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Selectmen support smart parking meters

January 25, 2011
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The Belmont Citizen Herald wrote up a story on a presentation I did for the Board of Selectmen this week on introducing smart parking meters around the commuter rail station. The BOS think its a great idea and want to move to a pilot. No Freeloader thinks its a terrible idea and that I'm...

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Warrant Committee views budgets tonight – Show Up!

January 16, 2011
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Warrant Committee views budgets tonight – Show Up!

A reminder that there's a very important Warrant Committee meeting tonight, Jan. 19, in the Community Room at Chenery Middle School to hear presentations of the fiscal 2012 budgets from general government and school officials. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm. Show up and make it known that you oppose proposed cuts...

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Belmont Citizens Forum bike path pamphlet stirs controversy

January 5, 2011
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Suddenly a pamphlet promoting a bike path connection to Belmont Center is "controversial." By the way, if you're wondering if your town has a NIMBY problem, terms like "controversial" and "bike path" popping up in close proximity to one another in the town paper are a good sign that, in fact, you do!

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First the anger, now the cuts

June 16, 2010
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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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Not dead…just sleeping really deeply!

January 5, 2010
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The New Year brings a new start. My plans for BloggingBelmont are both to narrow the focus of what I'm writing about and, at the same time, to broaden the discussion and variety of information that readers enjoy with some changes that make it easier for community members to contribute content of their own...

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Superintendent issues statement on tragic death of Belmont High student

November 6, 2009
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Belmont's Superintendent issued a statement expressing shock and sadness at the tragic death of a Belmont High School Senior on Thursday afternoon. The teen was struck and killed by a train on the tracks behind Belmont High School.

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A Story in the Boston Metro on the Former “A-Line” on the Green Line

June 22, 2009
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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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