welcome to talking news we are delighted to have you with us listening to our presentation by members of the beech street center martha marion and jonathan here craft sessions and work classes for young children time cones and needles had its grand opening january second the store is located at three eighty five  agree we strive to create an environment of reverence for mother nature and our community who have creating beautiful crafts and selling traditional and european toys and guests made of natural and eco friendly materials we offer of preschool art and craft classes featuring letter literature based activities to children starting age three and a half to five and a half years we also teach handwork classes to children starting in first grade and homeschooled children what kind of people will be interested in your business families with children and anyone who wants to get in touch with their in a creative self families who choose to homeschool their children will like our space where they can explore their artistic side and learn new skills who works at pine cones and needles  staff comprises a special education teacher who will be teaching the early childhood classes and lifetime crafters and artists why did you choose to come to belmont how do you think your business will add to the community belmont tells me i was driving bye after dropping off my daughter  learn more about the neighborhood i felt such a kind and welcoming energy i knew right away this was going to be my new home the people of belmont have been so kind and friendly i never have hoped for a better location for better than i had hoped i hope to provide a space for the community for people to come to and gather to craft to chat and play as anything else people should know about that store all of our toys and activities provide a great escape back up p c world try to become the first woman to complete the task bar bram berkowitz for the majority of her life becca b c has spent most of her time running right in belmont but this month b c will leave the trail she is grown to love fresh pond there arlington train path around the charles river and take on the global stage attempting to run seven marathons in seven days on seven different continents  vying to become the first american woman to complete the world marathon challenge and is one of only fifteen competitors from around the world that will attempt the task i definitely feel this is an event i have been preparing my whole life for said b c i am ready now there is nothing more i could have done to prepare myself p z begins her quest january twenty third in union glacier antarctica to run the first of seven united arab emirates and sydney australia the event will consist of one hundred eighty three miles of running seventy hours of flying and about thirty two thousand miles of total travel p z estimates corporate sponsors lie and wall auto group and peabody dr cool a cooling accessory company and all to replenish your an electrolyte company will help easy cover the thirty six thousand dollar costs them on and swift wyck compression socks will serve as her to product sponsors born into what is now a third generation family of belmont runners z has been heavily involved in the community since her father fred signed her up for her first road race at six years old she ran track at belmont high school and now at thirty five she raises her daughter taylor while wrecking two jobs in town seven days a week as the owner of paysan playmates daycare and manage it moves east ice cream center p z also started the belmont track and as part of her weekly training regimen which includes running eighty to one hundred miles and doing cross fit does yoga groundwork plus wellness road the community has been outstanding and so helpful it's been humbling s the she says she is going to have friends and family in every continent sharing her own jenny rico ski friend and training partners flying out whether belmont savings bank is holding a sendoff party for her on january fourteenth from three to five pm the bank will make donations to the belmont food pantry for every marathon she completes while p z faces a daunting task in trying to complete the world marathon challenge she's an experienced runner who has completed forty five marathons in twenty seven different states fifteen of those are at the boston marathon for p z holds a best time of three hours twenty five minutes her goal is to eventually complete a marathon in all fifty states although busey has never run seven marathons in seven days she has done two in six days once before i feel really strong but i cannot let my guard down busy marathons four and five in the challenge are going to be tough mentally at the end of the day pieces said she is doing it for taylor people are never going to understand why she said i want to show my daughter that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to marry new rate could spurs sell or buy deborah hofmann according to belmont resident roger rub sanctuary director at mass audubon's habitat education center and wildlife sanctuary belmont light now has a new solar reimbursement rate which makes it financially attractive to have rooftop solar in town habitat installed solar in twenty ten and roubles house has had solar since twenty twelve this was followed by years of uncertainty on how belmont light would credit solar hosts for power that they put onto the grid which at one point made solar installers unwilling to do business in belmont said rubel although the new buyback rate parentheses t eleven cents per kilowatt hour is lower than the old net metering rate of nineteen cents rouble said he is one hundred percent happy about the