Following the recent and tragic death of 28-year-old Allison Warmuth, attention has turned toward improving safety in the sight-seeing industry. Senator Brownsberger has filed a bill, S.2354 – An Act relative to sight-seeing vehicle safety, that aims to address these deficiencies and, in the process, make the streets safer. Here’s a breakdown of the two major …
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Where is the bike lane on Belmont Street and Trapelo Road? It looks like final striping was done recently and what was painted does not deserve to be called a bike lane. All along we were told buffered bike lanes were required by federal guidelines (because of the 90% federal funding). What is there now …
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Does Mass law permit first responders to give basic care to pets in fires, accidents and other emergencies? Could we follow Ohio’s lead (unless we already allow this)? http://bigstory.ap.org/article/cddaaafd650d43189c61cfd996c5c400/new-law-supports-first-responders-who-treat-injured-pets
Will I wonder if Massachusetts has a similar system as California where a representative of the Probation or Corrections department is responsible for interviewing researching and making a post sentencing recommendation to the Judge when deciding what sentence is to be imposed on a convicted person? If so does the Commonwealth have a legal framework …
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On Saturday, June 11th Belmont residents will have an opportunity to dispose of unwanted firearms and ammunition in exchange for grocery store gift cards. Drop off location will be at the Belmont DPW Yard, 37 C Street, between 10 a.m. and 3 p. m. NO QUESTIONS ASKED/NO ID REQUIRED. The Belmont Gun Buyback is sponsored …
LOCAL FUNDRAISER for Belmont Food Pantry- METCO and Bristol Lodge May 7th, 7:30 P.M. – Belmont High School- 221 Concord Avenue, Belmont, MA Jimmy Tingle for President – The Funniest Campaign in History Tickets $30 each. Available on jimmytingle.com or apathappearsinbelmont.webs.com or at the door. A Path Appears in Belmont and Humor for Humanity are …
