I recently heard about a kind of barn raising opportunity that's in the same spirit: a home weatherization barn raising. The invite comes from the Cambridge Energy Alliance, a city-sponsored non profit group. The idea is simple: a bunch of folks get together to help a neighbor winterize their home. In the process, everyone...
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Archive for July, 2008
An energy efficiency “barn raising”?
A better Citizen Herald?
Is the Belmont Citizen Herald doing a good job covering the town? Discuss!
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Road repairs will start in August, cost $200k less than planned.
As you may be aware, there’s good news and bad news when it comes to Belmont’s roads. First the good news — road repair in town will soon be underway! According to Glenn Clancy, the town’s Director of Community Development, a $712,000 bid has been awarded for repaving on four streets: Cross St. (between...
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No November vote on Wellington??
A town-wide vote on a debt exclusion for the construction of a new Wellington Elementary school is unlikely to coincide with this November’s general election, according to a story posted on The Belmont Citizen Herald’s Web page. BCH editors and reporters interviewed State Treasurer Tim Cahill and other members of the State’s School Building...
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Changes coming to BloggingBelmont…
Hello to BloggingBelmont readers. First: an apology for the long delay in posting. Work responsibilities and travel took me off the B2 beat for the last couple weeks and, as this is still (sadly) mostly a one person effort, me going offline with work = thin traffic to BloggingBelmont. I’m anxious to expand the...
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Holland: pay increase controversy was just bad timing
This is the final part of a three-part interview with outgoing Schools Superintendent Peter Holland. The first part of the interview can be read by clicking this link, and the second installment is available here. In this post, Peter and I talk about the recent controversy over pay raises to two school administrators: Assistant...
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