David C. Haverty, 82, of Gale Road in Belmont was struck by an inbound Commuter Rail train and killed this morning while walking along the train tracks near the intersection with Brighton Street.
The Belmont Citizen Herald is reporting today on a Board of Selectmen meeting last night that makes it look likely that the town will be asked to vote for an override of Proposition 2 1/2 to close a hole in the town’s operational budget deficit. But as the story makes clear, there’s still deep...
A special election to pass a debt exclusion for the construction of a new Wellington Elementary will almost certainly be needed, as negotiations on the final price tag for construction of a new Wellington Elementary School between the Mass. School Building Authority (MSBA) and the town continue.
According to a report in the Boston Globe, Mitt Romney's Marsh St. home is one of two he is putting up for sale, along with a spacious ski lodge at the Deer Valley resort in Utah.
75 homeless families including an estimated 100 homeless children are being put up at the Gateway motel on Rte 2 in Cambridge. The families are staying for 2-3 months on average, and living out of hotel rooms equipped with microwave ovens and mini- refrigerators. They need help from the community. Here are some ideas...
A poll from the BCH and a survey from the town give you two opportunities to have your voice heard. Check them out!
I've decided to run for what's left of Diane Stafford's three year term on School Committee.
Town officials submitted no fewer than 17 shovel ready projects to the state, with a price tag north of $30 million. Road, sewer and other improvement to municipal buildings top the list and range from a $14m project to rebuild 2.5 miles of new roadway and improved drainage along Trapelo Rd. and Belmont St.,...
he Belmont Citizen Herald is reporting that the School Committee has tapped George Entwistle, the Superintendent of Falmouth, Maine, as its choice to head Belmont's Public School system starting next year. Entwistle was one of two finalists, along with Ashland Superintendent Richard Hoffman, and won unanimous support from School Committee members, who responded especially...
Oberdorfer throws a wheelhouse punch at everything that he perceives to be wrong in town. Those include: "so-called liberals," the Senior Center, town administrators (there are too many of 'em) and, of course, "our beknighted School Department," "compliant School Committee" and ... wait for it... "greedy" parents. Oberdorfer accuses this last troika of a...
