watch and listen to the talking news every day at twelve noon and six pm on channel ninety six comcast x finity and channel thirty five verizon it can also be heard mondays and tuesdays at four thirty pm and wednesdays a twelve thirty pm on channel nine x finity and channel twenty nine fi os listen any time on the d m c podcast network on sound cloud and i tunes just search for the belmont media podcast network and now on to the talking news boy scouts experience maritime largo the adventure made possible through the boy scouts of america florida sea bass live aboard program included a night dive down to the world war two s s benwo and encounters with sea turtles nurse sharks manatees moray eels parrot fish and lobsters they even witnessed a mediocre show for many of these teens aged fourteen to eighteen it was their highlight of their boy scout korea this scuba trip was a great final adventure to wrap up my scouting experience as they start off a new life stage said belmont high school graduate ben ackerson to prepare for their journey the scouts and their leaders had to train and get certified to dive within six months prior to arriving by participating in a weeklong instructional activity at the t l store a scout camp in barnstead new hampshire parent participants scoutmaster levy ackerson a new member of coordinated dave to mellow of belmont and assistant scout master steve lattice of burlington were also required to complete several safety courses before the trip participants learned many lessons from the experience i learned that i can make a positive decisions that support the environment for instance eating only sustainably harvested fish species can have can keep the oceans healthy said be h s jr jason akerson i learned about the conditions under the oceans that are leading to the coral reefs dying i'm glad i was able to see a coral reef up hampshire in addition to honoring the veterans on veterans day we will have a backyard ballistics display scouts will learn to safely operate some homemade catapults and potato cannons we might even cook a turkey in an underground oven in an early nod to the banks giving set ackerson other upcoming adventures include hiking and zip lining in the white mountains biking on nantucket island could new wing on the ipswich river and white water rafting in the perch she is in the winter they plan to go snow camping and snow shoeing in new hampshire and learn firearm safety in plymouth people interested in more information about scouting in belmont can visit troop three zero four dot org girls fourteen to twenty one can also participate through venture crew a coed branch of boy scouts of america troop three zero four and over to clare thank you bob musicians raise money for food pantry and sally it was a lively night full of costumes and fun antics on stage at the annual masquerade concert at belmont high school on october twenty fifth this year's effets were focused on support for the twenty five year old belmont food pantry b h s seeing is and from the top alumni eyes james celie kitsch jessica chen and ma serrano will lead the collaborative organizational effet between the nonprofit music for food the belmont food pantry and the fine and performing arts department that raised over one thousand five hundred or four thousand four hundred meals for the belmont food pantry boston high school belmont high school musicians volunteered in the food pantry ed various times in the month prior to the concert music for food joined the musicians at school workshops by musical fellows led by grammy award winning violinist kim kesse cash and founder of the boston based nonprofit over to max now thank you claire new associate member appointed selectmen voted unanimously in favor of appointing edward sanderson as associate member the planning bo member position on october thirteenth after being reappointed by the selectmen on september eleventh the newly elected planning board chairman charles clarke made the recommendation for sanderson i believe he would be a valuable contributor to the board and heartily recommend it said recommend him says clarke sanderson has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a masters degree in urban and regional planning and currently works as a leader urban and transportation planner for w s p usa in boston he also served as a town meeting member for belmont the past two years and is a member of the friends of the quasi park according to the two select chairman jim williams sanderson indicated his interest in the post in an email on october twenty seventh this allows the planning board to have a quorum said williams for voting planning board members are needed to vote on special permit applications williams said he was disappointed in managing he ins resignation as well as the recent resignations of barbara fiasco and liz allison on october twenty third which were made without any notice if someone is applying for an appointment to a committee if they choose to resign they have to give us notice it is not fair to the community if they do it any other way said williams man g q ins letter cites his reason for resigning to be the alleged misconduct by current chairman charles clarke at the september fifth meeting when he pointed his finger at allison and told her to resign i have lost all confidence that i can make any meaningful contribution to our community as your appointee to the planning board until you take clear decisive action to