The Wellington Building Committee has posted updated site plans for the new Wellington Elementary School on its Web site.
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The Wellington Building Committee has posted updated site plans for the new Wellington Elementary School on its Web site.
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.
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.
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).
After years of debate within town about the plight of the Wellington Elementary School, it all comes down to a town-wide vote today. Polls opened at 7:00 AM and will stay open until 8:00pm. It's time to get out and vote for Belmont's future. Go to the polls and vote YES for Wellington!
This year's marathon, multi-session Town Meeting might be best remembered for what wasn't heard last night: a single dissenting voice among the more than 200 assembled Town Meeting members to a motion to allocate more than $39 million for reconstruction of the Wellington Elementary School. The unanimous vote in favor was sweet victory for...
For those of you who missed it, the Boston Globe's North section ran an article today by Jen Lefferts on the push to rebuild the Wellington. The article highlighted Together for Wellington, and the effort to get younger voters to the polls, using tools like Facebook and Twitter to reach and inform younger voters,...
With the Wellington debt exclusion vote one week away, there's been a flurry of activity - editorial and otherwise - around town.
MSBA Executive Director Kathy Craven told Belmont voters that now was the time to act on funding a new Wellington Elementary School, and that $12.4m in State funding will be off the table, and given to other towns if the town fails to pass a debt exclusion in June.
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