Belmont

Did the MWRA blow out water mains all over Belmont?

adamg — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:22:00 +0000

Call it Mini-Aquapocalypse: Many Belmont residents were without water today due to multiple water-main breaks across town.

Belmont resident Rob Sama reports on a conversation with a guy working on the main down the street from his house this afternoon:

Apparently the MWRA has a water pressure spike of 20%!!! This spike has caused blow outs all over the place. He thought there were like three or four on my street alone. I asked him how many people were without water, and he said he worked for a private contractor and wasn’t sure. But he had no idea as to when they’d be done with repairs. He said they were literally fabricating parts for the water mains as they went, because these pipes were so old nobody made parts for them any more. Sounded like a real cluster fuck.

Redistricting Olympics

creightt — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:42:03 +0000

Common Cause Massachusetts is hosting a Redistricting Olympics this summer. We will be taking citizen drawn Congressional, State House, and State Senate maps all summer, evaluating them, declaring a winner, giving out prizes and submitting the winning maps to the MA Legislative Redistricting Committee for consideration.

The purpose of the redistricting Olympics is threefold: to educate the public about the steps in the redistricting process, to initiate public participation in the political arena, and to pressure the legislature to draw the districts so that the citizens are appropriately represented.

Help show the legislature that redistricting is about our interests, not theirs. By participating in our redistricting Olympics and learning how to draw your own fair districts, you can acquire the tools you need to expose attempts by public officials to politicize the state’s new legislative maps.

For more information check out and/or email us at .

Participate in our democracy!

Your ballot in tomorrow's primary

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:28:17 +0000

To preview your primary ballot for tomorrow, click on the link from the Secretary of State's website:

http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php

then enter your address and select a political party. It will show you what choices you'll have on tomorrow's primary ballot.

A handy, illustrated guide of who to avoid on the T

morisy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:08:11 +0000

Remember the Boston Herald's MBTA Dirty Dozen? Yeah, me neither, but we still went ahead and compiled the list of MBTA wanted posters in a fun, embeddable format for you. You can also check out the MBTA's own site for semi-regularly updated wanted posters.

Making a little splash in Belmont

adamg — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:51:51 +0000

Foodie Mommy recommends Beaver Brook Reservation on Trapelo Road in Belmont (just over the line from Waltham) for the splashy toddler set: It has this large field of sprinklerized boulders that are just right for cooling off in on a hot day.

People in Belmont seem to lose a lot of gloves

adamg — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:23:37 +0000

Cara provides the proof with this photo of a fence at the Belmont commuter-rail stop.

Copyright Cara. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

England learns speed control from Belmont

shane_curcuru@drupal.org — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:14:41 +0000

Today's Globe gives us in-depth coverage of Navestock, England, which admits to specifically not filling in potholes as a method of controlling driving speeds. You can't drive around it, and that's the hole, er, whole story.

Mitt Romney: politics or reasonable conclusions?

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:27:05 +0000

Mitt Romney had a few things to say at CPAC about the performance of the stock market under Barack Obama, implying that the market loses since his inauguration are due to his policy proposals as opposed to the financial crisis George Bush and Congress left him with.

Merry Christmas, Belmont!

shane_curcuru@drupal.org — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:09:17 +0000

I've noticed this week that Belmont already has their holiday decorations up across the street downtown.

Anyone up for creating a spreadsheet of the 351 municipalities of our Commonwealth with the dates that the towns first put up winter holiday decorations?

Gas prices dropping like flies

adamg — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:25:58 +0000

Shane reports that a Belmont gas station selling regular for $2.97 this morning was selling it for $2.89 a gallon by lunchtime.

Belmont tired of shedding light on Watertown

adamg — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:36:12 +0000

Wicked Local Belmont reports Belmont officials are getting just a little tired of paying to light up their side of Belmont Street when Watertown has no light poles on its side of the street:

... "Should Watertown pay for some of that?" he said. "Sure they should. They get some of the light."

One of the two best places in the Boston area for Taiwanese dim sum

adamg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:20:36 +0000

Boston Chomps explains why that's Shangri La in Belmont.

What's a chick gotta do to raise poultry in this town?

adamg — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:43:05 +0000

Somerville woman wants to raise chickens. Worst case, she could move to Belmont.

Surf or dive?

adamg — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:28:34 +0000

Today's existential question.

Where to eat lunch in Belmont and Somerville

adamg — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:44:57 +0000

Bill Ives posts a list of good lunch places in Belmont and Somerville.