address this misconduct man she wrote selectman adam dash said applications to serve on the planning board will be accepted until noon on nov eighth please indicate if you are interested in the one year or three years lott said that the selectmen will vote on the appointments on nov thirteenth that before the town meeting over to you bob thank you max longtime resident happy turns one hundred by joanna kazan his nickname is happy and when you meet l it's very clear why could each she celebrated his one hundredth birthday on october fifth with his wife of fifty six years and and his daughters grandchildren and great grandchildren the  in belmont since the early one nine hundred sixty s they have very proud of their children and grandchildren she was born in the north then to lucia and michael is a tell your name is but when he started school his name was changed to lewis all over and is also a tele and from the north end which is where they met his father used to own a candy and grocery store in the north end called mike's on salem street and said his nickname suits him because he's always smiling he said that many of his friends from thirty years ago don't even know his real name he recall worked as a maintenance man for hill estates in belmont he also worked in the maintenance department for wellington elementary school in belmont and used to work for the kendall school in belmont their children attend brother recently passed away at one hundred two years old he still has one living sister in the north end who is ninety seven his father passed away at ninety five he said the secret to his long ditch he had a small glass every day whenever he gets a ride he loves to visit the north and it was the poorest of ben but the best time of my life he said his advice to the young people of today is spend a little save a lot we live in economic fear in this country not political feeler he has enjoyed life in belmont because he is a city boy he is thankful for his health and his spring and summer of two thousand and eighteen by jovana case of dallas after several months of complaining about the conditions of their sidewalks to the belmont board of selectmen and towns community development department bartlett have residents concerns were heard and responded to the board of selectmen can unanimously approved the reconstruction of the sidewalks in curbing on both sides of bartlett have in the spring and summer of two thousand and eighteen subject to an evaluation of funding sources engineering details and the project's timing at the october thirtieth meeting bartlett out of residence kate bowen and julie crockett originally approached the selectmen about their concerns in june they also gave tours of the sidewalks to selectmen chairman jim williams and selectman adam dash a citizen's petition outlining the residents safety concerns was submitted to the selectmen on october nineteenth bowen outlined the concerns which included heavy traffic lack of curbing mba fas between the street and the sidewalks trees removed and not replaced she said it is a heavily used road by protests trans walking to the butler school p and using the m b t a bus route seventy three we hope to have at least one continuous sidewalk and we store some trees said bowen dash presented photos he took during his walking tour to outline the major issues one photo showed a car parked on the sidewalk due to lack of granite curbing director of community development glen clancy explained to the sidewalks could not be reconstructed based on the policy stablished by the selectmen in two thousand and seven to reduce road construction expenses which limits what he could do to address the bartlett residents concerns clancy said he looked at every reconstructed road in belmont since the town policy changed to determine how bad bartlett abs sidewalks are compared to other sidewalks in town he determined there are six worst however bartlett has more residential side streets feeding into it and more pedestrian activity which is why he agreed it should be addressed as soon as possible he said the selectman need to look at the policy on sidewalks again and be clear on what time of curbing should be used roads that have greater traffic should have granite curb instead clancy now over to max thanks c first church votes for fossil fuel divestment on october fifteenth the first church in belmont unitarian universalist congregation voted in a special church wide meeting to divest its in downwind from fossil fuels according to and a hammock president of the parish board as a church community one of our principles is that we have respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part said having acting on climate the singular moral challenge of our time and we feel that fossil fuel divestment is both in keeping with our u u principles and just one step we can take david bryce f c p minister added i am proud of the congregation for living its ideals and serving as an example for others three years ago that the church formed the f c b green committee to explore ways in which the church could reduce carbon emissions the committee is working on a number of initiatives beyond fossil fuel divestment in particular members of the committee were instrumental in the successful belmont goes solar campaign committee members are also currently active in promoting the belmont drive's electric campaign in addition f c b recently invested in a new energy efficient boiler and conducts