happenings from the community newspaper a town tradition by joanna cates avila's becker pizzey is the name for it should be familiar to everyone in belmont the thirty seven year old belmont resident became a town celebrity in twenty sixteen when she became the first american woman to complete and win the world marathon challenge running seven marathons in seven condoms in seven days last year she found a way to give back to the belmont community her strongest supporters she teamed up with belmont saving his bank and belmont boosters to put on a race stablish ing the vaca p c family and the belmont boosters i am so proud to be from belmont which is valid and supported my dreams i'm so grateful to be from such a loving town said baca more than three hundred fifty people pressed to support it in a second annual run in belmont the morning of april thirtieth including seventy children my favorite part of the day was my mom baking company dr teal's belmont smiles and pediatric dental arts we are happy to support becca and contribute to yet another wonderful belmont event the turnout this year was great it just proves that becker is truly an inspiration to our community said bob mahoney president of belmont savings bank curtis col vice president of the belmont boosters which helped organize the event was very pleased with the overall turnout and fund raising success he said he believes the net proceeds will be double from last year's race which will go toward the scholarship fund established in vectors name for graduating belmont high school seniors the recipient this will be selected and awarded in athletes as well as the belmont police and public works employees who helped everything goes smoothly without those volunteers we couldn't pull it off he said family fun run was amazing it was a great opportunity for the community to come together and support a good cause the energy in the crowd was positive and inspiring she said jonathan told brother's apartment living hell the community for my april twenty seventh you have an update on the mixed use development project which is now being called the bradford excavation for the underground garage began on monday may first is expected to go on for three weeks project manager also weiss said the soil behind starbucks which has the most serious contamination well not be touched until the middle of my the soil will be treated on site before it is removed weiss said the tires of the trucks will be cleaned before they leave the property beloved director of the acquisition and development for tall brother i was living reviewed the plans for each of the three buildings of bradford there will be a total twelve one and two bedroom units some with dens architect peter quinn slightly revised the design without changing the dimensions of the buildings one part of the project on the corner road and wilson wrote called the winslow building will be the first building to go up and is expected to be completed by the summer of twenty eighteen this is were starbucks will be located the highland billing building which will have a roof deck with the grills and a wet bar for residents to use it will be the second second want to be built and is expected to be completed about six months after the ones of the pomona where the former s s pairs building was located is the largest of the three buildings and the potential site for a grocery store on the first floor there will be two ways to enter the parking garage which will have one hundred spaces for fifty fifty of the general public vehicles that will be able to enter the parking garage from a two way driveway on a common street or a one way drive under paul road residents expressed concerns about construction workers parking in front of their homes lovatt said they will be required to park off site i will be fined if they do system from penalties for crimes to how prisoners are treated just being in a prison for one or two weeks automatically sort of sets you on a path you're not being rehabilitated said state sen jamie eldridge de acton you're being held back eldridge who is a leader of the harm reduction and drug law reform caucus said alyssa drug use has affected millet middle class families and made people realize there are alternatives to jail the growing opioid crisis has made people more aware that incarceration is not the answer eldridge told about two dozen people gathered at first parish  eldridge state senator michael barrett democrat lexington state representative coming genteelly democrats a berry and other speakers highlighted the need for criminal justice process reforms during a two hour program hosted by the league of women voters of sudbury and first parish around the country people of color are disproportionately accused or seized spectate of crimes in incarcerated and prisoners who work are not paid a fair wage matie a first parish said of some of the problems plaguing the criminal justice system the league is supporting bills related to keeping people out of custody how they are treated in custody and how they are  introduced to society after their sentences over said calling kirby criminal justice specialist for the state wide league organization bills look to enable judges to weigh certain defendants need to care for their children when imposing a sentence and we formed the parole board to expand its size and ensure it includes people with psychological social work or other relevant training kirby said of some measures the league supports highlighted legislation to allow people who are terminally ill or in kemp pasa tape it to be released early those people are likely to commit future crimes he said in another measure gives young people an opportunity to have the record sealed and out timidly express provided they have met good behavior standards the record can make it harder for them to go to college and have other and have other implications he said that's really worthwhile piece of legislation he set out rich discussed for bills he supports or has sponsored including a measure of to repeal mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offens another bill would reform the bail process to focus on a defendant's flight risk income level and potential harm to society many people are in jail awaiting trial because they cannot pay small amounts of bell such as one hundred or two hundred dollars albert said eldritch backs a measure to create a community based restore or stuart of tive justice pathway that prosecutors and police could pursue with certain defendants throughout the state as an alternative to traditional prosecution though through a process that also involves victims or their families offenders would understand the harm they caused an appropriate remedy would be developed assuming the offender completes the program they would not have a criminal record from the incident eldred's that the senator is also backing a bill to reform solitary confinement he said he hopes reducing the number of people who are incarcerated will free up funding for corrections or officials to use on rehabilitation substance abuse and other programs while we forms are needed there are also reasons for optimism work with customers to help transform kitchen and bathrooms faces and or design new construction kitchen and bathrooms from scratch since my very first kitchen project twenty years ago my favorite part has been seeing my mental vision of the wrecked he converted space science come into actual reality sketching a kitchen on a pad of paper or drafting it in the zine software is one thing but watching it come to life is truly x i think  lauren has always liked designing spaces and figuring out the best ways to make all our customer wants fit into an existing space now that we are open and  working with clients i enjoy every step of the process from meeting the clients for the first time to discussing their space to sitting