This from the Butler School PTA: On Friday, November 7th, students at Daniel Butler Elementary School are going to exercise for their own cause by participating in a one-mile Fun Run. It’s going to be a great event, bringing members of our community together to promote health and fitness while raising money for our school.
Author Archives: Will Brownsberger
Ebola and the Flu
Recently, Senate President Murray hosted a conference on health care information systems. A highlight of the conference was a talk by Dr. Mike Wong about the Ebola epidemic and the information we have about it. Here is the very detailed PowerPoint from Dr. Wong’s talk, which gives a lot of background on the epidemic and many glimmers of hope for a cure or for vaccines.
National Food Day at Belmont Acres Farm
Mike and Hermik who run Belmont Acres Farm offered these photos and report their celebration of National Food Day on October 25.
The Need to Index Gas Tax Revenues
The gas tax is dedicated by law to highway and transit maintenance and improvements. Needless to say, I am opposed to anything that would reduce current or future revenues dedicated to these purposes. But I want to emphasize three particular reasons why I supported the gas tax indexing as a legislator.
Progress Report on Watertown Riverfront Park and Braille Trail Project
There is a great project underway on the Watertown Riverfront. The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) sent this progress report.
Silver Maple Forest — the end game
As the saga of the Silver Maple Forest winds to a sad end, the question recurs: What will the state do to help save the forest? Despite many attempts on my part, and on the parts of other concerned parties, the discouraging short summary appears to be: nothing.