5 Things: Teen Techs Start Today; iPad Tutoring

1. Beginning today, the Belmont High School Teen Techs are back to help patrons of the Belmont Public Library with e-readers, accessing the digital catalog, basic Internet help, how to make Facebook work better and other fun stuff.

One hour individual one-on-one sessions start today from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., starting today, Monday, July 8. Registration is required, and is available online or by calling 617-993-2870. 

2. The Beech Street Center now has iPad tutoring with David Ching. Sign up over the phone 617-993-2970 or in person for an appointment on Mondays or Wednesdays. There is a $10 suggested donation.

3. It's officially summer and what better time, when the evenings are long and warm, then to have a street party. Residents seeking to close down a segment of a public street for the purpose of hosting a neighborhood block party or public event can fill out this form and submit it along with a $25 check payable to the “Town of Belmont” to the Town Administrator/Board of Selectmen’s Office at Town Hall. Then it's up to you to have fun.

4. Save energy and save money by having a free comprehensive energy assessment done on your home courtesy of the Belmont Municipal Light Department. Thanks to the Better Homes Belmont initiative, more than 300 Belmont residents who heat with natural gas have already signed up so to request this no-cost energy assessment, visit www.sagewell.com . Rebates and incentives for home energy improvements are also available. For more details, contact Sagewell at support@sagewell.com or call 617-963-8141.

5. On this day in 1889, the first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.