down and designing  computer and then meeting with them to discuss further i love their first reaction when they see their kitchen design in three d and eventually making that a reality for them to enjoy every day said bill arrian whether a customer's style is traditional modern or something in between will has many options of cabinets for them to choose from and works with several manufacturers to meet various budgets and price points their services range from home measures to designing budget planning ordering scheduling and delivery of materials what is me about bell is the unmatched customer service we provide our to our customers generally our first meeting is that the customer's home or jobsite where we get to know them and the space in order to design the best possible kitchen to meet their needs sets opinion stephanie an amber laurean carefully selected the manufacturing they worked with for cabinets including a laura my ex woodland and marsh they even visited factories met with customer service personnel and actually walked to the cabinets being manufactured we are excited to be involved in some fantastic transformations white and gray tones seem to still outstanding teachers record ised the foundation for belmont education honored the recipients of the twenty seventeen outstanding teacher awards and of the s who are more unfair award for educational esque excellence sponsored by belmont savings bank foundation at a ceremony on may second recipients are selected from nominations submitted by students parents colleagues and community members outstanding teachers are recognized for their excellence in the classroom and for consistently making a difference in the lives of belmont students the newly established s warren farrel ord for educational excellen gallant burbank elementary school grade four daniel moresco belmont high school mathematics jennifer pressie butler met elementary school grade one dorothy mediterranean diet a conference by hope kelly belmont is home to a pair scientists who are internationally recognized for their research on the complex connections between diet and disease d focuses on cancer and dr frank sacks on cardiovascular health next week both doctors will be joined by their colleagues from spain italy and greece to promote the health and longevity benefits of what has been what has come to be called the mediterranean diet despite the popularity of the term devo still winces that it i never call it a diet it's a pattern of eating to me diet conjures up different things i'm italian and i was raised on that foods had devolved on may fifteenth and sixteenth boston will host the mediterranean diet round table an annual conference also open to the public devo is the conferences scientific chair been and she is eager to share what she calls the gospel the fact is that people living in the mediterranean regions live and on average longer than folks who live in non mediterranean medians devival said she has visited these regions many times and said the evidence is overwhelming and inspiring the zone's have one hundred year old people there not just living there thriving and if you look at their biochemistry or you look at their d n a which is my specialty they are comparable to people in their forty's and fifty's these are over fifty one hundred year old folks it's pretty bolshie said the longevity finding was documented in the one nine hundred fifty s and of evo said that literally thousands of reach searches have studied the benefits of the died in the years since as a cancer  your level she never planned to study the food she was raised on until the new england journal of medicine published a landmark paper in two thousand and thirteen primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with the adults following a traditional mediterranean diet with those that hearing to the low fat diet thought to be most beneficial at the time the results were so skewed that the historic study was cut short ethically you have to stop the study if you see people are doing better on one arm then another and the subjects who were on the mediterranean mediterranean arm were doing so much better it was a dramatic difference devival wanted to know why diet impacts genes i'm a lab person i'm interested in understanding the effect of the environment on your d n a i decided to look at telling maris the part of you owns that keeps your generic information intact she said over time she said our telenor is short naturally and ideally shed and want to chew medic mutations including those linked to cancer sometimes those ten tello mares shrink faster than they're supposed to such accelerated shortening has been linked to stress and illness devote demonstrated that the traditional mediterranean diet can slow that process down she is widely credited with uncovering and explaining a basic mechanism by which diet impacts human health martha learn how to save money and energy experience will take place at the hampton inn three nineteen spin street natick yale appliance and lighting is participating with wicked local parental company of this publication to bring the event to the community keynote speakers dean and eric dean marsico and their servants will present the outdoor room stonemasons and designers dean and eric now with plymouth parys in him and previously the hosts of rock solid and inside out money and energy in your home focusing on home energy efficiency and available resources and savings in massachusetts will be able to speak speak with an energy specialist and ever source representative about special specific energy questions the event will out so present the latest in home trends with workshops on working with color simple home repairs interior design upholstery landscaping and more jonathan humming eyes if april showers bring may flowers too may flowers bring forget the pilgrims let them ring hummingbirds the tiny creatures with invisible fast wings are rare beautiful sights in the yard they also remove backyard pests through their diets of insects and paula due to the size of their b how many birds are also able to pollinate smaller followers so their search for blossoms with bright colors think rare that there are and yellow and blue loaded with concentrated nectar to get more hummers buzzing around your garden their organizations are just incorporating the following plants in your yard i guess there are twenty native species in north america and punched him on flowering plants with partly to shape to lift flowers commonly called beard is a new partnership and of life planning this year spring well elder services is launching the advanced directives project to address the lack of end of life planning among seniors in our programs understanding end of life care choices in being able to talk about them with family and health providers are important for all adults but especially for seniors a survey of one thousand eight hundred eighty six seniors in spring will programs found that seventy percent of them did not have any advance directive documents and another twenty four percent did not know if they did spring rolls new project will help interested seniors develop and write down their personal decisions with the aid of a specially trained care advisor bob will morley is one senior who supports spring wells new initiative bob l sr last summer and he's still upset about how her medical care negatively affected the end of for a life bob does not know if he has an advanced directive in place but he is open to the idea of talking to someone about it i think it's a good program he said the idea is to be ahead of the game in joining the growing national movement to promote const conversations in planning about end of life care spring will is ensuring that the seniors we serve are included in this important work martha thank you for joining us for this episode of talking news please join us next week