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Best of Boston rankings may punish Belmont High

August 31, 2010
By proberts

Belmont ranked a paltry 29th out of 150 in last year's high school rankings, despite landing numerous, national awards, including a Silver Medal on the U.S. News and World Report list of Best High Schools and an award from Forbes Magazine and Great Schools that listed Belmont as the top district among towns with...
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School Committee to discuss privately funded Freshmen Sports

July 9, 2010
By proberts
School Committee to discuss privately funded Freshmen Sports

The School Committee has tacked on an extra meeting onto its calendar to address the pressing issue of funding Freshman Athletics at Belmont High School. The meeting will be held on Monday, July 12, 2010 between 6:00pm and 10:00pm in the Community Room at Chenery. Are we seeing the beginning of a grass...
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Belmont poorly served by Citizen Herald in election coverage

June 18, 2010
By proberts
Belmont poorly served by Citizen Herald in election coverage

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?
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First the anger, now the cuts

June 16, 2010
By proberts
First the anger, now the cuts

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...
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Override – Voting YES for Belmont’s future

June 14, 2010
By proberts

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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More town meeting liveblog

May 26, 2010
By proberts

OK – I’ve been here for almost an hour so – just to catch you up: we’re moving through Article 4: the Budget appropriation after something of a slow wind up as the various committee and board heads provided preludes to their various budgets and proposal – Phil Curtis from Warrant Committee, who spoke...
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Town Meeting live blogging…

May 25, 2010
By proberts

Getting up to speed… Well, its budget night at Town Meeting at long last. And, as any family who has sat down to do their books in the last year can attest – budgeting in the middle of a recession is just no fun. The numbers here are grim, too, with the town facing...
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How we get over(ride)…meeting tonight

April 13, 2010
By proberts

With a vote on a proposition 2 1/2 override due on the ballot on June 14, its time to get organized and make sure that the override passes. There's an important meeting of the Warrant Committee, School Committee and Board of Selectman on Wednesday and an organizational meeting tonight for those interested in joining...
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Monday vote brings clear choices

April 1, 2010
By proberts
Monday vote brings clear choices

Monday, April 5 brings an important vote for Town Meeting and a raft of town-wide offices including Clerk, Selectman and two School Committee positions. With less than a week before the vote, I thought I'd weigh in on my picks (and BloggingBelmont's endorsements) for the various offices.
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About that School Committee race…

January 25, 2010
By proberts
About that School Committee race…

In which Paul un-declares himself from the upcoming School Committee contest.
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