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five dollars gift certificate from belmont books some of the one hundred eighty creative team names with coordinating cost preparation and the energy and support all day saturday made it possible and over to clare thank you belmont light updates purchased power and transmission adjustment belmont lite announced it has updated its purchased power and transmission adjustment from a charge of seventy nine one house's one thousandth of a cent per kilowatt to a credit rate of one hundred eleven one hundred per kilowatt effective from november first until the rate is reviewed again toward the end of two thousand and seventeen the update will mean a savings of ten percent or approximately fourteen dollars for residential customer using seven hundred fifty kilowatts each month a new p p t a rate will be set and become effective on january first the p p t a is set in your willy based on projections for the calendar year and updated throughout the year as needed the change reflects decreases in power costs compared to what had been budgeted for two thousand and seventeen coupled with flexibility in belmont lights power supply agreements and comes as belmont light continues to look for opportunities in the power supply market that will help stabilize the fuel charge and manage costs for its customers while working toward belmont's climate goals now over to max thanks claire belmont resident launches interior design firm last month belmont resident and award winning designer marc dodd launched interior ology design co a full service interior design firm servicing in greater boston and beyond had dogs a certified kitchen and bath designer has been an interior designer for sixteen years most recently as a principal at head dadda heart concent design studio he and his team at interior elegy specialize in turn key luxury interiors custom designed to suit the client's aesthetic and lifestyle he and his design team it interior elegy have won numerous national and regional awards for custom kitchens baths and creative interior spaces there's an art and a science to all the work we do at dot said the members of our design team at interior ology have been nationally and locally recognized for their creativity and problem solving their attention to detail and their commitment to making the design and renovation process a positive experience for clients had died holds a masters degree in education and has also taught kitchen and bath design at boston architectural college october was an eventful month for the team at interior ology on october twelfth the designers won eight design awards for kitchens bathrooms and a luxury dressing room at two separate events at the prism awards hosted by the builders and remodelers association of greater boston members of the design team won three gold awards at the end k b a northern new england chapter awards the team won for first place and won second place now over to bob thanks max business reopens after a total loss in twenty fifteen fire by joanna k s of alephs more than two years after a alarm fire destroyed her business belmont resident kitty lynn has reopened shine on salon in the newly renovated formal location of jimmy's food mot with a fire originated determined according to jennifer mee of the state fire marshal's office the investigation is now closed permits sing owner of jimmy's food not opted not to return look spy's a higher hair in skin care an optometrist dr edward burns also close their locations at the site of the fire burns decided to retire and salon owners damn handy now operates at kokopelli salon at two ninety three trip hello road lynn's form a location was next door to jimmy's food mott at two ninety five belmont street she bought the business in two thousand and thirteen and renovated at that same year she lost more than one hundred thousand dollars worth of inventory fixtures a quick mint and furnishings as a result of a five the extent of the loss was not covered by her insurance policy the business was lynn's main source of income for her family custom a sherry jones of belmont set up a fund the linz family at belmont savings bank to help lynn reopen her business and support her family other customers set up a go fund me a code for lynn to help recoup or losses there were many obstacles causing the delay in the salons opening from the fire investigation to permitting issues in the meantime lynn spent her time with their family and had another baby her son cody who is now sixteen months old her of the children richie six and heidi nine a ten belmont public schools all over the as lynn said custom is kept in touch with her and kept asking when she would be reopening she decided to reopen in the bigger location next door to the salons form a location in order to create a more relaxing atmosphere for her customers and to be able to add more staff so the clients don't have to wait and can walk in and get out and get served immediately she said she was also hoped it would be a place where friends come to meet in addition to  spacious main salon for nail care the new salon has a private room for a pedicure and manic euros and two private facial and waxing rooms which she hopes bridal parties will take advantage of and now to clear thank you bob masse thought a bon habitat exhibit in swanson family art gallery at mass a lot of on habitat ten juniper road belmont is hosting works through november by members of the swanson family paintings by adam fabric pieces by christine and photographs by peter a reception will take place from one to three pm nov nineteenth adam swanson graduated in two thousand and seven from the rhode island school of design he has worked professionally as an animator and  working in film and television that takes him all around the globe his love of landscape painting comes from studying under trent bottle sun while at rizvi his body of work consists of landscapes done with oil on canvas they are inspired by travel and the importance to appreciate still moments in an otherwise busy life christine swanson has spent her art programs and youth creativity and expression in her classroom her students were introduced to multiple mediums and techniques christine worked throughout her school instigating interdisciplinary lessons she volunteers in the massachusetts cultural council in her home town reading grants and supporting local artists outside the classroom christine follows her own advice to make great stuff she has shown her paintings illustrated two children's books and drawn home