Sunday, May 19, 2013
The events that occurred in the past week in Belmont.
The Belmont Planning Board OKs Cushing Village massing and height which the Planning Board calls a "milestone" while the developer believes he can begin construction "this summer." At an earlier Planning Board meeting, the Wellington School Building Committee receive its final occupancy notice after it made efforts to quiet the noise coming from the building that was effecting the quality of life of a handful of homeowners. Former state trooper from Belmont was convicted of extortion in threats he made to a local bookie. What a couple of days in Belmont: it was Town Day Saturday, the High School prom on Friday, a special day at Joey's Park. Mastering the Blank Page: The Best of the Blacker Prizes: Why Belmont High School is special. …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Events that occurred in Belmont in the past week.
The first two nights of the annual Belmont Town Meeting took place Monday as the yearly gathering of Belmont's legislative body approved new powers for the Town Administrator and increasing the number of restaurant liquor licenses and stores that can sell alcohol while on the second night the Town Meeting voted to approve the nine projects being funded by the town's Community Preservation Committee. The Demolition Delay Article will not be heard until June as questions to the wording and structure of the by-law forced the delay. Belmont's Town Administrator David Kale has been hospitalized with a "serious" acute illness that has forced time to be away from Town Hall. A major Hollywood movie starring Robert Downey Jr. will be filming in …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
The week was dominated by the explosions that killed spectators at the Marathon and then the subsequence gun battle, stay in place order then the arrest of final suspect.
There was only story this week: The bombings on the finish line of the Boston Marathon and the subsequent gun battle, search. lock down and capture of a suspect in the bombings in neighboring Watertown. It started Monday with twin explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon which was reported extensively on social media . Just about half of the two dozen Belmont runners reported finishing the race as the race was halted after the bombs went off. While the bombs killed three and injured hundreds, the terror events won't stop one Belmont runner from participating in next year's Marathon while another provided a first-person's viewpoint of being in the race and being stopped just short of the finish line. Two Belmont churches held …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Events that occurred in past week in Belmont.
The Belmont Board of Selectmen voted to recommend a renovation of the historic Underwood Pool that does not include a much needed playing field for the High School, damaging the prospects of new library in town. Supporters of the library now are pushing forward on a plan to place the field at the former incinerator site. Belmont's Selectmen put their signatures on a document indicating the town's interest in working with the state on financing and constructing a new High School. The project, with a projected price tag of $75 million, would renovate the building and add a new science wing. Approximately 14 months since it submitted its plans to the Planning Board for review, the three building residential/retail Cushing Village development …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Events that occurred in Belmont over the past seven days.
In the only competitive race in the year's annual Town Election, first-time candidate Elyse Shuster and incumbent Laurie Slap won seats on the Belmont School Committee, receiving the identical number of votes to beat back a strong challenge from 21-year-old Belmont High grad and MIT senior Jamie Kang. Shuster, Belmont's newly elected School Committee member, said she will focus on a wide range of areas including the search for a new superintendent. Belmont Police apprehended a suspect from Watertwon connected with home break-ins throughout the region. A special meeting to Town Meeting members from Precinct 5 will decide who the final Town Meeting member will be after two candidates tied for the 12th seat during this past Tuesday's Town …
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Events from the previous week in Belmont.
A pair of elected-boards, Health and Library, are voicing strong criticism at a proposed bylaw that will grant new powers to the Town Administrator which will come before Town Meeting in April. Belmont could join other cities and towns requiring residents to clean their sidewalks of snow or face a fine if Town Meeting passes a new Sidewalk Snow Removal Ordinance. Some creative financing using the "discovery" of an education account will allow the School Committee to fund nearly a quarter of the expected cost for a new math program for K-4th grades. Belmont ice cream truck vendors will now undergo background checks that will include fingerprinting applicants. House median prices jumped to $750,000 in the first two months of the year as …
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Events that occurred in the past week in Belmont.
The Belmont School Committee approved an updated "Statement of Interest" to the state for the renovation of the more than 40-year-old Belmont High School which would come with a price tag of between $90 to $100 million. The Foundation for Belmont Education smashed its previous fundraising total for its annual Spring Auction and Dance by raising more than $45,000. Belmont is seeing an "uptick" in break-in which the Belmont Police said is occurring throughout the region. Belmont schools were closed for the third time this school year due to snow. The Belmont Media Center won a New England regional news award for its local election coverage this past November. The Belmont School District was honored as one best systems in the US in promoting …
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Review of events that occurred in the past week in Belmont.
The Belmont High School Girls' Basketball teams playoff run ended with a loss to North Andover Tuesday night in the Division 2 Sectional semifinals. The team – which went to the playoffs for the first time in five years – finished the year 13-10. A surprise March snow storm dumped about a foot of snow on Belmont but schools remained open and there was no town-wide snow emergency. In an attempt to find alternative funding sources, Belmont School Superintendent Thomas Kingston told the Capital Budget Committee that he and School Committee chair Laurie Graham would be seeking business support to lay out a new $165,000 basketball court/gym floor at Belmont High. Mobile App developers from Chenery Middle School were named the Best in State, …
Sunday, March 3, 2013
The news and events in the news.
The Belmont School District could see up to $500,000 in federal grants cut if the federal government's budget sequester continues into the new fiscal year beginning July 1, according to School Superintendent Thomas Kingston, making an already possible "dire" budget process even more so. The town could also see reductions in money for public safety and transportation but those would be harder to predict as those federal monies are funneled through the state, said Town Administrator David Kale. The Belmont Snow removal account is about $100,000 in the black despite snow three weekends in a row. The Community Path committee held its first pubic meeting to solicate ideas and comments on a multipurpose byway through town. Belmont Savings Bank…
Sunday, February 24, 2013
All the events and news in the past week in Belmont.
It was a quiet winter vacation week bookend with two storms over the past seven days in Belmont. It's a big if but if US Rep. Ed Markey wins the US Senate Democrat Primary race this Spring, Belmont's State Sen. Will Brownsberger will run for the open 5th Congressional District seat ... along with up to a dozen other Democrats interested in Markey's Seat It was the final days to submit a citizens petition for Town Meeting in April. A wild police chase through three upscale North Shore towns ends with a Belmont man facing dozens of charges. Gasoline prices surged more than 30 cents in a month with prices in Belmont within a 24 cent per gallon range from $3.75 to $3.99. A great final game victory against Lexington was rewarded as the Belmont …
bob mahoney
7:53 am on Sunday, March 24, 2013
Franklin, you might want to print a restatement on the Foundation fundraiser. $45,000, not $45 million. But you're on the right track. Bob Mahoney more ›