Daily brief · East Cambridge, MA
Nanopress Daily — East Cambridge, MA
June 6, 2026
Cambridge Gun Buyback Today: Trade Firearms for Gift Cards
Cambridge's 'Safer Homes, Safer Communities' buyback runs today, June 6, from 10 a.m. to noon at Reservoir Church (170 Rindge Ave.) and Pentecostal Tabernacle (77 Columbia St.), offering $50–$200 supermarket gift cards per firearm, no questions asked.
City of Cambridge – Cambridge Police Department
Cambridge Council Votes to Review Tree Protection Ordinance
The City Council voted unanimously Thursday to consider updates to the Tree Protection Ordinance that would shield neighboring trees' root systems from excavation damage during multifamily housing construction.
Cambridge Day
Harvard Square Road Closures in Effect Today for Community Events
Massachusetts Avenue and Brattle Street face major temporary closures today, June 6, to accommodate multiple large community events.
City of Cambridge
Cambridge Police Seek Suspect in Cambridgeport Exposure Incident
Cambridge Police are asking the public to help identify a man who followed a victim into a Cambridgeport apartment lobby and exposed himself, in an incident reported Friday.
Boston 25 News
Councillors Move to Nullify Cambridge's ShotSpotter Ban
Councillors Flaherty and Zusy filed a policy order Friday seeking to declare the council's June 1 vote banning ShotSpotter null and void, ahead of an upcoming council meeting.
Cambridge Civic Journal
Fado & Wine Tasting Fundraiser Tonight in East Cambridge
The Boston Portuguese Festival hosts a Fado Wine Tasting Celebration today from 4–7 p.m. at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge, serving as a fundraiser while the larger 2026 festival is on pause.
Ticket Tailor / Boston Portuguese Festival
Free Pride Patio Party at Lamplighter CX Today
Lamplighter Brewing's Cambridge Crossing taproom (110 N. First St.) hosts a free Pride Patio Party today from noon to midnight, with drag performances from 6–9 p.m. and a dance party after 9 p.m.
Lamplighter Brewing Co.
Free MIT Play Tonight: 'This Place Doesn't Exist'
MIT Theater Arts and TEATRA present a free play about love and Amazon deforestation tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Building W97 Theater, 345 Vassar St., Cambridge.
MIT Events Calendar
Ahern Field Turf Debate Heats Up in East Cambridge
A Friday opinion piece defended the city's synthetic turf proposal for East Cambridge's Ahern Field, drawing pushback from a community group petitioning for natural grass.
Cambridge Day
Symphony Station Closes Today for 35-Month Accessibility Overhaul
Symphony Station on the Green Line E branch closed today for roughly 35 months to install four elevators and raised platforms; use Northeastern or Prudential stations as alternatives.
MBTA
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