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From: Ini Tomeu <itomeu@cambridgema.gov> Date: April 4, 2018 at 3:36:19 PM EDT To: rryals@comcast.net Subject: City of Cambridge Closures, Observances, and Services for Patriots' Day Holiday Apr. 16

City of Cambridge Public Information Office For Immediate Release

Contact: Ini Tomeu, Public Information Officer 617-349-4339, itomeu@cambridgema.gov

City of Cambridge Closures, Observances, and Services for Patriots' Day Holiday Apr. 16

Cambridge, MA, April 4, 2018 – In observance of the Patriots’ Day Holiday on Monday, Apr. 16, Cambridge city offices and libraries will be closed, payments will not be required at City of Cambridge parking meters and parking meter pay stations, and there will be no trash, recycling, or compost pickup, and no street cleaning. The trash, recycling, and compost daily pickup routes will be one day behind schedule for the rest of that week. Regularly scheduled street cleaning routes for Apr. 16 will be swept on Monday, Apr. 30. The offices at the Cambridge Cemetery, 76 Coolidge Ave. will be closed on the holiday, however the gates will be open from dawn to dusk.

Residents can find their curbside collections and street cleaning schedules by entering their address in the “My Cambridge Schedule” tool found at www.CambridgeMA.gov/theworks.

Reminders related to above city services are now available by text message, email, or app notifications by downloading the “Zero Waste Cambridge” app for iPhone/Android. Users who are registered to receive reminders through E-Line should re-subscribe using the scheduling tool or by downloading the app in order to receive future reminders.

Additionally, the Department of Veterans’ Services will hold its annual Patriots' Day Observance on Monday, Apr. 16, at 10:15 a.m., on the Cambridge Common. Philip Anderson, President, of the Cambridge Veterans' Organization will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Mayor Marc C. McGovern will extend the city’s greetings.

The event will be highlighted by a reenactment of Patriot William Dawes, Jr. historic horseback ride from Boston to Cambridge alerting the colonists of the British threat of 1775. Patriot Dawes, dressed in colonial garb, will deliver the alert to Mayor McGovern. A Cambridge Rindge & Latin School Drama student, will read the Governor’s Patriots’ Day Proclamation. A CRLS music student will sing the National Anthem and God Bless America. -###-

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