portraits but her first love is fabric twenty or more quilts for friends and family has led her to explore a mixed media to go combine paint print and fiber she wants to focus on the small moments in nature when light color and texture come together also were graduate of rhode island school of design peter swanson is a veteran of the new england film and video industry his company global visions and associates has international experience produced in a variety of documentaries since his early days hanging around the room in high school art has played an important part of his life he currently has an art film running on public television let there be light tells the story of masters of stained glass creating their last window for washington national cathedral while film is his first love he feels the idea of capturing a moment in time through still photography can be just as powerful on a particular day had a particular time a subject is illuminated in a particular way a way that will never happen again capturing these moments before they fade away is his challenge in these photographs well over to thanks claire and learning safeguards to prevent cyber theft by angela toma imagine you own a bicycle bicycles get stolen all the time when considering the risk of a theft thief taking your bike a number of factors come into play where are you putting your bicycle how big is the bicycle lock how many bicycle locks are you using can  snap the lock with a bolt cutter or is it a little more complex how expensive is your bike these are all variables that contribute to whether or not the bike you left outside gets stolen this is the metaphor senior threat intelligence analyst lex side philipson uses used to illustrate cyber security during a fireside chat at the belmont public library on october thirtieth your data is like that bike he said a credit card number is valuable and can be sold the belmont i t advisory committee sponsored the event at the belmont public library with hopes of raising awareness about the cybersecurity issues affecting the average belmont citizen the power consisted of belmont police departments officer james syracuse a junior alexis i philipson an organizer and subcommittee chairman glen was on the speaker's devoted the portion of the meeting to the equifax breach in early september equifax one of the three major united states credit bureaus disclosed a large scale data breach the breach affects approximately one hundred forty three million americans as well as some canadian and british citizens philipson first explained the details of the breach equifax had a web application vulnerability which they left  patched this oversight allowed unknown third party attackers to enter equifax the system and steal millions of people's personal data the company might have avoided the breach altogether had they taken proper precautions to defend their data the stolen information includes names social security numbers credit card numbers driver's license numbers dates of birth and addresses philipson remarked he did not believe that there has ever been a breach quite like equifax that affected quite so many people in such a compromising way your data is becoming increasingly valuable meaning there are people out there who know how to take that information about you and turn that into a profit said philipson in response to the breach philipson said suggested listeners use a credit freeze this too allows you to restrict access to your credit report which makes it more difficult for identity thieves to open accounts or take out loans in your name in addition to a credit freeze it is crucial to monitor your financial statements to ensure there is no unusual activity these steps will help mitigate potential damage police offer advice to victims if you do find yourself the victim of identity theft syracuse's said don't be embarrassed or beat yourself up over it he recommended getting in touch with the belmont police department and filing a report it happens he said we're here for you will get you through it many of the expressed frustration over their lack of control of the equifax breach equifax itself is not harmed by this breach nor are its customers he said their customers are not you they are the banks that use this data despite equifax as culpability the true victims of this breach are average citizens wang said the industry makes money collecting their personal data but in this case did not secure their information the citizens had no control in the situation philipson expressed cynicism regarding any future regulations over equifax and other credit bureaus he believes congress and president donald trump's administration are too anti regulation to pass any substantive legislation instead philipson anticipates the government will hold talks to appease public outrage but they will likely not result town meeting will have a total of six close to vote on when it convenes nov thirteenth at seven pm in the channel read middle school auditorium the biggest ticket item is infrastructure at the burbank elementary school to other articles ask town meeting to appropriate three hundred eighty three thousand two hundred and thirty dollars for the design of renovations to the department of public works and belmont police department facilities and one hundred fifty thousand dollars for a schematic design for a new library there  also a citizen's petition to convert the planning board to an elected body instead of a body of five members with three terms appointed by the belmont board of select two thirds vote it's vote will be required to pass a coal three the measure to borrow an appropriate two point seven million for the module a classroom project at the burbank elementary school according to superintendent john failon some elementary school class sizes in belmont have climbed to a high to a high as twenty six students d increasing in roll meant which is not projected to slow down any time soon to help lower class sizes to no more than twenty three students the space taskforce and failon study modular classrooms for the burbank which the school committee approved on june twenty the other location considered was located in the module as was butler elementary school however that plan did not include enough pocking would not allow a fully covered walkway for students to the modulus and would have a bigger impact on a butter's in addition to adding four modular classrooms plus the bathrooms facility the project would add a covered walkway expand existing parking add synthetic turf at the may view connor