An interesting article in the Sunday Globe presents some ideas on making cities (and suburbs?) greeener by "retrofitting" existing infrastructure. Check it out.
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Archive for June, 2009
More ideas for greening Belmont
District Attorney looking into Belmont Officers Group
The Middlesex District Attorney's Office is inquiring into the doings of an informal, private gathering of some of the Town's top elected officials with questions about whether the group ran afoul of the State's Open Meeting Law, according to the Belmont Citizen Herald.
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Closed government? Questions hang over new Town-School consolidation plan
Belmont's latest consolidation plan is the product of an informal and closed door group of the Town's senior elected officials that some have dubbed the "Officers' Group." Is Belmont closing the doors on Open Government?
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A Story in the Boston Metro on the Former “A-Line” on the Green Line
The Metro published a piece on the former A-line that discontinued service to Watertown 40 years ago on Sunday. The story is at http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/06/22/02/3545-72/index.xml
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NYT: Literary legend Ray Bradbury fights for local libraries
With all the debate in town about preserving our elementary school libraries, I couldn't help but note this story on the front page of today's New York Times about sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury's crusade to preserve public libraries in his home, Ventura County, California.
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An open letter from the Save Our Libraries Committee
A letter from the Save Our Libraries Committee urges the School Committee to allocate funds recently diverted from the Town's free cash to maintain Library Aide positions. Read the full letter.
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Reminder: Brendan’s Home Run 5K this weekend
Just a reminder that the 8th running of "Brendan's Home Run," sponsored by the Brendan Grant Foundation is this Sunday, June 21st (Father's Day). Race time is 10:00am, though a charity walk kicks off at 9:30am.
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Federal stimulus goodness for house, auto upgrades
A trio of blog posts that I came across recently help explain how those of us who aren't being foreclosed on or sagging under the weight of bad bets on derivatives can still take advantage of federal stimulus programs.
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Belmont mentioned in Globe article on overrides
Belmont's name showed up on a list of 11 Bay State towns that had passed Prop 2 1/2 overrides, despite the rough economy. The article, on the front page of today's Globe,talks about overrides for schools, libraries and public services passing in towns like Rockland, Milton.
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The Wellington victory: turning a page
If nothing else, the Wellington reminds us all that investing in our public schools -- investing in the future of Belmont -- is something that's just...good. It enriches us all far beyond the meager costs we pay (around $1 a day, on average, for the new Wellington school).
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