Gender-Based Violence Prevention Initiative issued a joint statement to confront a painful truth about sexual violence long being weaponized to justify violence, surveillance & retribution: camb.ma/4s5EmLa @barcc @HealthyBoston #BlackHistoryMonth

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

Thank you to our dedicated Public Works snow crew and partner agencies for working tirelessly to reopen roads, schools, and City buildings! ❄️👏 We appreciate your support as snow clean-up continues. Learn more at cambridgema.gov/snow

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 ➡️ 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.

Here's everything else you need to know, including street restrictions, trash updates and your sidewalk clearing responsibilities. 👉 Full details at the link in our bio or CambridgeMA.gov/Snow. 🏙️ (2)

❄️ 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)