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MBTA advises neighbors in Belmont of track construction activity adjacent to Channing Road

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.

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.

Boston Creates – City of Boston’s Arts & Culture Plan

Boston Creates is a city-wide initiative to build a plan that will guide development of arts and culture for the next ten years. Over the next year, Boston Creates will provide an opportunity to create a cultural blueprint highlighting Boston’s strengths and setting innovative goals for the future. Currently we’re looking for people to get involved as Community Team Members. We’ll be holding the first city-wide Boston Creates Town Hall on June 2nd at 6 p.m. at English High School in Jamaica Plain.

Neighborhood Solar

It is with great pleasure that Neighborhood Solar II is launched. Green Cambridge is partnering with Neighborhood Solar to help promote this program in Cambridge. This time-limited program opens to all residents, businesses, and non-profits in Watertown and Cambridge on Monday, May 1, 2015. Former Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis will host a public informational presentation on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at 7:00 P.M. at the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.