The MBTA would like to advise our neighbors in Belmont that substantial track construction activity is scheduled over the next several weekends in the area adjacent to Channing Road to construct improvements on the Commuter Rail Tracks that run adjacent to the neighborhood and Belmont High School. The work will involve the removal and replacement of track infrastructure, will be noisy at times and may be disruptive at its peak for neighbors in the area.
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Small businesses can apply for economic injury disaster loans due to snow
The Small Business Administration has informed us that due to the snow and severe weather received in Massachusetts between January 27 and February 22 of this year, small businesses in particular counties, including Middlesex and Suffolk, may apply for disaster assistance in the form of direct working capital loans.
Senior CharlieCard Day in Belmont on June 19
Senator Brownsberger is sponsoring a Senior CharlieCard Day on Friday, June 19, 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. at the Beech Street Center (the Belmont senior center), 266 Beech Street Belmont, MA 02478. Seniors age 65 or older can save a trip to the MBTA offices in Downtown Boston and apply for your Senior CharlieCard at the Beech Street Center on this one day. Staff from the office of Senator Will Brownsberger will be on hand to take your photo and process your paperwork. You will need to bring a valid, state-issued photo ID that includes Date of Birth.
Watertown-Cambridge Greenway Project Public Meeting on June 9
We share this notice from Mass DCR announcing a public meeting regarding the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway Project on Tuesday, June 9, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the West Cambridge Youth Center on 680 Huron Avenue, Cambridge.
Boston 2024 Olympic Bid Community Meeting in Arlington on June 1
Senator Brownsberger shares Senator Donnelly’s invitation to residents from neighboring communities to attend a town hall meeting in Arlington on Monday, June 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. to meet with representatives from Boston 2024 and ask questions about the Olympic bid. The meeting will be held at Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue.
Boston’s state senators should get behind MBTA reforms
The Boston Globe? Editorial Board praised Senator Brownsberger’s support of reforms for the MBTA, including the a financial control board.