We heard from our own Sen. Will Brownsberger at Town Meeting in the spring about efforts on Beacon Hill to do a big and important re-write of zoning laws for the Bay State. The goal is to find a way…
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Bring Out Yer guns! Buyback Program June 11
I’m here at Town Meeting and our own Chief McLaughlin noted that this year’s Belmont PD Gun Buyback program is scheduled for this Saturday, June 11th. Gun owners are encouraged to come turn in their unwanted firearms in exchange…
Lots of Choices on The Ballot – Here’s How I See It
April elections can be sleepy affairs. Many voters who turn out for presidential- and state-wide contests stay home for local elections in April. That’s really too bad, as the people you elect to local boards and offices have a much bigger…
Setting The Record Straight – On All Sides
Let the record show that neither Ms. Ruban nor her campaign has never mentioned “a decade of no bid contracts” nor has that claim ever appeared on her campaign web site. Those were my words, and mine alone, in a letter endorsing her candidacy. Nor has Alexandra said that Belmont is wasting taxpayers’ money. Her position is that the town simply doesn’t know if it is wasting money or not, because in its most recent contract renewal, it did not solicit competing bids.
A Great New Belmont Tradition: Sign Up Now for the Becca Pizzi Family 5K
Like so many people in Belmont – and around the country – I was inspired by our town’s own Becca Pizzi when, a few months back, she became the first American woman to win the World Marathon Challenge. If…
Paul’s Over the Top Completely Shocking Endorsement of Alexandra Ruban for Selectwoman
Editor’s Note: What follows is a short (300 word) endorsement of Ms. Alexandra Ruban, a candidate for Belmont Selectwoman. It will appear in the Belmont Citizen Herald tomorrow and has already appeared over at Franklin Tucker’s Belmontonian, where it elicited…
A KISS for the Community Path: Keep It Simple, Selectmen
On the matter of Belmont’s planned Community Path, I have one piece of advice for our town leadership, which is KISS – Keep It Simple Selectmen.* If you don’t already know, the Community Path is a critical piece of 21st…
Call To Action: Show Support For Belmont Community Path Monday Evening!
Supporters of an off road Community Path linking Belmont Center and Waverley Square to Alewife and the Minuteman Trail need to come to the Board of Selectmen’s Monday Evening (Dec. 14) meeting to hear a report from the Community Path Implementation Advisory Committee (CPIAC) and to show their support for 21st Century Infrastructure in the Town of Homes.
Updated: Important Meetings This Week with Commuter Rail Access, Library on the Agenda
This article has been updated to clarify that the Library Long Range Planning meeting Tuesday is focused on Library programming that the Library will offer, not issues concerning the library building itself. PFR Nov 16 2015. Much of the…
Sign Up Now for Belmont’s Fall Classic: The 3rd Dan Scharfman 5K
October is almost upon us and that means that Belmont’s new fall classic, the Dan Scharfman Memorial Run is just around the corner. Sponsored by the Foundation for Belmont Education, with support from a wide range of local businesses. More…