annual energy assessments to measure progress toward f c b carbon reduction goals it continues to investigate other ways to reduce its energy consumption we are committed to doing what we can as a church community to reduce our overall carbon impact and educating church members on what they can do as individuals said f c b green committee chair john coltrane over you bob thank you max production of peter and the stock opened on november talents for the school performing arts companies fall production of peter and the stock capture the show depicting how an orphan boy becomes becomes peter pan will into tain all ages from beginning to end as were a flam b a h s theatre specialist and performing arts company producer director said the production showcases what the students do best giving the actors and stage crew the chance to learn about fitted by creating realized fully realized production one of the main elements of the script is that much of the magic is created by the actors who narrate the story as it goes aided by clever stage craft and imagination he said a collection of boxes trunks platforms and fabric have become to ships at sea a dock cabin below deck a jungle an island beach and an underwater pool through the collaborative efforts of the cast and set crew led by scenic designer anna moss and technical director ian all mally and flam in addition to the set costumes props lighting and sound effects also play a big role in creating the magic for peter in the stock at your in one scene a character is chased across an island using a small ramp and a wooden block to create a makeshift seesaw simulating the hills and valleys in another scene a piece of rope becomes the ocean when two characters end up tossed into the sea students in the costumes crew under the guidance of costume design a l a west have created outfits for pirates orphans mermaids a cat and more b h s senior evan way ignorance plays the pretty hokey captain hook he said is the most outrageous role ever had since joining the performing arts company freshman year playing it has been ridiculous lee fun it also came with some extra challenges like learning an accent that is about eighty percent proper british and twenty percent classic pirate and which does not exist in the real world he said raffi man senior plays peter it's fun it's exciting and the production is full of surprises for all ages he said senior merriam cub stead plays molly astor there's a perfect balance between woody and playful scenes and more serious meaningful messages throughout the play creating a show that is both fun to watch and one that leaves an audience thinking deeply about childhood adulthood and the fantastical realm of make believe she said this is the biggest role yet for a senior gay in caliban who plays shmeat a character she said is so odd and so unlike her and of course each time i make someone laugh it's a personal when that's how i know i'm doing it right here and someone lie and knowing my acting made that happen that's the best feeling in the world she said and over to clare thank you  council on aging to host craft fia the friends of the belmont council on aging will host its annual holiday craft fair from nine am to three pm nov eighteenth at the beach street center two sixty six beach street over forty vendors will sell their crafts including jewelry greeting cards photography pottery handmade candy knit scarves hats and sweat is quilts toys holiday on immense and gifts baked goods and other hand made items donations at the door one dollar children younger than twelve are admitted for free there will be a vendor craft raffle a light lunch and refreshments will be available for purchase proceeds will benefit programs and services at street will host the following upcoming speaker events jim brode seven fifteen eight fifteen pm nov fifteenth browed as the host of greater boston w g b a channel two and boston public radio eighty nine point seven f m barbara berenson eleven am january tenth two thousand and eighteen berenson will present civil war boston and women's rights belmont police chief richard mclaughlin and lieutenant kristen daly eleven am february fourteenth two thousand and eighteen mclachlan and daily will present identity theft and security in today's world and glen clancy seven fifteen pm march seventh two thousand and eighteen mcgoohan is the watertown director of community development and clancy that the belmont director of community development kantrowitz seven fifteen pm april eleventh two thousand and eighteen kantrowitz will discuss his book old whiskey and young women american true crime and tales of murder sex and scandal all belmont woman's club speaker events are free and open to the public additional women's club events are as follows belmont woman's club and b h s p t a six to eight pm november fourteenth that belmont high school little theater wendy murphy and others will discuss title nine this event is free women in history series eleanor roosevelt one woman show two pm april twenty second two thousand and eighteen cost of location is to be announced late spring five thousand dollar raffle details to follow all proceeds to support the belmont woman's club at the eight hundred fifty three home house and back to you bob along with my colleagues claire and max we thank you for listening to the talking news and hope you have enjoyed the show we will return next week for another edition of local news happenings around belmont