The results of the first-ever bloggingbelmont readers’ poll are in, and they show strong (if statistically suspect) support for the upcoming roads override vote on June 9, as well as for the likely debt exclusion vote for Wellington Elementary. Forty…
Author: Paul Roberts
Belmont property values down 6%?
I’m a big fan of the new breed of Web based real estate tracking sites like Zillow.com, Redfin.com and the like. They’re incredibly powerful tools for studying home values, researching towns and so on. The amount of information they consolidate…
(Updated) Town Meeting II, Electric Boogaloo!
We’re back in session here to finish up seven items left over from Monday evening’s Town Meeting. When we left off, 1) my laptop battery had run out and 2) there was an amendment proposed to item #10, an omnibus…
Live blogging Town Meeting: 300 people, 27 articles — Fun!
7:45PM live blogging here– starting a bit late here and with a different feel under new moderator Mike Widmer, with both an ecumenical prayer (not sure how I feel about that), the saying of the Pledge of Allegiance (eh) and…
Open Meeting Laws: Just because you’re paranoid…
Remember that old saying “just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you”? Well, that was the saying that ran through my mind after hearing back from Middlesex Assistant DA Robert Bender. I wrote to the…
In the Mix: Dan Leclerc – town should focus on sustaining services
I was pleased to sit down at Bruegger’s Bagels on Friday morning and chat with one of our Selectmen, Dan Leclerc, about the coming override(s), some of the challenges facing the town, and life as a Selectman. This was a…
Belmont PD virtual tour
As we all know, the town has a long list of capital projects that need attention. In the immediate future, there’s an override vote for road reconstruction in June. At B2, our attention is focused on the Wellington School, which…
Selectmen’s new e-mail policy doesn’t add up
First off, my sincere apologies for the delay in writing this week — work has taken me offline and out of town for much of the last week. The good news is that there is some cool new content in…
In the Mix: Will Brownsberger (Part 2)
This continues my post from last week on my recent interview with Will Brownsberger, longtime Belmont Selectman and now our State Rep. You can read the first part of the interview here. BloggingBelmont (B2): Bring us up to date on…
In the Mix: Will Brownsberger
This is the latest installment in a series of interviews BloggingBelmont is doing with some of the leading thinkers and decision makers in the Belmont Community — those folks who help shape the town that we live in. For this…