Hey all – thought I’d pass along this article from Belmont Patch: Seven Things You Should Do Today Before Hurricane Sandy Hits. Watching the local news and weather channels might make you think that Sandy (my mother’s name, btw) is going…
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Club Soccer Pulls at Players’ Ties to the Hometown Team – NYTimes.com
An article in Saturday’s New York Times looks at a new U.S. Soccer Association rule barring top players on its affiliated soccer academy teams from playing for their high school squads. See also: professionalization of youth sports.
State Grants Belmont $7.5 Million For New Library – Belmont, MA Patch
Let the great game of Chess begin! As the Patch reported yesterday: the State granted Belmont $7.5 Million to build a new library across Concord Ave from the library’s current location. The grant, for the construction of a 45,000 square foot,…
Cambridge’s Rogers Wins Dem Primary In State Rep Race – Patch
Rogers won the Democratic primary and will face Tomi Olson and Jim Gammill in November. Candidate Dave Rogers of Cambridge turned a surprise upset in the Democratic primary to fill a vacant seat in the State Legislature vacated when Will…
Heat Advisory from BMLD
Hey all – if you haven’t noticed yet, its HOT out here in the Town of Homes. The Belmont Municipal Light Department (BMLD) is passing along the following heat advisory and encouraging all of us to try to take steps…
Another Slow Moving Crisis: Future uncertain for Belmonts Underwood (Boston.com)
There’s an interesting, albeit sad article on Boston.com on the future of the Underwood Pool, which has long been in disrepair and, this summer, can no longer (safely) support a diving board. The pool itself, the article says, may soon…
Town Meeting Live Blog Part III: This Time It’s For Keeps!
We’re back at the _third_ installment of Belmont’s annual Town Meeting. This time we’re at the lovely Chenery Middle School auditorium, so there will be no pictures of dilapidated infrastructure. Sorry. There’s air conditioning too. Lovely.
This week in crazy: students punished for riding bikes to school in Michigan
When you live in a compact, walkable town like Belmont, its easy to forget that many, many other communities across the country are what you might call “car bound.” They’re sprawling, decentralized, with poor access to critical services and lacking even the basic infrastructure, like sidewalks and bike lanes, to support citizens who choose to go car free. No surprise, also, that in these communities the collective memory of things like walking or biking places or riding the bus has disappeared, making those once normal activities seem foreign or downright dangerous. Thus, the news item that flashed across my computer screen today about high school seniors in Michigan being punished for riding their bikes to school. Crazy, no?
Town Meeting Live Blog – Extended Dance Mix – May 16
t’s a love-in at Town Meeting where everyone is tickled about our healthy town budget. Catch your breath, ’cause 2014’s gonna be HAIRY.
Town Meeting Live Blog – Budget Hoedown- May 14
We’re back at the annual Town Meeting to discuss a myriad of budget issues. Pour yourself a drink of something.