Archive for January, 2008

A note from Janet Carey at Winn Brook: Please join us at the All Elementary Schools Meeting on Monday, February 4th at 7 pm in the Wellington School Cafeteria. The meeting will provide an overview of school-related budget concerns. In addition, full-day kindergarten and the “New Wellington” will be addressed. Refreshments will be served! Presenters...
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In the Mix is BloggingBelmont’s occasional series that profiles important people in town. In our last installment, Selectman Angelo Firenze gave us his thoughts on the future of the town and on his role, as Selectman, in shaping it. This time around, BloggingBelmont sat down with Patricia Mihelich of the Belmont Food Pantry to...
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Thanks to Ann Rittenburg for passing along information on the hearing schedule for the town’s annual budget. Hearings will take place on three Saturdays:  Jan 26, Feb. 2 and March 1. For those interested in funding for the schools, the big meeting on March 1 at the Chenery Middle School, during which the School...
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It looks as if the race for the position of Town Moderator may end up being competitive, with one Warrant Committee member, Mike Widmer, planning a run and two others town residents: Mary Tinkham and Walter McLaughlin (also a WC member) expressing an interest, as well. It’s worth noting that the field could narrow....
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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 champagne glasses together and toasting our good fortune. I’m talking, of course, about  Gov....
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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 budget for the schools came in at $39,825,999 — a 7.5% increase over the...
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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 7:30PM in the Community Room of the Chenery Middle School. If you’re a parent of...
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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, but here, at last, is the final installment of Eight Crazy Ideas for 2008. As...
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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. As we’ve noted in the discussion about saving the Underwood Pool, parking, a new Library...
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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 drinking and fighting at a punk rock show got out of hand. As you...
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