At Winn Brook Elementary, for example, Principal Janet Carey wrote this week that she fielded around 700 applications for four open positions at that school to replace retiring staff or accomodate larger than expected classes: one first grade teacher, two, fourth grade teachers and an art teacher. That's 175 applicants per position, or an...
Courtesy of Rep. Will Brownsberger's Web site: The MBTA's 72 and 78 bus routes could be discontinued and weekday and weekend service cut in half on remaining routes to help the agency balance its books. The T will hold public hearings to discuss possible service cuts in the coming weeks.
Vandals burned a Rainbow flag flying in front of the Unitarian Church in Watertown. Was it a hate crime? The Church is sponsoring a vigil this Saturday evening (July 25) in support of tolerance and diversity.
I've heard from the Wellington Building Committee that my recent post on Wellington goodness which presented some artist's renderings and site plans for the new Wellington Elementary presented site plans that are not the latest and greatest and that there's some confusion about some of the content of those drawings. I've been asked to...
There will be a public meeting tomorrow evening to discuss the progress of the New Wellington Elementary project.
Given that the middle class dream of affording a college education for our kids is slipping out of reach, I suppose its natural (or at least comforting) to wonder whether it is really what's best for our kids, anyway.
The Belmont Citizen Herald is reporting that Belmont's legal counsel has issued a response to the Middlesex District Attorney that claims town officials who met behind closed doors to formulate plans to discuss the consolidation of School and Town services were not doing so in violation of the State's Open Meeting Laws.
I got the chance to head over to the Larz Anderson Car Museum in Brookline for their annual Micro Mini Car Day -- a gathering of some of the tiniest vehicles you've ever seen. Detroit was nowhere to be seen.
The planned bike path construction between Brighton Street and Alewife Station is set to move ahead, along with other, more extensive bike and pedestrian access projects. Now about that extension into Belmont Center...!
The Belmont Cultural Council has sponsored an online poll to get your feedback on how it can better server the community. Take part! This year, the Council's grants will support a variety of artistic projects and activities in Belmont, including exhibits, festivals, short-term artist residencies and performances in schools.
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