The Governor, in his fiscal 2014 budget, has proposed to finally complete the education aid reform initiated in 2006. This is extremely good news for Watertown — Watertown had, for years, been badly short-changed by the failure to fully implement the 2006 reforms. Belmont also benefits, although more modestly, from the reform.The Governor uses a …
Upcoming Meetings on Boston School Choice
The Office of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino hosted a legislative briefing this morning to update legislators and staff on the development of a new student assignment and school choice plan for the Boston Public Schools. As part of an effort to explore new methods of student assignment in the Boston Public Schools, an External Advisory Committee was …
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Sign Up for the Do Not Call List
If you are tired of receiving phone calls from telemarketers, you have the option of signing up for do not call registries at both the national and state level. You can sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry here. You can also sign up for the Massachusetts Do Not Call Program here. You …
Cover Model
The Brownsberger two-family in Belmont is the cover model for the January 2013 issue of Home Energy Magazine. For the second year in a row we have achieved total building energy use roughly 85% below (i.e., 15% of) the New England per person average, below Thousand Home Challenge Levels. Read the full text of …
How Bad Is It?
First — an editorial comment that this thread contains some of the most insightful and well thought-out commentary, both pro and con. I’m reduced to “yeah…..what they said!”. Will – you are blessed/cursed with a well-educated, well-spoken electorate. My $.02 : I’d like to make sure we’re all aware of the magnitude of the gun …
Off Topic – What makes us "Happy" – A formula for good government…
Interesting article on the happiest (aka most prosperous) countries in the world (http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/world-s-happiest-countries-233204795.html) ———————————————————————– “…Indeed, most of the top 20 ‘happiest’ countries according to the index are in western Europe. So what gives? What do these nations have in common that can somehow explain their prosperity? Being an electoral democracy is virtually a given. Being …
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