As reported in today’s Sunday Globe, it looks like the town’s plans to turn off its street lights is back on the shelf. If you’ve been following this in the town paper and online, you know that Town Administrator Tom…
Eats roads for breakfast…
After months of back and forth and, sadly, a failed Prop 2 1/2 Override vote to fund comprehensive road reconstruction in town, repaving, such as it is, kicked off this week across town. I’m not usually one who stops to…
94% of parents opt for full day kindergarten
This is somewhat old news, but given BloggingBelmont’s long running coverage of the push by parents in town for a Full Day Kinergarten program, I thought it was worth calling readers’ attention to a little noticed factoid from a recent BCH article…
Jogging Belmont
My marathon training has brought me smack up against one of the hardest part about running regularly:finding good places to run. I’m on the hunt for fun, challenging routes. In the meantime, here are some that have worked for me in and around Belmont.
Meet Belmont on Thursday
Meet Belmont is this Thursday — connect with
An energy efficiency “barn raising”?
I recently heard about a kind of barn raising opportunity that’s in the same spirit: a home weatherization barn raising. The invite comes from the Cambridge Energy Alliance, a city-sponsored non profit group. The idea is simple: a bunch of folks get together to help a neighbor winterize their home. In the process, everyone learns something, while the host gets a jump start on energy saving measures for winter – installing pipe insulation, switching to a programmable thermostat, and so on.