and replace the paved play area the breakdown of the total cost is one point one million for the modulus one point two million for the site one hundred twenty four thousand four hundred fifty dollars for the design eighty thousand dollars for the owners project manager and two hundred three thousand nine hundred and two dollars for the owners construction contingency according to town treasurer floyd common the plan is to borrow two point seven million for ten years at an estimated three percent interest rate in the spring of two thousand and eighteen the debt service start in fiscal year twenty nineteen at three hundred twenty one thousand dollars annually over ten years the source of the funds to pay the debt service will be determined in the twenty one thousand budget cycle said common he has suggested a number of options to the selectmen who will begin discussions and decisions in february or march the selectmen recommended favorable action on this article at their november sixth meeting the tickle for to appropriate three hundred eighty three thousand two hundred and thirty dollars for a schematic designs for renovations to the d p w and police facilities and form a building committee will provide a short term solutions to improve conditions for personal safety and comfort that the money would come from the kendall insurance account proceeds from a fire at the kendall school many years ago warren committee chairman roy epstein showed photos of the major issues at each of the facilities during the briefing fatone meeting members on november sixth the police station needs to have an elevator installed and improved locker bathroom and shell a facility for female police offices and an improved area for storing evidence booking and processing prison as the public works facility also needs an improved break room a bathroom and shower facility for female employees as well as an improved facility for male employees the selectmen recommended favorable action on this article at their november sixth meeting on november sixth the selectmen recommended favorable action on article five to appropriate one hundred fifty thousand dollars for a schematic design for a new main library using the kindle insurance account as a funding source and create a building committee the belmont library foundation w provide an additional one hundred fifty thousand dollars for the schematic design which is estimated to cost three hundred thousand dollars and no want to clare thank you working to final plan hi joe when a case develops the belmont high school building committee met jointly with the belmont board of selectmen and school committee on november second to review renovation and addition designs proposed by perkins and will for a new high school to serve either grade seven to twelve eight to twelve or nine to twelve the town is currently in the fuse ability state phase more dual three of the eight model massachusetts school building authority process three van a renovation additional options were presented all which preserved the current pool and field house and did not affect the current location of the ice skating rink the three design options could be used for any of the three grade configurations the plans presented also take into consideration where the community path could be located all three options had a separate entrance and drop off locations for grades seven and eight separate classroom areas for the lower grades and certain crossman or shared areas for all grades two of options built additions on the west side of the gym one of the options was for stories and had outdoor terrorist space on each level of the building another option was to build an almost entirely new building to the west of the gym and would involve demolishing the existing building one option added in addition to the front of the building and a third floor to the existing building vote is expected on nov thirtieth the public is welcome to attend the next meeting which will be held at six thirty pm on thursday nov sixteenth in the library of the belmont house school perkins him will staff will be presenting option all new construction for the same three grade configurations cost estimates based on square footage may also be presented at this meeting a vote is expected by the third joint meeting on november thirtieth on the options which will be included in the preliminary design program to be submitted to the massachusetts school building authority by december thirteenth the p d p describes the entire educational program and includes design options for that program b h s building committee chairman bill laval oh said the next phase in the m s b a process would be to choose the preferred design option which he expects will happen in early february lovato said once the design option is selected there will be discussion on how the new grade configuration selected will impact the rest of the district project to cost up to two hundred in ten million dollars the town will be asked to vote on the funding for the belmont high school project in either the general election in november two thousand and eighteen or the town election in april two thousand and nineteen construction of the project is estimated to begin in three years once approved according to an analysis performed by the b h s building committee the total project cost could be as high as two hundred ten million and as low as one hundred forty million now over to max thanks clare researchers to discuss dyslexia decoding dyslexia massachusetts and local chapter decoding dyslexia belmont will host a free expert speaker event open to the community from two pm to four pm nov eighteenth at the belmont public library assembly room three thirty six concord have the event feature presentations by dyslexia researchers concerning best practices for the assessment and remediation of dyslexia speakers include needing gab charles haynes and melissa or dyslexia is a language based learning difficulty that impacts the ability to accurately and fluently read decode text spell and write it is relatively common affecting between five percent and twenty percent of children and it can be identified in preschool and early elementary school age children early and effective intervention typically involving multisensory explicit phonics based instruction can be effective in remediating dyslexia back to bob along with my colleagues claire and max we thank you for listening to the talking news and you i hope you have enjoyed the show we return next week for another edition of local news happening around b