new tariff and after a few years rooftop costs of the distribution system even though there is evidence that the benefits of solar exceed the retail price the new buyback rate addresses concerns of those who think the costs of the distribution system should not be reimbursed when power is sold to the grid via the hard wired distribution system he added in two thousand and nine belmont town meeting passed the climate action plan which set the goal of reducing belmont's climate footprint by eighty percent by the year two thousand and fifteen the town's energy committee was formed to implement the plan and has been working to decrease the town's carbon footprint said committee chairman roger colton last october selectman charge the town's energy committee with promoting rooftop solar in the town and the belmont goes solar campaign was born the promotion of residential and business solar is just the next step said cole colton said federal tax credits drive the economics of solar energy they had been set to expire at the end of tw but were recently extended at their current thirty percent level until twenty nineteen after that the tax credit is reduced gradually until twenty twenty four any solar panel system must begin construction by twenty nineteen to qualify the belmont goes solar steering group of which colton is the chairman has chosen solar energy vendor direct energy solar which will give it twenty percent discount to those in belmont who install solar systems before the end of april they are a leading solar company said call and they do a lot of community campaigns the belmont go solar group is encouraging residents to buy their solar panels if they can because leasing provides fewer benefits to homeowners coltan said that solar systems will pay for themselves after seven years after that all of the electricity produced by their solar panels is free said cole who believes the cost of electricity will increase sharply over the next twenty years as the real costs of carbon gets factored into energy sources people who install solar will insulate themselves from the spike he said some rooftops are not appropriate for solar panels if they have a lot of slate if they have a lot of shade or are facing in the wrong direction but those homes colton recommends that free energy audit through mass save mass save dot com mass save auditors will provide a list of recommendations and can link homeowners to available state subsidies homes that are heated with oil are eligible for energy subject subsidies through belmont light energy efficiency is even a greener way to go than solar energy said call martha belmont proclaims itself  purple heart community well will join over eighty eight other communities in this state will recognize purple heart day five protect the freedom and joy by all americans the proclamation which was formally signed by the board of selectmen december fourteenth also states belmont will recognize a purple heart date and held on august seventh upton belmont's veteran services officer said the next step is to submit an application to the national committee the military order of the purple heart which should certify belmont in the next ten days or so i think it's important for us as a community to veterans who have given so much and made such a sacrifice in particular making the ultimate sacrifice with their lives or being injured in combat s to it's an honor that should be bestowed upon them and their family the purple heart is the oldest american military decoration in present use and was created as the badge of military merit on august seventh seventeen eighty two in newburgh new york by general george washington and said at least eighty communities in the first deadline hall referred to in november by and nearly a month now and let yet the crushing village development is still alive on tuesday january fifth reading from a written statement thousand square foot mixed use caution village development the transaction was supposed to be completed by december eleventh we plan to take no action at this meeting said allison is the disappointment of the closing did not take place as projected in hindsight scheduling a closing against a holiday deadline might have been somewhat optimistic the question of village development which has been in the works for more than two years and long been delayed to the frustration of town officials and residents received a one year special permit extension from the planning board in november however the permit was granted on the condition s l p close on the sale law by december eleventh start demolition by january fifteenth and obtain a building foundation permit by february first in the written statement attorney mark donahue's said although s l p has not caused in the lot they have made progress with their lenders who will be fronting s l p over sixty million for the project our lenders have virtually committed the continuation of their financing commitment he stated essentially all key loan documents were signed and held in escrow donaghue attributed the delay to trying to make necessary lease modifications of the national tenet during the busy holiday season planning board member barbara fiasco said it's important for s l p to begin demolition before planning boards next meeting february second members of the planning board agreed they would now correspond with s l p weekly mari dition which has been open since former planning board member michael but the step reside nov eleventh but easter president of monique spot showroom in watertown served as chairman of the planning board for the past two years but said the time commitment became too much as a volunteer with no interest in a political