Town Meeting is a great (and low-stress) way to get involved in town politics. Interested? The League of Women Voters is hosting an information session on January 14 at 7:30PM to talk about what it means to be a Town Meeting member and provide tips on running.
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The rancor over President Obama's speech to children tomorrow doesn't reflect well on either side. As is often the case in brush ups like this, the needs and opinions of the kids in question have been pushed to the side...the better to clear space for the grown ups to fight. Hopefully President Obama's...
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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.
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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).
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Bella English's excellent story about Belmont's Burke family and their struggle to raise three lovely daughters who were born with Sanfilippo syndrome, a very rare and fatal degenerative brain disease, put a very human face on the otherwise sterile and bureaucratic machinations on Beacon Hill, where talk of "reductions in services" and "necessary...
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An estimated $1.3m in stimulus money will help stave off cuts to staffing and materials on the school side and, coupled with some savings from attrition, let the town squeak by for one more year without needing to raise property taxes.
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Ready for Belmont 2.0? Mapping Belmont's Renewal is a forum on Wed, April 16th. Sponsored by the Planning Committee and Office of Community Development, it will solicit residents' input on important development considerations such as the need for economic development, building sustainable neighborhoods, quality of life issues, as well as parking, transportation, land use...
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Want to be a part of the grass roots? Together for Wellington, the citizen's group that supports the construction of a new Wellington Elementary School, is looking for volunteers to help us do some canvassing and voter identification both in Prencinct 8 and in other precincts.
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A vote on a debt exclusion for the construction of Wellington Elementary School could make it onto the April ballot after all...if state and town officials can hammer out a funding agreement by the end of the day.
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A poll from the BCH and a survey from the town give you two opportunities to have your voice heard. Check them out!
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