A study of home values in Bay State towns finds that home owners reap far more financial gain from passing overrides that benefit local school systems through increased property values than they save in taxes. What will be the price of this month's "NO" vote for Belmont home owners?
Just a reminder to all the (many) runners (and sprinters) in town that the annual Brendan Grant Foundation "Brendan's Home Run" 5K walk/run is happening this Sunday, father's day. The race kicks off at the High School Field and festivities start at 9:30 am with the 5k Charity Walk. The race starts at 10:00...
Belmont readers enjoyed solid coverage of the override vote from Belmont Patch (belmont.patch.com). Not so the town's paper of record, the Citizen Herald which, I was told, is actually a more of a blog now, not a paper. Who knew?
Clearly there was a lot of anger out there - and maybe the "YES" campaign misread it, or maybe there was nothing to be done. In an environment in which so many private sector employees are losing their jobs, maybe some folks will find it cathartic to fire some public sector employees, so their...
Belmont votes today for a $2 million override of Proposition 2 ½. I'm going to be voting yes and I encourage you to, also. I've been deeply involved in the YES campaign, OneBelmont, and there's much that I could say about why I think its critical to for Belmont to start to correct its...
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