Of course, while we here in Belmont sharpen our claws for the expected battle over school funding, including a 1% funding increase for full day kindergarten classes, there is the possibility (albeit remote) that we all may end up raising…
School Committee budgets for Full Day K (now for the smackdown)
So I had the opportunity to go down to the Chenery Middle School last night and sit in as The School Committee presented its FY 2009 budget to the Warrant Committee. As you may already have read, the FY 09…
Warrant Committee to discuss school budget Wednesday
There’s an “all hands on deck” call to Belmont parents to show up to Wednesday evening’s Warrant Committee meeting, where the Superintendent’s Recommended Budget Request for FY09 will be presented to the Warrant Committee. The Warrant Committee meeting begins at…
Crazy Idea #8: Eminent Domain
Note: This is the eighth and final installment of Eight Crazy Ideas for ‘08, a multi-part posting that is looking at ideas, big and small, that could improve our community in Belmont. OK…so it took a bit longer than planned,…
Crazy Idea #7: Fill the ‘Golden Bowl’?
Note: This is the seventh installment of Eight Crazy Ideas for ’08, a multi-part posting that is looking at ideas, big and small, that could improve our community in Belmont. On we charge with our Eight Crazy Ideas for 2008.…
Punks beat up on the Citizen Herald
New in the “grounded for life” category…it looks like our beloved Belmont Citizen Herald got more than it was bargaining for with the recent Cassie Norton story in last week’s issue on the “near riot” at the VFW Hall after…