future i decided i needed to tend to my personal life and my business said  his five years on the board the teesta said he is most proud of the work he accomplished with his fellow board members including the zoning by laws for marijuana dispensary solar single residential rezoning religious building preservation zoning general residence rezoning amendments and scaling back on the demolition delay by law and helping to mold the final design of the underwood pool building landscape clark who has lived in belmont since one thousand nine hundred four with his wife marilyn mathis previously served as a member of the planning board from twenty ten to twenty two early twenty fifteen he said he needed to resign due to traveling for his job but his position has since changed and he can now devote all the time he can to planning board clark is managing director and new england region region manager of hill co real estate appraisal l l c in boston i bring a wealth of experience to the board in terms of negotiating and listening to what the public has to say and real estate experience in financial feasibility and market analysis said clark clark said he is ready to step right in and help the board with issues that include cushing village waverley station and the single family residence moratorium which expires in june past projects he was involved with include the permit ing for cushing village the religious and municipal building by law zoning by law f medical marijuana dispensaries and the general residence and demolition delay martha make your home fit your needs it's time to take a tour it won't cost you a cen but it might save you a boatload of grief the landscape is your home and you should look at each room as if you've never seen it before here's why a a r p research consistently that the vast majority of people fifty and older want to stay in their homes and communities for as long as possible says nancy of the moment a executive vice president that making that transition can be perplexing where do you start our pass an answer we created the home fit guy to help people turn the download order for free or print out a room and room that you have your home asks whether kitchen work areas well fit and that halls are free of slippery scattered rides and and rails are on both sides of stairways there are specific tips for different needs for instance to help with visibilit convert to rocket style like switches many suggestions are do it yourself or projects but others such as whitening doorways and create a way to enter and exit the home without needing to use steps require professional skills to help with that the home fit guide includes tips for interviewing contractors and checking their members indicated they would not immediately move to create regulations for residents running through air b n b i don't think we have seen enough examples to be in a place where we can come up with the violence that addresses any concerns fiasco they need to be they need to let it play out a little longer the decision comes one month after the zoning board of appeals denied a special permit to residents seeking to use air b n b for short term rentals in a residential neighborhood air b n b allows users to rent out single rooms or even their entire house for a price they set and the people they choose since becoming president communities across the commonwealth are struggling to regulate this new business senior planner geoffrey wheeler explained the town categorizes air b n b rentals like a bed and breakfast were just considered lodging and boarding in residential neighborhoods residents can read up to three rooms in their house for seven days or longer by right short term rentals require a special permit initially building department members estimated roughly two hundred fifty residents rented rooms through out air b n b however after a more thorough inspection wheeler says this number is closer to thirty marion brave new worlds in diagnosing diseases the latest generation of tests can identify who's at risk for certain diseases as well as determine the best treatment here at two game changers backed by real science by marjorie de rose and dreading that coal in us could be some people have a new alternative the pill cam colon to recently approved by the f d a it's a disposable battery run video camera in a capsule you swallow traveling through you for up to ten hours the pill cam transmits high speed color pictures of its journey to a recording device attached to a belt around your waist that relays those images for your doctors review the up side no sedation or recovery time the downside you still need the cleansing prep required before a standard colon us could be and any polyps or other findings must be dealt with the old fashioned way for now the pill cam is available only for people who can't have a traditional colonoscopy heart trouble ahead researchers at the cleveland clinic have found a correlation between people's level of a substance called t m amine and oxide and cardiovascular trouble in a study those with the highest levels of t m a o produced when you digest coaling found in eggs red meat and dairy products had double the risk of death heart attack and stroke compared to those with the lowest levels even more striking the predicament can be made for those without high blood pressure or other risk factors for heart disease because symptoms develop slowly many people have no hint of coronary disease until they suffer a heart attack or stroke but with this test we can give them personalized nutrition information so they can begin to make heart healthy food choices says rosen author of the book this is your do over the cleveland clinic expects t m