5 Things: Brendan's Home Run, More Road Work

1. Infrastructure work continues down the road as Insituform Technologies will begin sewer and drain repairs on Moraine and Sycamore streets and Trapelo Road beginning at 7 a.m. but only if the weather permits it. 

2. The 12th Annual Brendan's Home Run 5k walk and run will be held Sunday June 16 at Belmont High School track. Sign up online here. This special Father's Day event is presented by: Belmont Savings Bank, Fitness Together Belmont, and the Belmont Dental Group, with contributing support provided by: Wheelworks, Champions Sporting Goods, Belmont Lions Club, and Alan & Isabelle DerKazarian. All proceeds benefit The Brendan Grant Foundation.

3. 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.

4. Residents seeking to close down a segment of a public street for the purpose of hosting a neighborhood block party or public event must fill out this form and submit it along with a $25.00 check payable to the “Town of Belmont” to the Town Administrator/Board of Selectmen’s Office at Town Hall.

5. On this day in 1977, the Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.